Community Safety Zone (By-law No. 2019-397)

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A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate community safety zones throughout the City of Ottawa.

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BY-LAW NO. 2019 - 397

A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate community safety zones throughout the City of Ottawa.

WHEREAS Subsection 214.1(1) of the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O 1990, c.H.8, as amended, authorizes the Council of a municipality to designate by by-law part of a highway under its jurisdiction as a community safety a zone, if in Council’s opinion, public safety is of special concern on that part of the highway;

AND WHEREAS Council of the City of Ottawa deems it necessary to designate parts of highways in its jurisdiction as community safety zones;

AND WHEREAS the designated community safety zone areas are set out in Schedule “A” hereto;

AND WHEREAS on November 27, 2019, the Council of the City delegated the authority to the General Manager of the Transportation Services Department and the Director of Traffic Services, individually, pursuant to Subsection 23.2(1) paragraph C of the Municipal Act, 2001, to add future Community Safety Zones in school areas to the By-law and that the City Solicitor place such amending by-laws on the Agenda of Council for enactment;

THEREFORE the Council of the City of Ottawa enacts as follows:

1. Part of the highways set out in Schedule “A”, in the City of Ottawa, are hereby designated as community safety zones.
2. The community safety zones set out in Schedule “A” shall be in effect 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from January 1st to December 31st of each year.
3. No person shall drive, move or operate any vehicle on a highway, bridge at a greater rate of speed than the rate of speed identified on official or authorized signs as set out in Schedule “A”.
4. Schedule A, attached hereto, forms part of this by-law.
5. The following by-laws are repealed:
   1. By-law Number 2016-195 of the City of Ottawa entitled “A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate part of Long Island Road and part of Bridge Street as community safety zones”;
   2. By-law Number 2016-297 of the City of Ottawa entitled “A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate part of Portobello Boulevard as a community safety zone”; and
   3. By-law Number 2017-125 of the City of Ottawa entitled “A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate part of Castlefrank Road as a community safety zone”.