1989-008 Medonte By-law Providing for the Erection of Stop Signs at Intersections
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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MEDONTE
BY-LAW NUMBER 89-08
BEING a By-Law providing for the erection of Stop Signs at intersections.
WHEREAS Section 117 of the Highway Traffic Act (R.S.O. 1980, Chapter
198) provides that the Council of a Municipality may by By-Law provide for the
erection of Stop Signs at intersections on Highways under its jurisdiction and that
every sign so erected shall comply with the regulations of the Ministry of Transportation
AND WHEREAS Section 141 of the Highway Traffic Act (R.S.O. 1980,
Chapter 198) provide that; a driver of a vehicle approaching a railway crossing at a
time when a clearly visible mechanical signal device is giving a warning of the
approach of a railway crossing shall stop the vehicle not less than 5 metres from
the nearest rail of the railway and shall not proceed until he can safely do so;
NOW THEREFORE, Council of the Township of Medonte enacts as
follows:
1) That a yield right-of-way sign shall be placed on the 7th Concession both
northbound and southbound at its intersection with the Canadian Pacific
Rail Line.
2) That the penalties provided in Section 188 of the Highway Traffic Act shalI
apply to offences against the By-Law.
3) Section 1 of this By-Law shall not become effective until proper signs have
been erected in accordance with the regulations of the Highway Traffic Act.
READ a first and second time, read a third time and passed this 28th day of
February, 1989.
Reeve