THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

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MEMORANDUM

TO BeRo Kirk,
City Administrator

FROM: FE. Peters, P.Eng.,
City Engineer

SUBJECT: Revisions to Traffic Bylaw for truck routes Publie
Works Committee Apri! 7th, 1987

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RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Section 605 of Bylaw 1117 be amended to allow trucks to
uS@ non truck routes tor the Purpose of getting ta any legal
destination within the City.

Background and Comments:

lt was brought to the attention of the Committee that the
Traffic Bytaw was unclear about what constituted legal use of a
non truck route in the City. A truck driver had received a
ticket for travelling on Coast Meridian Road, which is not a
truck route, after leaving his overnight parking spot. The
overnight parking spot was not in a residential area and
therefore was fegal. The Traffic Bylaw only exempts vehicles
making a "local service call" and the ReCoMeP. had Interpreted
this as not applying to overnight parking.

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The fundamental question fg whether the City wishes to prevent
truck drivers from parking their vehicles in commercial zones
that are not served by truck routes. If this the case, then it
is best dealt with by chang-ing the parking regulations. If it
is not the case, then trucks must be allowed access to these
parking spots and should not be ticketed for belng off a truck
route. [+t was the Committee's opinion that such parking should
not be prohibited and therefore the Traffic Bylaw should be
amended to allow vehicles to use non truck routes to get to any
legal destination within the City.

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Fee! Peters, P. Eng.,
City Engineer

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