Pickering : Règlement no 6604/05, art. 1(a) — Traffic and Parking By-law

“AODA ” means the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, S.O. 2005, c. 11 and any regulations passed under it;

• (b) “authorized sign ” means a sign or other device placed or erected on a highway or elsewhere pursuant to the provisions of this by-law and includes official signs;
• (c) “boulevard ” means all parts of a highway except any roadway, shoulder or sidewalk;
• (d) “City ” means the Corporation of the City of Pickering;
• (e) “Director ” means the City’s Director, Engineering Services or a designate;
• (f) “driveway ” means improved land on a highway which provides vehicular access from a roadway to a laneway or a parking area on adjacent land;
• (g) “driveway apron ” means the hard surfaced portion of the boulevard in front of and leading from the travelled portion of the roadway to a private residential driveway;
• (h) “emergency vehicle ” has the same meaning as in section 144 of the HTA;
• (i) “highway ” has the same meaning as in subsection 1(1) of the HTA and includes unopened and unassumed road allowances;
• (j) “HTA ” means the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8 and any regulations passed under it; By-law No. 6604/05 Page 2
• (k) “holiday ” has the same meaning as in subsection 29(1) of the Interpretation Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.I.11;
• (l) “laneway ” means improved land adjacent to a highway which provides access from the highway to adjacent property and includes routes constructed for the purposes of providing site access for emergency vehicles, maintenance vehicles, pedestrians and/or stormwater management;
• (m) “municipal property " means property of the City or any board of the City;
• (n) “operative ” means a vehicle that is ready for immediate use. This includes but is not limited to: valid plates, insurance, in running condition, and is not outwardly in a state of disrepair, or incapable of being operated on the road immediately;
• (o) “parking space ” means that part of the surface of a roadway, municipal property or private property designated by painted lines for the purpose of parking a vehicle;
• (p) "pedestrian " means a person on foot or using a mobility device such as a wheelchair, scooter, baby carriage, or stroller;
• (q) "shoulder " means that part of a highway immediately adjacent to the travelled portion of the roadway and having a surface that has been improved with asphalt, concrete or gravel for the use of vehicles.
• (r) "sidewalk " means that part of a highway set aside for the use of pedestrians or used by the general public for the passage of pedestrians;