Kingston : Règlement no 2010-128, art. Part 1 — Definitions For the purposes of this By-law

Definitions For the purposes of this By-law:

• Accessible parking permit means a valid permit issued by the Minister of Transportation under section 26 of the Highway Traffic Act or a valid permit, licence plate or other marker or device bearing the international symbol of access issued by a jurisdiction other than Ontario; Accessible parking space means a designated parking space identified by prescribed signage which is reserved for the exclusive use of persons with an accessible parking permit; Boulevard means the part of a highway, other than a sidewalk that lies between the shoulder or curb and the boundary of the adjoining property; City means the Corporation of the City of Kingston; Declared Weather Event means when, in the opinion of the Director of Public Works and Solid Waste:
• ice cover on streets or snow accumulation of five (5) centimetres or more in depth is forecast for the City of Kingston;
• or at any other time that is deemed necessary to perform winter operations requiring extensive snow removal, snow plowing or salting operations. Electric Vehicle means:

a battery electric vehicle that runs only on a battery and an electric drive train, or

a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that runs on a battery and an electric drive train, and also uses an internal combustion engine; Electric Vehicle Charging Station Space means a publicly or privately-owned parking space that provides access to equipment that supplies a source of electricity for charging electric vehicles; Emergency vehicle includes an ambulance, fire department vehicle, vehicle operated by a police officer in the performance of their duties, and any other vehicle being used to respond to an emergency; Entranceway means the portion of a private road, lane or driveway within the lateral boundaries of a highway that provides motor vehicle access to and from that highway; Front yard, rear yard, side yard, exterior side yard, and yard have the meanings ascribed to them in the City's Zoning By-laws, as amended; Heavy vehicle means a truck, bus or other type of motor vehicle or attached equipment, the weight of which, separately or combined, when unloaded, is three tonnes or more or, when loaded, is five tonnes or more; Highway means a common and public highway, any part of which is used by the general public for the passage of vehicles, and includes a street, road allowance and any bridge, trestle, viaduct or structure that forms part of a highway; Holiday means New Year's Day, Family Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Civic Holiday (first Monday in August), Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day." Intersection means the location at which the roadways of two streets intersect; Lot means a separate parcel of land which has been assigned a property identifier under section 141 of the Land Titles Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.5; Lot line, front lot line, rear lot line and side lot line have the meanings ascribed to them in the City's Zoning By-laws, as amended; Median strip means the portion of a highway so constructed as to separate traffic travelling in one direction from traffic travelling in the opposite direction by a physical barrier or a raised or depressed paved or unpaved separation area that is not intended to allow crossing vehicular movement; Motor vehicle includes an automobile, bus, truck, motorcycle, motor assisted bicycle, motor scooter and any other vehicle propelled or driven other than by muscular power, but does not include an electric bicycle, a traction engine, farm tractor, other farm vehicle, or machine used for road construction or maintenance; Municipal law enforcement officer includes, for the purposes of this by-law, a municipal law enforcement officer appointed by the City and an officer of the Kingston Police; Municipal parking lot means all or a portion of a parking lot, deck, garage or other facility for the parking of vehicles which is owned or operated by the City, Municipal vehicle means a vehicle owned or leased by the City, whether marked or unmarked, which is used for any municipal purpose; Park and parking mean the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when standing temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading goods or passengers; Parking bay means a parking space that is constructed on the untraveled portion of a street for the purpose of providing parking for vehicles; Parking meter or meter means a mechanical or electronic device designed to accept payment in exchange for a period of legal parking that is indicated by means of a signal on the device or on a ticket dispensed by the device; Paid Parking zone means that part of a highway and that part of a municipal parking lot where parking is controlled and regulated by a parking meter; Permit Agreement shall mean the agreements containing the terms and conditions for parking permits issued by the Corporation of the City of Kingston. Person includes a corporation and organization as well as a person; Public laneway means a right of way owned by the City which provides motor vehicle access for individual owners and occupants to and from City streets; Residential property means a property that is zoned for residential use in the zoning by-law that applies to the property; Roadway means the portion of a highway that is improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, but does not include the shoulder or a parking bay; Shoulder means that part of a highway contiguous with the roadway which is intended for emergency stopping; Sidewalk means the portion of the road allowance of a highway that is set aside for the use of pedestrians; Signage includes one or more signs, markings and any other appropriate devices that provide notice of parking regulations and that comply with all applicable requirements of the Highway Traffic Act and the regulations made under that Act; Stop and stopping mean the halting of a vehicle, even momentarily, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or of a traffic control sign or signal; Street means a highway or portion of a highway over which the City has jurisdiction or, in the case of a boundary highway, joint jurisdiction; Taxi means a taxi cab that holds a valid licence to operate in the City; Trailer means a vehicle without its own means of propulsion that has to be drawn upon a highway by a motor vehicle; Unauthorized area means:

a Front Yard, Exterior Side Yard, or Side Yard, except as otherwise permitted under the City's Zoning By-laws; or the Boulevard, except where parking is permitted by a City of Kingston by-law; Utility vehicle means a vehicle owned or leased by Utilities Kingston and its subsidiary companies or by any other company or agency that supplies or manages a utility within the City for the maintenance or repair of that utility; and Vehicle includes a motor vehicle and any other vehicle drawn, propelled or driven by any kind of power, including muscular power.