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THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX BY -LAW NUMBER 59 -2004 A BY -LAW PROHIBITING THE OPERATION OF HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A HIGHWAY WHEREAS, the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, authorizes that a municipality having jurisdiction over a highway may by by -law, prohibit the operation of a vehicle on a highway having a gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight of four thousand five hundred kilograms (4500 kg) or more. AND WHEREAS, it is expedient to prohibit the operation of heavy traffic on a highway in the Towns of Tecumseh and Lakeshore: NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Corporation of the County of Essex enacts as follows: 1. Definitions: (a) "gross vehicle weight" means the total weight in kilograms transmitted to the highway by a vehicle, or combination of vehicles, and load; (b) "heavy traffic" means any vehicle having a gross vehicle weight of four thousand five hundred kilograms (4500 kg) or more. 2. No vehicle with a gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight in excess of 4500 kg shall be operated on County Road 19 (Manning Road) from Highway No. 401 to County Road 42 in the Town of Tecumseh and Town of Lakeshore (former Township of Maidstone). 3. The provisions under Section 1 above shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles, vehicles operated by or on behalf of a Federal, Provincial or Municipal Department, a vehicle operated by a local board, Board of Education, Hydro - Electric Commission, public or private utility, telephone company, a commercial vehicle making a delivery to or a collection from a bona fide destination which cannot be reached via highway or highways upon which heavy traffic is not prohibited. 4. Any person(s) violating any provisions of this By -law shall be subject to penalties provided in Section 125, of the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990. 5. This By -law shall come into force and take effect on the 20th day of October 2004.