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BY-LAW NUMBER 2273 <br /> <br />AUTHORIZING SPEED LIMITS <br /> <br /> WHEREAS subsection 7 of section 82 of THe Highway Traffic Act, <br />R.S.O. 1970, Chapter 202 authorizes the council of a township or county <br />by by-law to prescribe a lower or higher rate of speed for motor vehicles on <br />a highway or portion of highway under its jurisdiction that is not within <br />a built-up area or suburban district than is prescribed in clause a of <br />subsection i of section 82 but such rate of speed shall not be less than <br />60 kilometres per hour or more than 100 kilometres per hour; <br /> <br /> AND WHEREAS the above section was amended by "The Highway Traffic <br />Amendment Act, 1977" providing the conversion or rates of speed expressed <br />in miles per hour in all municipal by-laws to be converted to kilometres <br />per hour; <br /> <br /> AND WHEREAS it is deemed expedient that the speed limit for motor <br />vehicles on certain highways in the Corporation of the County of Essex be <br />either decreased or increased or both; <br /> <br /> NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the County of Essex <br />enacts as follows: <br /> <br />When any highway or portion of highway set out in Schedule "A" appended <br />hereto is marked in compliance with the regulations under The Highway <br />Traffic Act the maximum rate of speed thereon shall be the rate of speed <br />prescribed in the schedule. <br /> <br />2. The penalties provided in subsection 16 of section 82 of The Highway <br /> Traffic Act shall apply to offences against this by-law. <br /> <br />By-law # 942 enacted June 22/44 <br /> #1610 enacted Jan 19/66 <br /> #1633 enacted April 20/66 <br /> #1696 enacted Mar 15/67 <br /> #1771 enacted April 9/68 <br /> #1845 enacted Oct 8/69 <br /> #1954 enacted Mar 3/71 <br /> #1970 enacted June 10/71 <br /> #2007 enacted Mar 1/72 <br /> #2036 enacted Jan 21/73 <br /> #2073 enacted July 11/73 <br /> #2081 enacted July 25/73 <br /> #2169 enacted April 23/75 <br /> #2183 enacted June 18/75 <br /> #2217 enacted Mar 24/76 <br /> #2218 enacted Mar 24/76 <br /> #2226 enacted May 5/76 <br /> <br />are hereby repealed. <br /> <br /> <br />