The Regional Municipality of Peel
By-law number 31-2017

A by-law to implement on-street bike lanes and two-way centre left turn lanes on Regional Road 4 (Dixie Road) in the area of Lakeshore Road to Rometown Drive in the City of Mississauga; and to amend By-law Number 15-2013 being a by-law to regulate traffic on roads under the jurisdiction of The Regional Municipality of Peel.

Whereas, the Council of the Regional Corporation on the 24th day of January 2013 passed By-law 15-2013 to consolidate the by-laws that regulate traffic on roads under jurisdiction of The Regional Municipality of Peel;

And whereas, the Council of The Regional Municipality of Peel has by resolution passed on the 8th day of June, 2017, authorized the enactment of a by-law to amend By-law 15-2013 to designate on-street bicycle lanes on Regional Roads as bicycle exclusive lanes; and that both the east and west sides of Regional Road 4 (Dixie Road) from Lakeshore Road to Rometown Drive be designated as bicycle exclusive lanes;

And whereas, motorists who drive, park or stop in a reserved bicycle lane will be liable to a fine in accordance with Section 19 of By-law 15-2013, and the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter P.33, as amended;

Now therefore, the the Council of the Regional Corporation enacts as follows:

1. That a new Section 25 of the by-law be added as follows:

   When official Reserved Bicycle Lane signs are erected and on display, no person shall drive, Park or Stop a Vehicle, other than a Bicycle or Public Transit vehicle in any portion of a Highway having been divided into clearly marked lanes for bicycle traffic, set out in Schedule A of this by-law, Part 25, Column 1, between the limits set out respectively in Columns 2 and 3 of said parts, in the directions set out in Column 4.

2. That under Section 2(1) – Interpretation – a new subsection be added as follows:

   "Reserved Bicycle Lane" means a section of the street or roadway designated for unidirectional bicycle traffic only and denoted by pavement markings and signage;

3. That Part 25 (Reserved Bicycle Lanes) be added to Schedule A of By-law 15-2013 as follows:

   Column 1 Highway	Column 2 From	Column 3 To	Column 4 Lanes
   Regional Road 4	Lakeshore Road	Rometown Drive	Northbound, East Curb Lane
   Regional Road 4	Lakeshore Road	Rometown Drive	Southbound,West Curb Lane

4. That Part 14 of Schedule A of By-law 15-2013 is amended by deleting the following:

   Column 1 Highway	Column 2 Limit	Column 3 Lane	Column 4 Direction of Movement	Column 5 Time or Days
   Regional Road 4	Saint James Avenue to Orchard Hill Road	Centre	Northbound and southbound left turns	Anytime
   Regional Road 4	200 metres south of Larchview Trail to Larchview Trail	Centre	Northbound and southbound left turns	Anytime

 

Read three times And passed in open Council this 8th day of June, 2017.