TOWN OF LACOMBE

BY-LAW 223.1

A by-law of the Town of Lacombe in the Province of Alberta, to amend the Lacombe Traffic By-law to allow for the use of flashing green lights by firefighters.

WHEREAS Section 59 of the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.A. 1980, c.H-7, and amendments there to, gives municipalities the power to pass a by-law allowing full-time and volunteer firefighters to use flashing green lights in their vehicles as a means of identification; and

WHEREAS the Council of the Town of Lacombe deems it expedient to amend the Lacombe Traffic By-law No. 223 to allow firefighters to use flashing green lights within the municipal boundaries;

NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Town of Lacombe, in the Province of Alberta, duly assembled, enacts as follows:

1. By-law 223 shall be amended by inserting the following new Section 209 after Section 208:

USE OF FLASHING GREEN LIGHTS

209

(a) Full-time or volunteer firefighters may carry on or in a vehicle, other than an emergency vehicle, a lamp that produces intermittent flashes of green light and may operate the lamp if the vehicle is proceeding to a fire or other emergency.

(b) No person other than a full-time or volunteer firefighter shall operate a lamp that produces intermittent flashes of green light.

(c) Northing in this section shall be construed so as to permit a full-time or volunteer firefighter to operate a vehicle in contravention of Highway Traffic Act, Provincial regulations or this By-law.

2. This By-law shall come into full force and effect on the date it is passed.