Barrie By-law 2025-110, s. 1.0.0.0 — For the purpose of this By-law, the following definitions shall apply

For the purpose of this By-law, the following definitions shall apply:

• By-law 2025-110 Office Consolidation The Corporation of the City of Barrie Nuisance By-law ACT OF SMOKING – means the inhaling or exhaling of a lighted tobacco or lighted cannabis product or any other lighted paraphernalia or product commonly used for or has the intended purpose of the act of smoking and shall include the holding of

a tobacco or cannabis product or any paraphernalia or product whether or not the product is lighted. For the purpose of this definition, Vape or Vaping shall mean inhaling or exhaling the vapor produced by a lighted Electronic Cigarette or similar device regardless of the product or substance being vaped or vaporized and shall include the holding of an Electronic Cigarette or similar device whether or not such device is lighted. ADULT CUSTODIAN – shall mean a person 18 years of age or older, who has been authorized by the parent or legal guardian to provide care and control of the person under 16 years of age. BICYCLE – shall mean and includes a tricycle and unicycle but does not include

a motor assisted bicycle. BUSK or BUSKING – shall mean and includes performances by street singers or other itinerant entertainers. CITY – shall mean The Corporation of the City of Barrie. CITY PROPERTY – shall mean all vacant or other lands owned or managed by the City of Barrie and shall include but is not limited to a highway, roadway, sidewalk, pedestrian way, boulevard, or watercourse. FOUL or FOULING – shall mean and includes spitting, urinating, defecating or other act of defacing property. HIGHWAY – includes a common and public highway, street, avenue, parkway, driveway, square, place, bridge, viaduct or trestle, any part of which is intended for or used by the general public for the passage of vehicles and includes the area between the lateral property lines thereof. MOBILITY DEVICE – shall mean a device that is primarily designed for use by people with a mobility limitation. MOTORIZED VEHICLE – shall mean and includes an automobile, motorcycle, motor assisted bicycle or any other vehicle propelled or driven otherwise than by muscular power but does not include a motorized or motor assisted mobility device. MUSCULARLY POWERED VEHICLE – shall mean and includes a vehicle propelled or driven by muscular power but does not include a non-motorized mobility device. PARENT or LEGAL GUARDIAN – shall mean a person who has demonstrated a settled intention to treat a person under 16 years of age as a member of his or her family. PEDESTRIAN WAY – shall mean that portion of the highway designed for the passage of persons and includes that part of the road where pedestrians have priority over traffic. PERSON – shall mean and include any individual, corporation, partnership, company, association or party and the heirs, executors, administrators, or other legal representative of such person, to whom the context can apply according to law; shall include any group of persons comprising a society or other organization and shall include the plural wherein the context requires. Wherever the word “he” or “him” is used, it shall mean and include the feminine or neutral gender wherever the context so requires. ROADWAY – shall mean the part of the highway that is improved, designed and ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, but does not include the shoulder, and where

a highway has two or more separate roadways, the term “roadway” refers to any one roadway separately and not to all of the roadways collectively. SHALL – is mandatory and not directory; words in the singular include the plural; words in the plural include the singular; words in the present tense include future, or past tense. By-law 2025-110 Office Consolidation The Corporation of the City of Barrie Nuisance By-law TENT/TEMPORARY STRUCTURE - means a shelter, covering or structure supported by poles or other items to create distance above ground level allowing or designed for the entry of persons, storage of items or protection from the elements. PROVISIONS: