CITY OF VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA STREET AND TRAFFIC BY-LAW NO. 2849 This By-law is printed under and by authority of the Council of the City of Vancouver (Consolidated for convenience only to July 23, 2019) BY-LAW NO. 2849 A By-law to Regulate Traffic and the Use of Streets in the City of Vancouver [Consolidated for convenience including By-law No. 12505 effective July 23, 2019] ______________________________________ The Council of the City of Vancouver, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: 1. This by-law may be cited as the "Street and Traffic By-law". 2. This by-law is divided into three parts, dealing with the following subjects: Part I--Regulating Traffic. Part II--Regulating Use of Streets. Part III--Regulating Size and Weight of Vehicles. "One-way Shared Vehicle Service" means a shared vehicle system that allows its members to begin and end their rental periods at any lawful and authorized space within the operating area of the shared vehicle organization. “Zero Emission Vehicle” means vehicles approved by the City Engineer as zero emission vehicles. DEFINITIONS 3. In this By-law, and unless the context otherwise requires: "A dolly" means a trailer converter dolly that is towed from a single hitch located on the centre line of the towing vehicle. "A train" means a combination of vehicles composed of a truck tractor, a semi- trailer and either: (a) an A dolly and a semi-trailer, or (b) a full trailer. "Axle" means a structure in the same or approximately the same transverse plane supported by wheels and on or with which such wheels revolve. "Axle Load" means the total load transmitted to the road by all wheels whose centres are included between two parallel transverse vertical planes 106 centimetres apart extending across the full width of the vehicle. "Axle Unit" means a single axle, a tandem axle, a tridem axle, or a similar group of 1 axles. "B train" means a combination of vehicles composed of a truck tractor and a semi- trailer, followed by another semi-trailer attached to the first semi-trailer by means of a fifth wheel coupler mounted on the first semi-trailer, within the axle spread of the first semi-trailer or not located more than 0.3 m behind the centre of the last axle. "BC Transit Bus" means a vehicle for hire operated by British Columbia Transit or its successor and used for the transportation of passengers. “Bicycle Lane Buffer” means a measure to physically separate and protect a bicycle lane from motor vehicle traffic, including curbs, planters, landscaping, parking, bollards or similar measures. "Boulevard" means: (a) on a street with curbs, the portion of street between the outside curb and the adjoining property line, and (b) on a street without curbs, the portion of street between the edge of the roadway and the adjoining property line, and on a street where traffic is separated by means of a median, includes the median. "Boulevard Crossing" means that portion of a boulevard permanently improved or designed for the passage of vehicular traffic. "Bus" means a motor vehicle having a seating capacity of more than 12 persons, including the driver, that is operated for hire or for public transportation. "Bus Stop" means an area on a street for the stopping of buses only that (a) is delineated by 2 signs, or (b) extends 36 metres from and in the direction indicated on 1 sign, or (c) is within 36 metres of the approach side of a sign which identifies a location where buses stop to load or unload passengers. "C converter dolly" means a trailer converter dolly that has a rigid frame in the horizontal plane and is towed from 2 hitches located in a horizontal transverse line on the towing unit, which preclude any rotation in the horizontal plane about the hitch points, and that satisfy all requirements of the Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards applicable to such devices. "C dolly" means a trailer converter dolly which is not an A dolly. "C train" means a combination of vehicles composed of a truck tractor and a semi- trailer, followed by another semi-trailer attached to the first semi-trailer by the means of a C dolly or C converter dolly. "Chain" means a chain, nylon strap or cable having a breaking strength of at least 3,000 2 kilograms. "City Engineer" means the City Engineer appointed by Council under section 288 of the Vancouver Charter and for the purposes of section 161 of the Vancouver Charter, the City Engineer is deemed to be a committee. "Chief Constable" means the Chief Constable of the City for the time being. "Combination of Vehicles" means a combination of motor vehicle and trailer, motor vehicle and semi-trailer, or motor vehicle, semi-trailer and trailer. "Commercial Loading Zone" means an area or space on a roadway established for the loading or unloading of materials, to be used exclusively by commercial vehicles. "Commercially Used Property" means real property used in whole or in part for commercial or industrial purposes, but does not include a parking lot ancillary to property used only for residential purposes. "Commercial Vehicle" means a vehicle that displays a valid plate or decal identifying it as being registered and licensed pursuant to the Vehicle Licensing By-law and which is engaged in carrying merchandise or other commodities in the ordinary course of business. "Consulate" means any consulate which is identified as such in the current edition of Diplomatic, Consular and Other Representatives in Canada, published by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. "Container" means a waste container, storage container, or construction trailer that is not a vehicle. "Corner Clearance Parking Area" means an area on a street adjacent to the curb located between a crosswalk and the nearest area available for vehicle parking that is not specifically signed for motorcycle and motor assisted cycle parking, and that the City Engineer has marked and signed for motorcycle parking and motor assisted cycle parking or has installed bicycle racks for bicycle parking. "Council" means the Council of the City of Vancouver. "Crosswalk" means: (a) the portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere that is marked for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the road surface or by a sign; or (b) at an intersection or elsewhere that is not marked for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the road surface or by a sign, means the portion of a roadway between the extension of the lateral edge of the roadway and the adjacent lateral property line, but does not include lane intersections. "Custom Transit Vehicle" means a vehicle used primarily for the transport of physically 3 disabled persons, operated by an agency approved by the government authorities responsible for providing transit services for physically disabled persons, and identified in a manner specified by the City Engineer. "Downtown" means the area generally shown within the heavy black outline on the diagram below, but specifically described as that area bounded by the west property line of Main Street from Burrard Inlet to National Avenue; the projection westward of the north property of National Avenue from Main Street to False Creek; the north shoreline of False Creek from National Avenue to the extension southward of the west property line of Burrard Street; the west property line of Burrard Street from False Creek to Robson Street, the south property line of Robson Street from Burrard Street to Denman Street, the west property line of Denman Street from Robson Street to Georgia Street; the south property line of Georgia Street from Denman Street to Chilco Street, the east property line of Chilco Street and its extension north from Georgia Street to Burrard Inlet; Burrard Inlet from Chilco Street to Main Street. "Drive" means to drive, operate, propel, or otherwise control a vehicle. "Driver" means a person who drives, operates, propels or otherwise controls a vehicle. 4 “Elephants’ feet markings” means a series of white painted squares that delineate a crosswalk where cycling is permitted. "Emergency Vehicle" means any vehicle of a fire department, a police department, or an ambulance service and includes any other vehicle designated as such by the Chief Constable. "Existing West End Permit Holder" means a residential parking permit holder in the West of Denman, Nelson Plateau-Slopes or South of Davie-Beach areas who held a residential parking permit valid in any of those areas before August 31, 2017, and has not allowed it to lapse for more than 90 consecutive days since that date. "Garbage Container" means a receptacle with a minimum capacity of 1 (one) cubic yard used or intended to be used for the temporary storage of refuse. "Intersection" means the area created by the extension of the lateral lines of roadways which join one another, whether such roadways at the junction cross each other or meet at an angle without crossing each other. "Jaywalk" means to walk across a roadway, other than a lane, a minor street or a portion of a street designated by the City Engineer for the exclusive use of cyclists, at any place that is not a marked or unmarked crosswalk and is less than one block from an intersection where there are traffic control signals. "Lane" means any street not more than 10.06 metres in width. "Loading Zone" means the area or space on a roadway established for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of materials or passengers “Long-Term West End Resident Permit Holder” means a residential parking permit holder who has continuously lived in the West of Denman, Nelson Plateau-Slopes or South of Davie-Beach areas since August 31, 2017, has not allowed the permit to lapse for more than 90 consecutive days since it was obtained, and has not been an existing West End permit holder.