Local authority
142(1)Subject to subsection (5), a local authority may, by by-law, prescribe a higher or lower maximum speed limit than the maximum speed limit prescribed in paragraph 140(1)(
a) for any highway or part of a highway under its jurisdiction and located within its bounds, other than for a school zone or construction zone, and the maximum speed limit.
142(2)Subject to subsection (5.1), a municipality may, by by-law, designate parts of highways under its jurisdiction and located within its bounds and in the vicinity of public or private schools as school zones or school areas and prescribe for a school zone a maximum speed limit that is higher than the maximum speed limit prescribed in paragraph 140.1(1)(a) but is no more than 20 km/h below the maximum speed limit for the part of the highway before entering the school zone.
142(2.1)Subject to subsections (2.2) and (5.2), a rural community or regional municipality may, by by-law, designate parts of highways under its jurisdiction and located within its bounds and in the vicinity of public or private schools as school zones or school areas and prescribe for a school zone a maximum speed limit that is lower or higher than the maximum speed limit prescribed in paragraph 140.1(1)(c) but is no more than 20 km/h below the maximum speed limit for the part of the highway before entering the school zone.
142(2.11)The maximum speed limit prescribed under subsections (2) and (2.1) for a school zone shall be in effect during the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the days during which a public school or private school in the vicinity of that school zone is in session.
142(2.2)A rural community or regional municipality shall not make a by-law that purports to prescribe a maximum speed limit that is lower than 30 km/h and any such by-law has no force or effect.
142(3)A local authority shall erect signs marking the commencement and end of a school zone or school area and, in the case of a school zone, signs giving notice of the maximum speed limit for the school zone prescribed in paragraph 140.1(1)(a) or (c) or subsection (2) or (2.1), as the case may be.
142(4)The signs referred to in subsection (3) shall face approaching traffic.
142(5)A local authority shall not make a by-law that purports to prescribe a higher or lower maximum speed limit than the maximum speed limit prescribed in paragraph 140(1)(
a) for a provincial highway or part of a provincial highway located within its bounds and any such by-law has no force or effect.
142(5.1)A municipality shall not make a by-law that purports to prescribe a higher or lower maximum speed limit than the maximum speed limit prescribed in paragraph 140.1(1)(
a) for a provincial highway or part of a provincial highway located within its bounds and any such by-law has no force or effect.
142(5.2)A rural community or regional municipality shall not make a by-law that purports to prescribe a higher or lower maximum speed limit than the maximum speed limit prescribed in paragraph 140.1(1)(
c) for a provincial highway or part of a provincial highway located within its bounds and any such by-law has no force or effect.
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