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A few things you yeed to kvow about pr Snow vehicles are regulated on streets Scugog Township, like most municipalities, has a bylaw regulating the operation of motorized snow vehicles within the community. And while all snowmobiles fall into this category, the local bylaw specifies it controls all “self-pro- pelled vehicles designed to be driven primarily on snow.” Following are some of the general provisions of the bylaw: © No person shall drive a motorized snow vehi- cle along any highway under the jurisdiction of the Township of Scugog or on any municipal lands or property unless he is licensed pursuant to the Mo- torized Snow Vehicles Act. © No person shall operate a motorized snow ve- hicle on Queen Street, Simcoe Street, Kellett Street or on Bigelow Street from Kellett Street northerly to Regional Road Eight (8). © No person shall operate a motorized snow ve- hicle along any sidewalk within the Township of Scugog except where crossing such sidewalk at as close to a ninety degree angle as is practicable. © No person shall operate a motorized snow ve- hicle in any public park in areas designated by sign or poster to be prohibited and notwithstanding the foregoing no person shall operate a motorized snow vehicle along any sidewalk within a park. © No person shall operate a motorized snow vehi- cle within any park at a speed greater than 20 kilo- metres per hour. © No person shall operate a motorized snow ve- hicle on any highway, or part thereof at a speed of greater than 50 kilometres per hour. © No person shall operate a motorized snow vehi- cle within any hamlet or town between the hours of one o'clock a.m. and seven o'clock a.m. on the same ay. Every person who contravenes any of the provi- sions of the bylaw is considered guilty of an offence and upon conviction is liable to a fine or penalty for each offence. Anyone wanting to know the full extent of Bylaw #28-04, can download it off the township's web site. Be winter wise... know and obey all the laws. Sidewalks must be cleared pronto Not everyone loves snowmobiling, ski- ing or in fact walking in the snow... but re- gardless whether you like it or not, every resident of the Township of Scugog does have to contend with the fluffy white stuff when it falls on our streets. In the wisdom of our local representa- tives, they have formulated a bylaw which regulates the removal of snow and ice from sidewalks... and that's where each and every business and homeowner au- tomatically becomes involved. Bylaw #106-05 states the following: “That every owner and occupant of any building or vacant land within the bound- aries of the Municipality shall clear away and remove or cause to be cleared away and remove any snow or ice from such sidewalks on the highway in front of, along side or at the rear of such building cant land within twenty-four (24) hours after the accumulation of such snow or ice. The Municipality may clear away and remove snow or ice from the sidewalk, on a highway in front of, along side or at the rear of any occupied or unoccupied building or vacant land if the owner or occupant fails to do so within the afore- mentioned twenty-four (24) hours, and the expense of doing so shall be added to the tax roll and collected in the same manner as taxes.” Okay, that’s a lot of ‘mumbo jumbo’ to digest... but in short it means if you don’t clear your sidewalks within 24 hours, the township can come along and do it for =| you and add the expense to your tax bill. In addition, every person who fails to clear their sidewalk is deemed to have contravened the bylaw and will be con- sidered guilty of an offence. As such, upon conviction the “guilty person” is li- able to a fine for each time they offend the bylaw. For more information about these Scugog To 4 FOCUS - FEBRUARY 2008 focus@observerpub.ca