C-24.1 - Highway Safety Code

Section 512 Disposition versions

1987-06-29

512. (Replaced).

1981, c. 7, s. 512; 1986, c. 91, s. 674.

1982-01-01

512. In addition to its powers under its governing Act and under other provisions of this Code, a municipality may, by by-law or by order,

(1)  require the registration, on payment of the required fees, of non-motorized vehicles belonging to persons resident in its territory; establish categories of such vehicles and require the registration of only those vehicles which fall within one or more of these categories; fix the different registration fees for the different categories;

(2)  provide for the issue of certificates of registration effected under paragraph 1 and require certificate holders to carry them;

(3)  prescribe the minimum or maximum speed limits for road vehicles in its territory, which may be different for different places, except on the public highways or parts thereof that are under the maintenance of the Minister or the public highways or parts thereof on which he has placed traffic control devices in accordance with section 375;

(4)  prohibit all road vehicle traffic, with or without exception, on certain streets it indicates, provided that it allows road vehicles the use of streets permitting them to drive across the municipality, and provided that the prohibition, the use of those streets and the route to be followed are indicated by traffic control devices or traffic officers;

(5)  fix the location of taxi stands, stops for buses and minibuses and stops for school buses and minibuses;

(6)  establish safety zones for pedestrians, and prescribe and regulate their use;

(7)  prescribe rules respecting the direction, crossing and passing of road vehicles on the public highways under its maintenance, provided that such rules are compatible with the provisions of this Code in those matters;

(8)  establish rules concerning the presence and movement of road convoys on the public highways under its maintenance;

(9)  regulate the speed of road vehicles in a park or cemetery under its control, and even prohibit the use of road vehicles in the lanes of the park or cemetery; provided, however, that the speed limit or prohibition is clearly indicated by traffic control devices conspicuously placed at the entrance to the park or cemetery and along the lanes;

(10)  prohibit, restrict or otherwise regulate the operation of road vehicles near schools and hospital centres;

(11)  take the necessary measures to prevent or relieve traffic congestion.

1981, c. 7, s. 512.