TRAFFIC Chapter 240 TRAFFIC ARTICLE I Traffic Control !j 240-l. Definitions; interpretations. P 240-Z. Traffic signs and signals. $240-3. Miscellaneous driving rules. Q 240-4. Pedestrians’ rights and duties. 0 240-5. Pedestrians prohibited on certain highways. 0 240-6. Regulations for bicycles. § 240-7. General stopping and parking regulations. 0 240-8. Stands for taxi-cabs. § 240-g. Safety zones. § 240-10. Prohibited pedestrian crossing. 0 240-11. Permitted angle parking. 0 240-12. Stopping, standing and parking restrictions and prohibitions on certain highways. 0 240-13. One-way traffic. § 240-14. Left turn only lanes. Q 240-15. Turning movements. 0 240-16. Entry prohibited. P 240-17. Through highways, stop signs and yield signs. $240-18. Heavy vehicles. § 240-19. Loads and speeds on bridges. § 240-20. Issuance of permits, exemptions, applicability. ETOBICOKE CODE § 240-21. Penalties for offences. 0 240-22. (Reserved) ARTICLE II Forty-Kilometre Speed Limits 8 240-23. Speed limit established. § 240-24. Schedule A, Maximum Speed Limits for Motor Vehicles Upon Specific Highways. ARTICLE III Increased Speed Limits Q 240-25. Maximum speed limit established. 0 240-26. Schedule A, Sixty Kilometres per Hour. ARTICLE IV School Bus Loading Zones 0 240-28. Term defined. 0 240-29. Zones established. 0 240-30. Markings. 0 240-31. Schedule A, School Bus Loading Zones. ARTICLE V Pedestrian Cross-Overs Q 240-32. Term defined. 0 240-33. Locations. § 240-34. Schedule 1, Pedestrian Cross-Overs. TRAFFIC ARTICLE VI Bicycle Lanes 0 240-35. Definitions; interpretations. B 240-36. Traffic signs and signals. 0 240-37. Traffic regulation by police. 5 240-38. Lane designated principally for use of bicycles. 8 240-39. Exemptions. 0 240-40. Locations. 0 240-41. Schedule A: Bicycle Lanes. [HISTORY: Adopted by the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the Borough of Etobicoke: Art. I, 1993-12-13 by By-Law No. 1993-233; Art. II, 1978-02-27 by By-Law No. 1978-42; Art. XII, 1978-02-27 by By-Law No. 1978-43; Art. IV, 1978-02-27 by By-Law No. 1978-44; Art. V, 1978-02-27 by By-Law No. 1978-45; Art. VI, 1996-U-25 by By-Law No. 1996-169. Amendments noted where applicable.] GENERAL REFERENCES safety couucll -see ch. so. Fire routes-see Ch. 154. Noise-See Ch. 174. Parking - see ch. 188. Parkiug lots - see ch. 18s. Parking meters - see c!h. 187. Trd6c in parks-See Ch. 190. Snow vehicles - See Ch. !BS. Littering fivml vehicles - see ch. 231. Ulllttended vehicles - See Ch. Z48. Used vehicles-See Ch. 250. (Cont’d on page 24003) 24002.1 1996-l!2-Ol3 - § 240-1 TRAFFIC § 240-1 ARTICLE I Traffic Control [Adopted 1993-12-13 by By-Law No. 1993-2331 ] § 240-1. Definitions; interpretations. In this article, any terms or definitions used, other than those specified in § 240-1A, shall conform to the definitions specified in the Highway Traffic Act. A. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: AUTHORIZED SIGN — Any sign or other device approved by the Director of Traffic, Transportation and Development Engineering. BICYCLE — Includes a tricycle having a wheel or wheels of more than 61.0 centimetres in diameter. BOULEVA RD — The area within the public right-of-way extending between the limit of the municipal road allowance and the travelled portion of the street. The travelled portion of the public street includes any adjoining areas specifically authorized or licensed by the municipality for on-street parking purposes. [Added 2001-06-01 by By-Law No. 367-2001] HEAV Y TRUCK — A commercial vehicle having a weight, when unloaded, of three tonnes or more or, when loaded, of five tonnes or more, and includes a school bus longer than eight metres and a road building machine, but does not include a passenger vehicle, an ambulance or any vehicle of a police or fire department. [Amended 2005-04-14 by By-Law No. 243-2005] TIRE SIZE — Fo r the purpose of this article: ________________ 1 Editor’s Note: This by-law also repealed former Art. I, Traffic Control, adopted 1978-02-13 by By-Law No. 1978-32, as amended, and provided that it be effective July 1, 1994. 24003 2005 – 09 – 30 § 240-1 ETOBICOKE CODE § 240-2 (1) Where visible, the size as stamped by the tire manufacturer on the outside wall of the rubber tire; or (2) Where no size stamped on the outside wall of the rubber tire is visible, then the diameter of the tire, as measured from the outside edge of one side of the rubber tire (mounted on a metal or other rim) straight across to the opposite outside edge of the same tire. TRANSIT STOP ZONE — A location on a highway, designated by the To ronto Transit Commission, Go Transit or any other municipal transit agency authorized to operate within Metropolitan To ronto for the loading a n du n l o a d i n go f passengers ,m a r k e dw i t ht h e appropriate transit identification and bounded by “no standing” signage. B. Where any expression of time occurs or where any hour or other period of time is stated, the time referred to shall be standard time except in periods when daylight saving time is in effect, in which periods it shall be daylight saving time. § 240-2. Traffic signs and signals. A. The Director of Traffic, Transportation and Development Engineering is authorized to place or erect and to maintain such authorized signs and traffic control signals as are required to give effect to the provisions of this article or as are required to warn or guide traffic for the safety or convenience of the public. B. No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an authorized sign or traffic control signal, or which conceals from view or interferes with the effectiveness of an authorized sign or traffic control signal. 24004 2005 – 09 – 30 § 240-3 TRAFFIC § 240-4 § 240-3. Miscellaneous driving rules. A. No person shall operate a vehicle or streetcar emerging from a driveway, laneway, front yard parking area, boulevard parking area, building, streetcar or bus loop onto a highway until bringing the vehicle or streetcar to a full stop immediately before driving onto a sidewalk or footpath, and upon proceeding shall yield the right-of- way to pedestrians upon the sidewalk or footpath. B. Where U-turns are not prohibited under the provisions of § 240-15, no person shall while operating a vehicle make such a turn in an unsafe manner and so as to interfere with other traffic. C. No person shall, except under the direction of a police officer, drive a vehicle on a highway between the vehicles comprising a funeral or other procession recognizable as such by the display of pennants or other identifying insignia while the vehicles in such a procession are in motion. D. Sidewalks and curbs. (1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle upon a sidewalk or footpath on a highway except for the purpose of directly crossing the sidewalk or footpath; (2) No person shall drive a motor vehicle over a raised curb except at a place where there is a ramp or authorized front yard or boulevard parking. E. No person shall while operating a vehicle proceeding on a streetcar track on a highway in front of a streetcar remain on the track longer than practicable after a signal from the streetcar operator. § 240-4. Pe destrians’ rights and duties. A. Except when a safety zone is provided, no person intending to board a streetcar on a highway shall enter 24005 2001 – 07 – 26 § 240-4 ETOBICOKE CODE § 240-5 the roadway until the streetcar has come to a stop for the purpose of taking on passengers. B. No person shall, except where traffic control signals are in operation, or where traffic is being controlled by a police officer, or at a pedestrian crossover, proceed so as not to yield the right-of-way to vehicles and streetcars on the roadway; however, nothing in the section shall relieve the driver of a vehicle or streetcar from the obligation of taking all due care to avoid an accident. C. No pedestrian shall proceed over or go under a barrier permanently installed at a safety zone or on a sidewalk. D. No person shall play or take part in any game or sport upon a roadway and, where there are sidewalks, no person upon roller-skates, or riding in or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle or similar device, shall go upon a roadway except for the purpose of crossing the road, and when so crossing such person shall have the rights and be subject to the obligations of a pedestrian. § 240-5. Pe destrians prohibited on certain highways. A. Subject to Subsection B, pedestrians are prohibited from using those parts of the highways set out in Column 1 of Schedule I to this article between the limits set out in Column 2 of said schedule.2 B. Subsection A does not apply to pedestrians engaged in police duties, highway maintenance or construction duties or where, owing to an emergency, it is necessary to make use of a highway. ________________ 2 Editor’s Note: The title and column heads of the schedules are included at the end of this article. Schedule entries are not included in the Municipal Code, but are on file in the office of the City Clerk.