87-41
I
COUNTY OF ELGIN
By-Law No. 87-41
~BEING A BY-LAW TO RESTRICT THE WEIGHT OF VEHICLES PASSING
OVER BRIDGES.~
WHEREAS Subsection 2 of Section 104 (b) of the Highway
Traffic Act ( R.S.O. 1980, C.198 as amended 1981) provides that:
"The Municipal Corporation or other authority having
jurisdiction over a bridge may by by-law approved by
the Ministry limit the gross weight of any vehicle or
any class thereof passing over such bridge, and the
requirements of Subsection 1 with respect to the
posting up of notice apply thereto. " .
,
and
WHEREAS it is deemed expedient to limit the weight of
vehicles passing over certain bridges in the County of Elgin.
NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Council of the Corpora-
tion of the County of Elgin enacts as follows:
1. No vehicle or any class thereof, whether empty or
loaded, shall be operated over any bridge designated in
Schedules No. 1 and No. 2 , forming part of this By-Law with a
weight in excess of the weight limit prescribed in the Schedule
for such bridge.
2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
By-Law shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 106
of the Highway Traffic Act.
3. This By-Law shall not become effective until approved
by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications and until
a notice of the weight permitted, legibly printed, has been
posted up in a conspicuous place at either end of each bridge
designated in the a~tached Schedules.
4 . By-Law No. 85-55 of the County of Elgin is hereby
repealed.
READ a first time this 23rd day of September, 1987
READ a second time this 23rd day of September, 1987
READ a third time and finally passed this 23rd day of September 1987
1- Y7>-'">-../'
G
IJ' '-l
SCHEDULE NO 1
By-Law.No. 87-41
BRIDGES ON COUNTY ROADS
- .
Number Bridge Road Name of Location Weight Year of Type of
No. No. Bridge Limit in Construc- Floor
(MTC) Tonnes tion Finish
- - - -
1 5-146 43 Phillmore Lot 3, 15 1909 Wood
Concession VI
Township of
Bayham
r SCHEDULE NO 2
I -
By-Law No. 87-41
COUNTY BRIDGES ON TQWNSHIP ROADS
Number Bridge Name of Location Weight Year of Type of
No. Bridge Limit in Construc- Floor
(MTC) Tonnes tion Finish
- -
1 5-59 Robbins Lot 5, River Road, 4 1898 Wood
Township of
Southwold
2 5-60 Fulton Lots 3 and 4, 15 1912 Concrete
Mill Road,
Township of
Southwold
3 5-133 Meeks Lot 16, 18 1900 Concrete
North Union Road,
Township of
Southwold
4 5-138 Jamestown Lot 28, Con. II, 15 1908 Wood
Township of
Yarmouth
5 5-158 Vienna Lot 14, Con. III, 20 Unknown, Concrete
Bayham - now in the Recon-
Village of Vienna structed
in 1933
\JV
Ontario
Ministry óf Office of Legal Services
Transportation and 1201 Wilson AvenLle
Communications East'BLlilding
Downsview, Ontario
M3M IJ8
Telephone: (416) 235-4411
December 11, 1987
G. C. Leverton ~Œ@OWŒ@
Clerk, County of Elgin
450 Sunset Drive
St. Thomas, Ontario
N5R 5Vl DEG 10 1987
Dear Sir: CUUiiIY OF ELGIN
Re: By-laws 87-40 and -41 CWiíHHEI,SURER'S OFFICE
Limiting Vel:iidfc1:e weight on Bridges
Your by-laws are retLlrned dLlly approved by the Ministry of
Transportation and CommLlnications in accordance with
subsection 104b(2) of the Highway Traffic Act.
The approval applies for a period of two years from date
of S'ignatLlre.
Yours very trLlly,
fn<p/~ ~
Marjorie L. .Tuck
Legal Assistant
Encl.
MLT/mrm
._-~--. '"'--
Copy To
~C;: ,rn ð d rZé£
COUNTY OF ELGIN
By-Law No. 87-41
"BEING A BY-LAW TO RESTRICT THE WEIGHT OF VEHICLES PASSING
OVER BRIDGES."
WHEREAS Subsection 2 of Section 104 (b) of the Highway
Traffic Act (R.S.O. 1980, C.198 as amended 1981) provides that:
"The Municipal Corporation or other authority having
jurisdiction ove~ a bridge may by by-law approved by
the Ministry limit the gross weight of any vehicle or
any class thereof passing over such bridge, and the
requirements of Subsection 1 with respect to the
posting up of notice apply thereto.";
and
WHEREAS it is deemed expedient to limit the weight of
vehicles passing over certain bridges in the County of Elgin.
NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Council of the Corpora-
tion of the County of Elgin enacts as follows:
1. No vehicle or any class thereof, wh~ther empty or
loaded, shall be operated over any bridge designated in
Schedules No. 1 and No. 2, forming part of this By-Law with a
weight in excess of the weight limit prescribed in the Sche~ule
for such bridge.
2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
By-Law shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 106
of the Highway Traffic Act.
3._,_\, This By-Law shall not become effective until approved
by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications and until
a notice of the weight permitted, legibly printed, has been
posted up in a conspicuous place at either end of each bridge
designated in the attached Schedules.
4. By-Law No. 85-55 of the County of Elgin is hereby
repealed.
READ a first time this 23rd day of September, 1987
READ a second time this 23rd day of September, 1987
READ a third time and finally passed this 23rd day of September 1987
"".~
~~~
G. C. Leverton.
Clerk
1,(;, è, LEVERTON, CLERK OF THE CORPORA.
TIO'" OF THE COUNTY OF ELGIN, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING IS A TRUE
COP,\, OF.ß.''IcL"I\W.No.. ~]..'!.\., PASSED BY
THE COU"'CIL OF THE SAID CORPORATION ON
THE .~~,J~;¡¡ DAY OF .SI;.P.1:Ei-nßFi¡¿, 1'I~7
.>4--./
...... .... '-<!'~";.
SCHEDULE NO 1
By-Law No. 87 -41
BRiDGES ON COUNTY ROADS
-
r
Number Bridge Road Name of Location Weight Year of Type of
No. No. Bridge Limit in Construc- Floor
(MTC) Tonnes tion Finish
- - -
1 5-146 43 phillmore Lot 3, 15 1909 Wood
Concession VI
Township of
Bayham .,
,,'I
I¡i"l
I'!'I
ii";
Ii
,,',
By-Law No. 87-41
, .
COUNTY BRIDGES ON TOWNSHIP ROADS
¡..:
Number Bridge Name of Location Weight Year of Type of
No. Bridge Limit in Construc- Floor
(MTC) Tonnes tion Finish
-
1. 5-59 Robbins Lot 5, River Road, 4 1898 Wood
Township of
S.outhwold
2, 5-60 Fulton Lots 3 and 4, 15 1912 Concrete
Mill Road,
Township of
Southwold
3 5-133 Meeks Lot 16, 18 1900 Concrete
North Union Road,
Township of
Southwold
4 5-138 Jamestown Lot 28, Con. II, 15 1908 Wood
Township of
Yarmouth
5 5-158 Vienna Lot 14, Con. III, 20 Unknown, Concrete
Bayham - now in the Recon-
Village of Vienna structed
in 1933
Approved by the ~inistry of Transportation and
commLlnictions foi: 'a period of two (2) years from the date
of this approval pursuant to subsection 104b (2) of the
Highway Traff~ct, R.S;O. 1980, chapter 198, as amended
this <)'U ay of November, 1987.
~~u,
. J. McCabe
fecutive Director
19hway Engineering Division