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BY-LAW NUl!BER ( f'_3' 9'_
of the Municipal Corp6'rati:¢ ofthe
Town of Aurora.
BY-LAW TO REGULATE TRAPFIC ON HIGHWAYS
PART I -DEFINITIONS
for the purpose of this By-Law.
{a) "Intersection" means the. area embraced within the prolongation
or connection of the lateral curb lines or, if none, then of the
lateral boundary lines of two or more roadways which join one another
at an angle, whether or not one crosses the other.
(b) "Park" means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or
not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually
engaged in loading or unloading.
(c) "Roadway" means· that part of a highway improved, designed, or
ordinarily used for vehicular traffic.
(d) "Sidewalk" means that part of a highway intended for the use of
pedestrians and lying between the curb or boundary of the roadway and
the. boundary of such highway.
( e ) "Stop'' means to cease moving when required by this By-Law or
any other By-Law or Act, or when necessary to avoid conflict with
.another vehicle or a pedestrian:, and "stopping" has a corresponding
, meaning.
(f) "Street or Highway" includes a common and public highway, street,
avenue, parkway, driveway, sqaare, place, bridge, viaduct or trestle,
designed and intended for, or used by, the general public for the
passage of vehicles.
(g') "Traffic Officer" means a police officer or any person duly
authorized by the Chief Constable to direct or regulate traffic or
enforce the provisions of this by-law and The Highway Traffic Act.
(h) "Traffic Sign" means any sign or roadway, curb or sidewalk marking
or any other device erected or placed under the mthority of the Town
Council for the purpose of guiding and directing traffic.
(i) "Traffic Signal" means any device manually, electrically, or
mechanically operatea·for the regulation or control of traffic.
( j) ''U-(~)urn" means the turning of a vehicle within a roadway so as
to proceed in. the opposite dir.ection.
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(li::) "Vehicle" includes motor vehicle, trailer, traction engine and
any vehicle drawn, propelled, or driven by any kind of power, including
lllUscular power, but not~_including the care of electric or steam railways
running only upon rails.
PART II -OBEDIElvCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
1. It shall be the duty of the Ghief Constable and every Traffic
Officer to enforce the provisions of this b~-Law.
2. Every person on any highway shall promptly obey every ~'raffic
Officer and Traffic signal and shall, where applicable, comply with
the requirements of every traffic sign.
PART I II -PARKil'IG
3. Method of Parking
( 1) Parallel
No person shall park a vehicle on any street other than a one-way
street unless on the right-hand side of the street, having regard
for the direction in which the vehicle had been proceeding and un-
less the right-front and right-rear wheels or runners of the vehicle
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are parallel to and distant respectively not more than six inches ~
from the edge of the roadway, provided that this provision shall not
apply where angle parking is specifically authorized by by-law. .~
(2) Angle
Where angle parking is permitted, no person shall park a vehicle
except at an angle of forty-five degrees with the edge.of the road-d
way and so that the front end of the vehicle is nearest to ~he edge
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Parking Prohibited
~ In specified places
f No person s~l park a vehicle in any of the following places:
On a sidewalk.
In front of a public or priva'te dri veW!l\Vo.
Within an intersection.
Within ten feet of a fire hydrant.
On a crosswalk.
Within t20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
On any bridge, or the approaches thereto.
On any street in such a manner as to obstruct traffic. &
In such a posit ion as will prevent the convenient removal of any
obher vehicle previously parked or standing.
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(2) In specified Places where Signs an display
When :properly worded signs have been erected and are on display, no person
shall park a vehicle .in· fm.y of the following places: -
Within fifty feet of any in.tersection on any through highway.
Within twenty-five feet of the lot on which a fire hall is located on d
that side of the street on which such fire hall is located or within one ,· .
hundred feet of such lot on the opposite side of said street. t
PART IV -OPERATION OF VEHICLES
6. Turns
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(l) Every person in charge of a vehicle before star:l;:iug,stopping,tuming
or changing its course shall take the necessay :preCllllo.tions to make such
movement in safety and without i~terfering with other traffic.
(2) No driver or operator of a vehicle shall make au-turn at the
intersection of Yonge and Wellington Streets and no driver or operator
of a vehicle shall elsewhere make a u.;.turn unless it can be made in
safety and without interfer'ii'rg' with other traffic.
Obstructing Traffic Q~
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No person shall drivel\any vehicle upon or along any .highway so as to
obstruct traffic unreasonably or when the vehicle is so overloaded that
the horse or motor :power is unable to move such vehicle at a reasonable
rate of speed.
7. Entering Highway
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The driver of a vhlicle emerging from a dr&veway, lane, lot or building d
shall stop the vehicle imlllediately prior to driving onto the sidewalk
and shall not enter the roadway until he can do so in safety.
e. Funeral and other Processions
(l) No person shall intersect a funeral or other properly authorized
.procession while it is in motion except under the direction of a police
officer.
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(2) The driver of a vehicle in. a funeral or oth. er procession shall drive ~· .
as near to the right-hand edge of the roadway as practicable and follow the ·
vehicle ahead as close as is practicable and safe. : ~· ·
PART V -PENALTIES
9. Any :person violating any of the provisions of this by-law shall be subject
to a penalty of not more than Ten Dollars ($lo.oo) for the first offence
and not. more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for every subsequent offence~· .
exclusive of costs, and all such penal ties shall be recoverable under the · ..
Ontario Summary Convictions Act. · ... ·· •
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PART VI
10. Ontario Highway 'iraffic Act to Govern
The provisions of this by•law shall be subject to the provisions · "' /J
of The Highway Traffic Act and amendments thereto. /{;yl"' •
Inconsistent provisions of any By-laws repealed
Any provisions or clause' of any by-laws inconsistent with any pro-·, /) •
visions or clause" of this by-law' is hereby repealed. M\
12. This by-law effective
This by-law ~hall not
,of Highways and until
and are on display.
become effective until approved by the Departme4t···
the signs referred to herein have been erected
Dated at the Town Hall"; Aurora, this /j'rH day of /f/lfC/1'
1946.
Passed at the To\vn Hall, Aurora, this .L1f
1946.
dayof ('~
MAYOR CLERK
Al3ffl?QVOO this :;2_ 'f day of ~9"1 {,.
Pursuant t.o the provisions of the
Highway Traffic A;~~
MJiiUSTER OF' HIGHWAYS
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