Victoria By-law 09-079, s. 96(2) — Streets and Traffic Bylaw

The prohibition set out in subsection (1) does not apply to circumstances that involve any of the following activities or objects:

• (a) a medical emergency or wheelchair; 26-024
• (b) sitting on a seat at a transit zone while waiting for a bus;
• (c) sitting on a chair or bench that is supplied by a public agency or an abutting private property owner and that is permitted by a street use permit issued by the City;
• (d) sitting at a sidewalk café that is licensed under the Sidewalk Cafes Regulation Bylaw; 26-044
• (e) sitting while engaged in the activity of a hawker, peddler, or street entertainer who is licensed for that purpose under the Street Entertainment Bylaw and the Business Licence Bylaw;
• (f) a parade, rally, demonstration, performance, or gathering that is permitted by a street use permit issued by the City;
• (g) the soliciting of aid by an organization that holds a valid permit issued for that purpose under the Street Collections Bylaw, 1977.