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THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX <br /> <br /> BY-LAW NUMBER 2481 <br /> <br />A BY-LAW TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS AND <br />TO PROVIDE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ENTRANCE WAYS <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, The Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act, <br />R.S.O., 1950, Chapter 419 and The Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980, Chapter 302, <br />contain various sections permitting a municipality to regulate the <br />installation of any access required to public highways within the jurisdic- <br />tion of The Corporation of the County of Essex and further provides for <br />the passing of by-laws for protection in various ways of streets within <br />a municipality. <br /> <br /> NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF <br />ESSEX ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br />1) <br /> <br /> In this By-law: <br /> <br />a) "Engineer" shall mean the Engineer of the Corporation of the <br /> <br /> County of Essex. <br /> <br />b) "Corporation" shall mean the Corporation of the County of Essex. <br /> <br />c) "Person" shall include any body corporate or politic. <br />d) "Public Highway" shall mean and include the entire right of way <br />of any highway, street, alley or lane or a portion thereof within the <br />jurisdiction of the Corporation of the County of Essex. <br /> <br /> e) "Drain, Ditch or Watercourse" shall not include a municipal <br />drain within the meaning of The Drainage Act, 1975. <br /> <br />2) No person shall construct or alter or cause to be constructed or <br /> <br />altered any driveway or passway or other access for any purpose whatsoever <br />over to or from any public highway unless the permission in writing of the <br />Engineer has been first obtained to do so. <br /> <br /> <br />