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BY-LAW NIrMBER 2362 <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 <br />on a highway or portion of highway under its jurisdiction that is not <br />within a built-up area or suburban district than is prescribed in clause <br />a of subsection ! of section 82 but such rate of speed shall not be less <br />than 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 kilomtres <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 <br />Essex enacts as follows: <br /> <br />When any highway or portion of highway set out in Schedule "A" <br />appended hereto is marked in compliance with the regulations <br />under The Highway Traffic Act the maximum rate of speed thereon <br />shall be the rate of speed prescribed in the schedule. <br /> <br />The penalties provided in <br />Highway Traffic Act shall <br /> <br />By-law <br /> <br />subsection 16 of section 82 of The <br />apply to offences against this by-law. <br /> <br /># 942 enacted June 22/44 <br />#1610 enacted Jan. 19/66 <br />#1633 enacted Apr. 20/66 <br />#1696 enacted Mar. 15/67 <br />#1771 enacted Apr. 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 Apr. 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 />#2273 enacted Oct. 5/77 <br /> <br />are hereby repealed. <br /> <br /> <br />