No Dogs on Beach Bylaw

BY-LAW #21-2000, as amended by By-Law #33-2002
A By-law to prohibit, regulate and control dogs and vehicles on lake bed, shore lands
and beaches within the Town of South Bruce Peninsula.

Whereas Section 210 of the Municipal Act R.S.O. 1990 provides for a municipality to
prohibit or regulate dogs within the Municipality or defined areas thereof and Section
210 part 131 of the Municipal Act R.S.O. 1990 provides for prohibiting parking on
private or Municipal property or public lands within the municipality.

Now therefore the Council of the Town of South Bruce Peninsula enacts as follows:

DEFINITIONS:

VEHICLES includes a motor vehicle, trailer, tractor, lawn tractor, road building
machinery and any vehicle drawn, propelled or driven by any power, but does not
include bicycle, wheelchair or motorized wheelchair.

BEACH (a) for the purpose of this bylaw, Beach shall mean the following, where
signs are posted reading: No dogs and/or no vehicles on the Beach. The area
between where the signs are posted and the closest waters edge shall be the Beach.
(b) All of schedule A, By law # 21-2000 be removed and replaced with the new
schedule A, attached hereto.

OWNER shall mean the owner of a dog including a person who possesses or harbours
a dog and where the owner is a minor the person responsible for the custody of the
minor.

LEASH shall mean an instrument no longer than 2.74 metres made from
rope/chain/leather so that a dog may be controlled by the owner holding one end
with the dog attached to the other end.

SECTION 1

a) Where proper signs have been erected, no owner shall allow a dog
on a beach or park in the Town of South Bruce Peninsula in the areas
shown on Schedule A attached to and forming part of this By-law

b) Where proper signs have been erected no person shall operate a
vehicle on any beach or park in the Town of South Bruce Peninsula in
the areas shown on Schedule A attached to and forming part of this
By-law.

c) Every owner who is in control of a dog shall forthwith remove any
excrement left by a dog on public property anywhere in the Town of
South Bruce Peninsula.

d) All dog owners shall have their dogs on a leash to control said dogs
while on designated park land where signs have been erected only
permitting dogs on leash in the municipality of the Town of South
Bruce Peninsula.

EXEMPTIONS

SECTION (2)

4. Notwithstanding the restrictions in this by-law dogs on leashes will be allowed
in Blue Water Park in all areas other than the signed portion of the beach in
Blue Water Park not allowing dogs.

b) The public beach known as Sauble Beach as described in By-law 77-
95 of the Former

Township of Amabel is exempt from this By-law .

c) Emergency vehicles and those vehicles operated by employees of
the Town of South Bruce Peninsula while carrying out their duties are
exempt from this By-law.

SECTION (3)

ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

Every person(s) who violates a provision of this By-law is guilty of an offence and on
conviction is liable to the penalty provided in Section 61 of the Provincial Offences
Act R.S.O. 1990 Chapter P.33 as amended from time to time.

This By-law shall supersede and rescind that portion of any By-law in any of the
former Municipalities dealing with the matters referred to in this By-law.

This By-law shall come into effect on the date of its passage.

READ a FIRST and SECOND time this 13th day of MAY, 2002.

READ a THIRD time and FINALLY PASSED this 13th day of MAY, 2002.
SCHEDULE `A' OF BY-LAW #21-2000 AS AMENDED BY BY-LAW #33-2002
TOWN OF SOUTH BRUCE PENINSULA

COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 SIDE COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4
FROM TO
STREET OR SIDES TIMES IN
EFFECT
MAY 1ST TO
BERFORD PARK WEST SIDE IVY LANE FOR 190
ROAD M, BERFORD SEPT 30 IN
PARK ROAD TO EACH AND
WATERS EDGE EVERY YEAR

MAY 1ST TO
RED BAY N/A 458 M FROM RED
SEPT. 30TH IN
BAY DOCK TO
EACH AND
ADALAIDE
STREET AND EVERY YEAR
FROM SIGNS TO
WATERS EDGE
MAY 1ST TO
LONLEY ISLAND N/A FROM
SEPT. 30TH IN
RUTHERFORD
POINT NORTH FOR EACH AND
268M TO LONLEY EVERY YEAR
ISLAND ROAD
AND FROM SIGNS
TO WATERS EDGE
MAY 1ST TO
WHISKEY N/A EAST FOR 725 M
SEPT. 30TH IN
ISLAND AND FROM SIGNS
TO WATERS EDGE EACH AND
EVERY YEAR
MAY 1ST TO
HOPE BAY EAST SIDE FROM BEECH
SHORE STREET SOUTH SEPT. 30 IN
ON HOPE BAY EACH AND
ROAD FOR 547 M EVERY YEAR
AND FROM BEECH
STREET SOUTH
FOR 547 M AND
EAST TO WATER