THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

OCT 20 i986

MEMORANDUM

TO: City Administrator October 14, 1986

FROM: City Engineer

SUBJECT: Amendment to Traffic Bylaw - Public Werks Committee
October 7, 1986

Recommendation:

That Division 3 of Bylaw 1117 be retitied "Control of
Traffic and Signs" and the following provisions added:

306. "No person shall erect or matIntain a sign or
advertisement on or over a highway other than an
arterial highway by any means, Ineluding placement,
atfixatton or matntenance of a sign on top of a
vehicle parked or stopped on a highway."

307. "Any sign erected or maintained contrary to Section
306 of this Bylaw may be altered, repainted, torn
down or removed by the City Engineer or a. Bylaw
Enforcement Officer, without compensation to any.
person for any loss or damage which results." _

Background and Comments:

The City has been looking for a way to cease signs placed
on vehicles parked on highways. Parking a vehicle on a highway
for displaying a sign !s covered In the bylaw now but Is
entorcable only through prosecution or Injunction proceedings.
The proposed provisions, prepared by the Solicitor, would allow
the removal of such stgns by City staff and thus would be much

easter to enforce.

FeE. P
City Engineer