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CAPE BRETON REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY
Bylaw T4
SIDEWALKS
1. No person shall ride any horse or other animal on any sidewalk in the Regional
Municipality.
2. a) If a dog, other than a guide dog (as defined herein), either leashed or
unleashed, defecates on any public or private property other than the
property of its owner, including upon any public sidewalk, the omission
by the owner to cause such defecation to be removed immediately shall be
an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to a fine not less
than $100.00 and not more than $1,000.00 on each violation.
b) “Guide Dog” means any dog formally trained in a school recognized by
the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (C.N.I.B.) to guide a blind
person.
3. a) No person shall use rollerskates, rollerblades or skateboards on any
sidewalk in the Regional Municipality.
b) This section applies only to those parts of the Regional Municipality
designated as downtown commercial in any land-use Bylaw in force in the
Regional Municipality.
c) No person shall use or operate any unauthorized vehicle of any kind on
any sidewalk in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality at any time
including, but not limited to the following:
(i) motor vehicles as defined by the Motor Vehicles Act of
Nova Scotia;
(ii) snowmobiles;
(iii)all terrain vehicles (ATV’s)
(iv)go-carts
d) The provisions of Section 3(c) shall not apply to authorized vehicles
including but not necessarily limited to the following:
(i)police or emergency vehicles;
(ii)municipal vehicles
(iii)vehicles used by contractors in the employ of the Cape
Breton Regional Municipality;
(iv)motorized wheel chairs used by persons under disability
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4. Penalty – any person who contravenes or violates any provision of this Bylaw are
liable upon summary conviction to a penalty, unless otherwise provided for
herein, of not less than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) nor more than two
thousand dollars ($2,000.00) exclusive of costs, and in default of payment thereof
to imprisonment for a term of not less than five (5) days nor more than ninety (90)
days.
5. Any Bylaw or any provision thereof passed and approved by any former
Municipality within the boundaries of the County of Cape Breton prior to July 31,
1995, which conflicts with or acts contrary to the provisions of this Bylaw are
hereby repealed with this Bylaw becoming law and any other provision such
Bylaws hereby ratified and confirmed insofar as they are not in conflict with this
Bylaw.
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6. Repeal – Bylaw T4 “Sidewalks” passed and adopted by the Council on 23 day of
January, 1996, is hereby repealed upon this Bylaw becoming law and in full force
and effect.
PASSED AND ADOPTED
by a majority of the whole Council at a duly called meeting
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of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality Council held on the 20 day of June ,
2006.
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MAYOR CLERK
This is to certify that the attached is a true and correct copy of the Sidewalks By-law
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of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality adopted by Council on the 20 day of
June, 2006.
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Clerk
Publication Date: June 27, 2006