Surrey By-law 13007, s. 1(a) — Highway and Traffic Bylaw

personal transportation; or

• (b) the transportation of equipment or other goods which is capable of being operated on or off a highway and includes a trailer attached to the vehicle and a golf cart, but does not include an implement of husbandry. "ANGLE PARKING" means the parking of a vehicle other than parallel to the lateral lines of a roadway. "ARTERIAL ROAD" means a highway defined as an arterial road in the Surrey Subdivision and Development By-law, 1996, No. 8830, as amended. - 1 - "AS AMENDED" means as may be amended or replaced from time to time. "AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED " means the written notification provided by the Engineer to a permit holder prior to the permit holder commencing activities under an issued traffic obstruction permit as described in Section 86.1(8)(b) "BICYCLE SAFETY HELMET " means any helmet that has, by regulation made by the Superintendent, been designated as an approved bicycle helmet. "BOULEVARD" means all of those portions of a highway not occupied by roadway. "BUS" means a motor vehicle designed to carry more than ten persons. "BUS SHELTER" means a kiosk or enclosure which provides weather protection to transit patrons which may include as part of its structure one or more advertising signs. "BUS STOP SIGN" means a sign designated and issued by the transit authority at which public transit buses may stop and allow the ingress and/or egress of passengers. "BY-LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER" means a person appointed as such by the City to enforce City by-laws. "CHIEF BY-LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER" means the Director of By-Law Services for the City, or designate. "CHIEF OF POLICE" means Chief, Constable, Surrey Police (SPS), and includes any police officer of the SPS. "CITY" means the City of Surrey. "COMBINATION OF VEHICLES" means every combination of truck, truck tractor, semi-trailer and trailer. "COMMERCIAL VEHICLE" includes:
• (a) a motor vehicle having permanently attached to it a truck or delivery body;
• (b) an ambulance, casket wagon, fire apparatus, hearse, motor bus, wrecker, tow vehicle, road building machine, taxi, tractor; and
• (c) a combination of vehicles. "COUNCIL" means the Council of the City of Surrey. "CROSSWALK " means:
• (a) A portion of roadway distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by signs and/or by markings; or
• (b) The portion of roadway at an intersection, or at a laneway entrance if the laneway has

a sidewalk, generally parallel to the lateral extension of a boulevard to another boulevard as measured from the edge of the roadway:

• (i) to the far edge of the nearest traffic control device that is a stop bar, stop sign, or sidewalk letdown;
• (ii) or, where none exists, for the first five metres. "CURB RETURN" means the curved portion of a curb and/or pavement edge at an intersection. "CYCLE" means a device having any number of wheels that is propelled by human power and on which a person may ride and includes a motor-assisted cycle, but does not include a skate board, roller skates or in-line roller skates. - 2 - "DESIGNATED USE LANE" means a lane of a highway in respect of which a traffic control device indicates that the lane is reserved for the exclusive use of persons, organizations, vehicles or cycles as so designated by the Engineer under Section 5(5.1) of this By-law. "DISABLED ZONE" means a parking zone identified by a disabled parking sign. "DRIVER" means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. "DRIVEWAY" means the portion of the boulevard and shoulders, where applicable, specifically designated and improved to provide vehicular access at a particular point to a parcel of land and, adjacent to a laneway, the portion of a parcel of land specifically designated and improved to provide vehicular access from the laneway. "DUMPSTER CONTAINER" means a container used for, but not limited to, receiving garbage that is designed and intended to be lifted by forks or other device mounted on a vehicle and the contents emptied into that part of the vehicle designed to received same. "ENGINEER" means the General Manager of Engineering for the City, and includes any employee appointed or designated by the General Manager. "EXTRAORDINARY TRAFFIC" includes any carriage of goods or persons over a highway, at either one or more times, and whether in vehicles drawn by animal power or propelled by some other means, which taken in conjunction with the nature or existing conditions of the highway is so extraordinary or improper in the quality or quantity of the goods or the number of persons carried, or in the mode or time of use of the highway, or in the speed at which the vehicles are driven or operated, as in the opinion of the Engineer, substantially to alter or increase the burden imposed on the highway through its proper use by ordinary traffic, and to cause damage and expense and concern for safety in respect of the highway beyond what is reasonable or ordinary. "HEAVY COMMERCIAL VEHICLE" means a truck with a licensed gross vehicle weight in excess of 5,000 kilograms. "HEAVY TRUCK" means a motor vehicle which has a licensed gross vehicle weight in excess of 11,800 kilograms. "HIGHWAY" includes:
• (a) every highway within the meaning of the Transportation Act, S.B.C. 2004, c. 44, as amended;
• (b) every road, street, roadway, boulevard, laneway, walkway, pathway, bridge, viaduct, road allowance, or any other way used by or intended for use by the public; and
• (c) disabled zones. "IDLE " means the operation of the engine of a vehicle while the vehicle is not in motion and "idling" has a corresponding meaning. "INTERSECTION" means the area at a junction of highways, not being laneways or walkways, enclosed within the legal boundary lines of those highways. "JAYWALK" means to cross a roadway that is not a laneway:
• (a) at any place which is not within a crosswalk and which is less than 100 metres from an intersection or from a marked crosswalk; or
• (b) at any place where crossing is prohibited by signs, fences, or other traffic control devices. "LANEWAY" means a highway not assigned a name or number which usually provides direct access to a parcel. - 3 - "LANED ROADWAY" means a roadway or the part of the roadway that is divided into two or more marked lanes for the movement of vehicular traffic in the same direction. "MOBILE WORKSHOP" means:
• (a) a vehicle containing equipment that must be operated inside or in association with the vehicle; or
• (b) a vehicle serving as a facility for taking measurements or making observations or conducting maintenance or construction operated by or on behalf of a municipality, public utility or police, fire or emergency service. "MOTOR-ASSISTED CYCLE" means a device:
• (a) to which pedals or hand cranks are attached that will allow for the cycle to be propelled by human power,
• (b) on which a person may ride,
• (c) to which is attached a motor of a prescribed type that has an output not exceeding the prescribed output, and
• (d) that meets the other criteria prescribed under Section 182.1(3) of the Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 318, as amended. "MOTORCYCLE" means a motor vehicle running on two or three wheels and having a saddle or seat for the driver to sit astride. "MOTORCYCLE HELMET" means any helmet that has, by regulation made by the Superintendent, been designated as an approved motorcycle helmet, and it shall be deemed to be an approved motorcycle safety helmet. "MOTOR VEHICLE" means a vehicle, not run on rails, that is designed to be self-propelled or propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires or on-board storage batteries, but does not include a motorized wheelchair or motor-assisted cycle. "PARK" means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, and when prohibited, excludes standing for a period not exceeding five minutes and standing for the purpose of and while actively engaged in loading or unloading passengers or materials. "PARKING PATROLLER" means the person appointed as such by the City to enforce this By-law. "PARKING PAY STATION " means a device operated and maintained by or on behalf of the City for collecting parking fees for parking in, and controlling the use of, pay station areas. "PAY STATION AREA " means a highway or a portion of a highway designated as such by the Engineer under this By-law where parking is permitted subject to payment of a fee at a parking pay station. "PEACE OFFICER" means a constable or a person having a constable's powers. "PEDESTRIAN" means a person afoot and includes an invalid or child in a wheelchair, carriage or motorized wheelchair, and a skater. "RECOVERY VEHICLE" means a motor vehicle that is equipped with a winch and boom device or a wheel lift device or both, and that is designed for towing other motor vehicles by means of that device. - 4 - "REQUEST TO PROCEED " means the written notification provided to the Engineer by a permit holder prior to commencing activities under an issued traffic obstruction permit as described in Section 86.1(8)(b). "RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT" means all those portions of the City which are zoned for residential use pursuant to Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000, as amended. "ROADWAY" means the portion of a highway between the edges of the travelled surface, excluding sidewalks and walkways, including medians, curbs and shoulders, where applicable. "ROLL OFF CONTAINER" means a container, used for but not limited to receiving demolition debris, that is designed and intended to be loaded and unloaded by means of a winch onto the rails of a truck designed for that purpose. "SEMI-TRAILER " means a vehicle of the trailer-type so designed and used in conjunction with

a motor vehicle that some part of its own weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by the motor vehicle. "SIDEWALK" means an improved area in a boulevard for the use of pedestrian traffic. "SKATER" means a person who is skateboarding, or roller-skating with any form of skate or similar means of conveyance, including in-line skating. "STOP" or "STAND" means:

• (a) when required, a complete cessation from movement; and
• (b) when prohibited, the stopping or standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not,

except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with the directions of a Peace Officer or traffic control device. "SUPERINTENDENT" means the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles as defined in the Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 318, as amended. "TAXI" means a motor vehicle designed to carry not more than 10 persons that, with its driver, is operated for hire. "THROUGH HIGHWAY" means a highway or part of a highway at the entrances to which stop signs are erected. "TILT AND SLIDE DECK TRUCK" means a motor vehicle that is equipped with:

• (a) a deck that tilts and slides;
• (b) a winch for self-loading not more than two vehicles onto the deck; and
• (c) either a lifting tow bar or a wheel lift device designed for towing other motor vehicles by means of that bar or device. "TOW VEHICLE" means a tilt and slide deck truck or a recovery vehicle. "TRAFFIC" includes pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, cycles and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using a highway to travel. "TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE" means a sign, signal, line, meter, parking pay station, marking, space, barrier, curb, curb letdown or device placed or erected by authority of the Engineer, to control traffic. "TRAFFIC CONTROL MANUAL " means the Traffic Control Manual for Work on Roadways issued by the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Highways, as may be updated, amended or replaced from time to time. - 5 - "TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL" means a traffic control device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is directed to stop and to proceed. "TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN " means a combination of text, layouts, figures and drawings that define specifically what traffic control measures will be provided by the applicant for the project, how they will be implemented and on what schedule and such other information as may be required from time to time by the Engineer. "TRAILER" means a vehicle that is at any time drawn on a highway by a motor vehicle, except:
• (a) an implement of husbandry;
• (b) a sidecar attached to a motor cycle; and
• (c) a disabled motor vehicle that is towed by a tow vehicle; and includes a semi-trailer as defined in the Commercial Transport Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 58, as amended. "TRUCK" means a motor vehicle designed or used primarily for the transportation of property. "TRUCK ROUTE" means a highway, a portion of a highway, or a series of connected highways, designated and described as such in Schedule C to this By-law on which heavy trucks may be present and travel during the times set out in this By-law or in Schedule C to this By-law. "TRUCK TRACTOR" means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not constructed to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle drawn and of the load of the other vehicle. "VEHICLE" means a device in, on or by which a person or thing is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, except a device designed to be moved by human power, a device used exclusively on stationary tracks or rails, or a motor-assisted cycle. "WALKWAY" means a highway or a portion of highway for the sole use of pedestrians and/or cyclists. "WORK ZONE " means an area on or adjacent to a highway in which surveying, construction, maintenance, utility or other activities, including but not limited to filming and other special events or uses, take place to the extent that the passage of public traffic may be influenced. For the purposes of this By-law, work zone includes the elements of a work zone as described in either text, figures or both in the Traffic Control Manual.