Markham : Règlement no 2005-188, art. 1(a) — Parking By-law

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

• (b) a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that runs on a battery and an electric drive train, and also uses an internal combustion engine; (Amended by By-law No. 2021-117) “Electric Vehicle Charging Station” means a publicly or privately-owned parking space that provides access to equipment that supplies a source of electricity for charging electric vehicles. (Amended by By-law No. 2021-117) “Fire Route” means any roadway, driveway, lane, ramp or other means of vehicular access to or from

a designated building which is designated as a fire access route by the City’s Fire Department or designated by this By-Law as a HIGHWAY listed on Schedule “P” and shall include any part of a parking lot set aside by visible markings or markers for the purpose of vehicular movement; (Amended by By-law No. 2020-146 and By-law 2021-117) “Fire Route Sign” means permanent legible signs of a minimum size of 30 cm x 45 cm (11” x 17”) placed at intervals of not more than 30m (100 feet) along the fire access route which shall display the following information:

• 1) Fire route;
• 2) The international symbol for parking prohibited;
• 3) Vehicles will be tagged and/or towed away;
• and 4) The number of this By-law or the international symbol for prohibited parking as prescribed in the regulations to the Highway Traffic Act;
• (Amended by By-law 2021-117) “Gross Weight” means the combined weight of the vehicle and load;
• “Habitual Offender” means that a vehicle owner has three (3) or more outstanding or undisputed penalty notices where a minimum 90 days has elapsed from the last offence date;
• (Amended by By-law 2018-63 and By-law 2021-117) “Heavy Truck” means a commercial motor vehicle including a bus but not including a school bus as defined under the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O., 1990, c. H.8, as amended, having a gross vehicle weight, as shown on the permit for the vehicle issued under the Highway Traffic Act, of 3000 kilograms (3 tonnes) or greater;
• “Highway” includes a common or public highway, street, avenue, boulevard, parkway, driveway, square, place, bridge, viaduct, laneway, court, or trestle, designated and intended for, or used by the general public for the passage of vehicles;
• and includes the area between the lateral property lines thereof;
• after “for the passage of vehicles; (Amended by By-law 2018-63) (Amended by By-law 2019-129) “Hospital” means a private or public hospital as defined in the Private Hospital Act, R.S.O. 1990. c. P.24, as amended, or the Public Hospitals Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.40, as amended;
• “Inoperative vehicle” means a vehicle that is in a wrecked, discarded, dismantled or in an abandoned condition, and includes a vehicle that does not display a valid license plate;
• “Intersection” means the area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or if none, then the lateral boundary lines of two or more highways that join one another at an angle, whether or not one highway crosses the other;
• “Median” 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 an unpaved strip of ground;
• (Amended by By-law No. 2006-244) “Motorcycle” means a self-propelled vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the driver and designated to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, and includes a bicycle with a motor attached and a motor scooter;
• “Motor Vehicle” means any vehicle drawn, propelled or driven by any kind of power except muscular power, and includes a trailer, traction engine, farm tractor, and road-building machine;
• “Municipal Law Enforcement Officer” means those persons appointed as such by By-law 2002-178, as amended, and authorized to enforce this By-law;
• “Nursing Home” means a nursing home as defined in the Nursing Homes Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. N.7, as amended;
• “Owner” has the same meaning as “holder” in the Highway Traffic Act;
• “Park” or “Parking” means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when halting temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading goods or passengers;
• “Parking Control Officer” means an officer appointed by By-law to enforce the provisions of this By- law;
• “Parking Lot” means any lands, buildings or structures where vehicles may be parked for a fee and which are owned, leased, operated, improved or erected by the City;
• “Parking Machine” means an automatic, electronic, electromechanical or mechanical device affixed to a standard and placed on a highway or within a parking lot for the purpose of controlling and regulating the parking of any vehicle in a parking space or parking zone, and which issues a receipt indicating the duration of the permitted parking in the parking space or parking zone as permitted upon the insertion of payment;
• “Parking Meter” means an automatic or mechanical meter or device which has a slot in which coins or other form of payment may be deposited, a timing mechanism to measure and record the duration of parking, and a signal which, when displayed, indicates that the period of time paid has expired;
• “Parking Space” means any area of a highway or roadway or space within a parking lot delineated by markings and designated under section 15 or 16 of this By-law for vehicle parking;
• “Parking Tag” means a serially numbered notice showing the nature of the parking, standing or stopping offence and the fine therefore and issued pursuant to this By-law;
• “Parking Zone” means any area of highway or roadway or space within a parking lot designated under section 15 or 16 of this By-law for vehicle parking;
• “Pedestrian Crossover” means any portion of a roadway designated by By-law of a municipality, at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by signs on the highway and by lines or other markings on the surface of the roadway as prescribed by regulation;
• “Permitted Period” means the duration of permitted parking in a parking space or parking zone as indicated on a receipt from a parking machine or as shown on a parking meter;
• “Police Officer” means a member of the York Regional Police Force, or the Ontario Provincial Police Force;
• “Private Property” means property that has been clearly marked as such by fences or on which a legible sign or signs have been erected by the owner, the occupant, or an agent for either, forbidding trespass or parking on a private road or driveway;
• “Private Roadway” means any private road, private driveway, lane, ramp or other means of vehicular access to or egress from a building or structure and it may include part of a parking lot;
• “Provincial Offences Officer” means any employee of the Citywho is designated as a Provincial Offences Officer by a Minister of the Provincial Crown;
• “Public Laneway” means a narrow street or passageway, between or behind buildings, designed, constructed and intended to provide access to and service at the rear of places of residence or business and owned by a government authority;
• (Amended by By-law 2008-74) “Recreational vehicle” means any motor vehicle or trailer used for recreational purposes including but not limited to boating, camping and land/water sports;
• (Amended by By-law 2018-63) “Residential Zone” means any area designated by by-law as being residential zones and/or retail and mixed use zones;
• (Amended by By-law 2019-129) “School Bus Loading Zone” means an area marked by signs indicating such area to be for the sole use of school buses engaged in receiving or discharging passengers;
• “School zone” means the area on a highway within 30m (100 ft.) of a school entrance/exit or crosswalk;
• (Amended by By-law 2018-63) “Sidewalk” means that portion of a highway between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines, intended for the use of pedestrians;
• “Spouse” includes “same-sex partner” and both shall have the same meaning as in Part III of the Family Law Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.3, as amended. “Stop” or “Stopping” means the halting or leaving of a motor vehicle, even momentarily, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or of a traffic control sign or signal;
• “Taxicab” means a motor vehicle as defined in the Highway Traffic Act, other than a car pool vehicle , having a seating capacity of not more than six persons, exclusive of the driver, hired for one specific trip for the transportation exclusively of one person or group of persons, one fare or charge only being collected or made for the trip. “Taxicab Stand” means the area set aside and designated by the Corporation to be used by a taxicab while it is waiting for, or picking up, goods or passengers “Town Facility” (Deleted By-law 2018-63) “Unauthorized Motor Vehicle” means a motor vehicle that does not have affixed thereto a current permit or provincial license plate identifying the vehicle as one operated by a physically handicapped person;
• “Vehicle” includes a motor vehicle, trailer, traction engine, farm tractor, road building machine, and any vehicle drawn, propelled or driven by any kind of power including muscular power but does not include a motorized snow vehicle, the cars of electric or steam railways running only upon rails. “Winter Maintenance” means all winter service operations including and not limited to salting, and sanding. (Amended by By-law 2021-117) GENERAL STOPPING AND PARKING REGULATIONS Method of Parking – Right Hand Side to Highway