Victoria By-law 09-079, s. 110(3) — Streets and Traffic Bylaw

Despite subsections (1) and (2) and section 4, the definitions and interpretation provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act and its regulations apply to the words and expressions used in Part 2. 26-024 Definitions 4 In this Bylaw 24-024 "air horn" means a device or contrivance used or intended to be used for the emission of sound by means of the forced passage of air or gas through that device or contrivance; "arterial highway" has the same meaning as in the Transportation Act; "boulevard" means that portion of a street between the curb lines or the lateral lines of a roadway and the adjoining property line, excluding a sidewalk; "bus" means a railless vehicle used as a public utility for the carriage of passengers; “car share co-op vehicle” means a vehicle owned by a not-for-profit co-operative association incorporated under the laws of British Columbia and used exclusively in the provisions of the association’s car sharing service; 24-077 “car share EV station” means a battery charging station that is available for car share co-op vehicles for the purpose of transferring electric energy to a battery or other energy storage device in an electric vehicle; “charging station” means a battery charging station that is available for public use for the purpose of transferring electric energy to a battery or other energy storage device in an electric vehicle or shared micromobility device; “City” means the Corporation of the City of Victoria; "City lane" means a public highway which is not designed for general travel and which is used primarily as a means of access to the rear of properties; "commercial vehicle" means a truck or van that is used primarily for the purpose of freight transportation and that displays

• (a) a valid and subsisting commercial licence plate issued under the Commercial Transport Act, and
• (b) a valid and subsisting licence plate issued under Division 2 of Part 20 of the Local Government Act, other than farm vehicles as defined in the regulations made under the Commercial Transport Act; "continuously parked" means a vehicle that is parked without being moved from a particular City block; “council” means the elected council of the City of Victoria; “director” in reference to the head of a City department or other City official, means the person appointed to that position or a successor position with the same responsibilities as the position designated in this bylaw; “driveway crossing” means the improved section of a curb, sidewalk or boulevard constructed to provide vehicular access to one or more lots from a street; "dwelling" means a building used by one or more persons as a residence, but does not include any of the following types of dwelling:
• (a) a hotel, hostel, or other transient accommodation facility,
• (b) a place of detention; “electric vehicle” means a vehicle that operates, either partially or exclusively, on electrical energy from an off-board source that is stored on-board for motive purposes, but does not include vehicles that cannot be licensed by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia; “electric vehicle charging zone” means any street or part of it that has been designated and identified for the exclusive use of electric vehicles; “elephant’s feet markings” means two parallel lines of white intermittent squares on the surface of the street; "holiday" includes any of the following days:
• (a) Sunday,
• (b) Boxing Day, British Columbia Day, Canada Day, Christmas Day, Easter Monday, Good Friday, Labour Day, New Years Day, Remembrance Day, Thanksgiving Day, Truth and Reconciliation Day, Victoria Day, and
• (c) any day set by the Parliament of Canada, by the Legislature, or by proclamation of the Governor General or the Lieutenant Governor to be observed as a day of general prayer or mourning, a day of public rejoicing or thanksgiving, a day for celebrating the birthday of the reigning Sovereign, or as a public holiday; "metered space”
• (a) where a parking meter stand has only one parking meter head, means that rectangular portion of the adjacent curb lane measuring
• (i) not less than 4.8 m nor more than 10.4 m from the centre of the base of the parking meter stand in the direction counter to the direction of the curb lane traffic, and
• (ii) 2.5 m from the curb in a roadward direction;
• (b) where a parking meter stand has two parking meter heads,
• (i) with regard to the parking meter head first in sequence in the direction of the curb lane traffic, means that rectangular portion of the adjacent curb lane that is described in paragraph (a), and
• (ii) with regard to the parking meter head second in sequence in the direction of the curb lane traffic, means that rectangular portion of the adjacent curb lane measuring
• (A) not less than 4.8 m nor more than 10.4 m from the centre of the base of the parking meter stand in the direction of the curb lane traffic, and
• (B) 2.5 m from the curb in a roadward direction;
• (c) where a parking meter is installed adjacent to a curb lane which is marked with parallel angular lines or other markings forming parallel angular lines, means that portion of the curb lane designated for the accommodation of a vehicle by the lines or markings and being nearest to the applicable meter head; "metered zone" means any street or part of it
• (a) that is designated as a metered zone under this Bylaw, and
• (b) on which a parking meter has been erected to control parking; “mobile bicycle vendor” means a person who sells goods from a cycle; “multi-use trail” means a trail intended and marked for general and recreational use by the public, including cyclists, but excluding motor vehicles. "park”, "parking", or "parked" means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, on a street, except

when the vehicle is standing temporarily for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in loading or unloading; "parking meter" means a parking meter stand equipped with a single or double parking meter head; "parking meter head" means a mechanical or electronic appliance designed for the purpose of gauging and indicating a time within which a vehicle is or may be parked; "parking meter stand" means a pole or stand supporting a single or double parking meter head; “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, parking spaces. "parking space" means any portion of a street marked by any one or more of the following to indicate that it is intended for the parking of a vehicle:

• painted lines, a number, meter, pole or other device. “passenger directed vehicle” BL 23-054BL 23-054 has the same meaning as in the Business Licence Bylaw;
• BL 23-054 24-046 "passenger vehicle" means a vehicle that is not a commercial vehicle, a sightseeing vehicle, a bus or

a taxi; “pay station zone” means a street or a portion of a street designated as such under this bylaw where parking is permitted subject to payment of a charge at a parking pay station. “person with disabilities” means a person whose mobility is limited as a result of a permanent or temporary disability that makes it impossible or difficult to walk; “police chief” means the person appointed from time to time as the chief of the City of Victoria Police Department. "police officer" means a peace officer, constable or person having the powers of a peace officer or constable; "private lane"

• (a) means every way or place that is privately owned and used for vehicular travel by the owner of that way or place, and by those having the express or implied permission of the owner, and
• (b) excludes a driveway between a single residence and a street; “protected bicycle lane” means a lane on a street separated from the general purpose travel lane by a buffer and a vertical element including a median, curb or flexible delineator; "public place" includes all public squares, public gardens, public recreation grounds, parks, lanes and streets within the City; 26-044 "semi-trailer" includes
• (a) a vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle or truck tractor and so constructed that an appreciable part of its weight and that of its load rests on and is carried by the motor vehicle or truck tractor; and
• (b) a pole trailer; “shared micromobility device” means a cycle that is publicly accessible for a fee and supplied by a shared micromobility service provider; “shared micromobility parking zone” means a street or a portion of a street designated under this bylaw for the exclusive use of shared micromobility devices; “shared micromobility service provider” means an entity contracted by the City to operate, manage and supply a system of shared micromobility devices to the public; "sidewalk" means the part of a highway that has been improved for pedestrian traffic and, where there is no boulevard between the nearest building and that part of a highway, the sidewalk is deemed to abut that building unless proved otherwise; "sightseeing vehicle"
• (a) means a cab, carriage, omnibus, cart, wagon, dray, truck, motor car, automobile or other conveyance or vehicle that operated by a driver and used primarily for sightseeing purposes,
• (b) includes a horsedrawn vehicle, and
• (c) excludes a passenger directed vehicle; BL 23-054BL 23-054 "stop" or "stand"
• (a) when required by this bylaw, means a complete cessation from movement, and
• (b) when prohibited, means the stopping or standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when that is necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with the directions of a police officer or traffic control device; "street" includes a highway, as defined in the Motor Vehicle Act; "street line" means the dividing line between real property and an adjoining street; “taxi” BL 23-054 means a passenger directed vehicle that is operated under a licence pursuant to 24-046 the Passenger Transportation Act
• (BC) that expressly authorizes the driver to transport passengers who hail the passenger directed vehicle from the street, or who cause the passenger directed vehicle to be hailed from the street; "ticket dispenser" means an automatic or other mechanical meter erected, maintained or operated
• (a) on a street or portion of a street, and
• (b) for the purpose of allotting and controlling parking spaces for vehicles by the dispensing of tickets or coupons to the drivers of vehicles parked or intended to be parked in those parking spaces; 24-024 “traffic control plan” has the same meaning as in the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure document titled “2020 Traffic Management Manual for Work on Roadways”, as amended from time to time; 24-024 “traffic management plan” has the same meaning as in the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure document titled “2020 Traffic Management Manual for Work on Roadways’, as amended from time to time; "trailer" means a vehicle, including a semi-trailer, that is at any time drawn upon a street by a motor vehicle, excluding:
• (a) an implement of husbandry;
• (b) a sidecar attached to a motor vehicle; or
• (c) a disabled motor vehicle that is towed by a tow car; “transit zone” means a street or a portion of a street designated under this bylaw for the exclusive use of designated buses; "weapon" includes all types of firearms, air guns, air rifles, air pistols and spring guns. “works” means works owned or operated by the City. Classification of streets 5 Streets are classified in accordance with Schedule A. Procedures for orders by Director of Engineering 6 (1) Subject to section 8, an order made by the Director of Engineering under a power delegated by this Bylaw must
• (a) be in writing and signed by the Director of Engineering;
• (b) be forwarded to the Corporate Administrator;
• (c) come into effect immediately, unless a later date is specified in the order.