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LAWN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER\n© STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\n_________\nCITY OF JOONDALUP\n———————————\nPARKING LOCAL LAW 2023\n\n\n\n13 May 2024 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1195\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nCITY OF JOONDALUP\nPARKING LOCAL LAW 2023\nCONTENTS\nPART 1—DEFINITIONS AND OPERATION ........................................................................... 1197\n1.1 Citation....................................................................................................................................... 1197\n1.2 Commencement.......................................................................................................................... 1197\n1.3 Purpose and effect ...................................................................................................................... 1197\n1.4 Repeal ......................................................................................................................................... 1197\n1.5 Application ................................................................................................................................. 1197\n1.6 Definitions .................................................................................................................................. 1197\n1.7 Interpretation............................................................................................................................. 1201\n1.8 Sign erected by the Commissioner of Main Roads ................................................................... 1201\n1.9 Application of signs .................................................................................................................... 1201\n1.10 Classes of vehicles.................................................................................................................... 1202\n1.11 Establishment of parking facilities ......................................................................................... 1202\n1.12 Permitted payment .................................................................................................................. 1202\n1.13 Alternative method of payment............................................................................................... 1202\nPART 2—STOPPING AND PARKING GENERALLY ............................................................ 1202\n2.1 Power to prohibit and regulate.................................................................................................. 1202\n2.2 Determinations in relation to stopping and parking................................................................ 1202\n2.3 Stopping or parking generally ................................................................................................... 1202\n2.4 Parking with a parking permit ................................................................................................. 1203\n2.5 Stopping or parking contrary to consent .................................................................................. 1203\n2.6 Parking positions ....................................................................................................................... 1203\n2.7 Angle parking............................................................................................................................. 1203\n2.8 Loading zones............................................................................................................................. 1203\n2.9 Reserves ..................................................................................................................................... 1204\n2.10 Occupied parking bays............................................................................................................. 1204\n2.11 Urgent, essential or official functions ..................................................................................... 1204\n2.12 Direction to move vehicle......................................................................................................... 1204\n2.13 Selling or hiring in a parking facility...................................................................................... 1204\n2.14 Damage to parking facilities ................................................................................................... 1204\n2.15 Removal and impounding of vehicles ...................................................................................... 1204\n2.16 Authorised parking .................................................................................................................. 1204\n2.17 Stopping or parking on City property ..................................................................................... 1204\nPART 3—STOPPING AND PARKING ON ROADS AND OTHER AREAS ......................... 1205\n3.1 Stopping or parking on a carriageway ...................................................................................... 1205\n3.2 Median strips and traffic islands .............................................................................................. 1205\n3.3 Verges ......................................................................................................................................... 1205\n3.4 Prohibited parking of vehicles ................................................................................................... 1205\n3.5 Obstructions generally .............................................................................................................. 1205\n3.6 Double parking........................................................................................................................... 1206\n3.7 Crossovers .................................................................................................................................. 1206\n3.8 Stopping on crests, curves,\netc. ................................................................................................. 1206\n3.9 Stopping or parking near fire hydrant or post box ................................................................... 1206\n3.10 Bus stops, pedestrian, children and train crossings .............................................................. 1206\n3.11 Restrictions on avoiding time limitations ............................................................................... 1206\n3.12 Public bus zones ....................................................................................................................... 1207\n3.13 Stopping or parking in a taxi zone .......................................................................................... 1207\n3.14 Charter vehicle zones .............................................................................................................. 1207\n3.15 Stopping or parking in a shared zone ..................................................................................... 1207\n3.16 Stopping or parking—heavy and long vehicles ...................................................................... 1207\n\n1196 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 13 May 2024\nPART 4—FEE-PAYING ZONES ..................................................................................................1207\n4.1 Fee-paying zones ........................................................................................................................ 1207\n4.2 Payment of fees .......................................................................................................................... 1207\n4.3 Operations of fee-paying machines ........................................................................................... 1208\n4.4 Metered space, parking limit ..................................................................................................... 1208\n4.5 Display of parking tickets and parking limits .......................................................................... 1208\n4.6 Reserved fee-paying zones ......................................................................................................... 1208\n4.7 Parking restrictions in fee-paying zones ................................................................................... 1208\n4.8 Use of counterfeit or altered parking tickets ............................................................................ 1208\n4.9 Payment for parking .................................................................................................................. 1209\nPART 5—PARKING STATIONS .................................................................................................1209\n5.1 Removal of vehicles .................................................................................................................... 1209\n5.2 Entering and exiting parking facilities ..................................................................................... 1209\n5.3 Locking of parking stations ....................................................................................................... 1209\n5.4 Behaviour in a parking station.................................................................................................. 1209\n5.5 Low clearance signs ................................................................................................................... 1209\nPART 6—MISCELLANEOUS ......................................................................................................1209\n6.1 Authorised person certificate of appointment .......................................................................... 1209\n6.2 Authorised persons .................................................................................................................... 1209\n6.3 Power of an authorised person .................................................................................................. 1209\n6.4 Impersonating an authorised person ........................................................................................ 1209\n6.5 Obstructing of an authorised person ......................................................................................... 1209\n6.6 Removal of notices...................................................................................................................... 1209\n6.7 Display of signs .......................................................................................................................... 1209\n6.8 Marking tyres and valve stem readings .................................................................................... 1210\n6.9 Exemption when complying with directions ............................................................................. 1210\n6.10 Special purpose and emergency vehicles ................................................................................ 1210\n6.11 Interfere with or damage to City property .............................................................................. 1210\n6.12 Vehicles not to obstruct a public place .................................................................................... 1210\nPART 7—OFFENCES AND MODIFIED PENALTIES............................................................ 1210\n7.1 Offences ...................................................................................................................................... 1210\n7.2 Form of notices ........................................................................................................................... 1210\n7.3 Modified penalty......................................................................................................................... 1210\nSCHEDULE 1 .................................................................................................................................1211\n\n13 May 2024 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1197\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nCITY OF JOONDALUP\nPARKING LOCAL LAW 2023\nUnder the powers conferred by the\nLocal Government Act 1995 and under all other powers enabling it,\nthe Council of the City of Joondalup resolved on 26 March 2024 to make the\nCity of Joondalup Parking\nLocal Law 2023.\nPART 1—DEFINITIONS AND OPERATION\n1.1 Citation\nThis local law may be cited as the\nCity of Joondalup Parking Local Law 2023.\n1.2 Commencement\nThis local law will come into operation on the fourteenth day after the day on which it is published in\nthe\nGovernment Gazette.\n1.3 Purpose and effect\n(1) The purpose of this local law is to provide for the regulation, control and management of parking\nwithin the district.\n(2) The effect of this local law is to control parking throughout the district to ensure the safe, fair and\nequitable use of parking facilities under the care and control of the local government.\n1.4 Repeal\nThe following local laws are repealed on the day that this local law comes into operation—\n(1)\nCity of Joondalup Parking Local Law 2013, as published in the\nGovernment Gazette on\n19 August 2013.\n(2)\nCity of Joondalup Parking Amendment Local Law 2015, as published in the\nGovernment\nGazette on 4 September 2015.\n(3)\nCity of Joondalup Parking Amendment Local Law 2018, as published in the\nGovernment\nGazette on 3 August 2018.\n1.5 Application\n(1) Except as set out in this clause, this local law applies to the whole of the district.\n(2) This local law does not apply to—\n(a) the approach and departure prohibition areas of all existing and future traffic control signal\ninstallations as determined by the Commissioner of Main Roads Western Australia;\n(b) the prohibition areas that apply to all existing and future bridges and subways as determined\nby the Commissioner of Main Roads, Western Australia;\n(c) a thoroughfare that comes under the control of the Commissioner of Main Roads Western\nAustralia unless the control of parking and parking facilities on that thoroughfare has been\ndelegated by the Commissioner of Main Roads Western Australia to the City; and\n(3) This local law does not apply to a parking station that—\n(a) is not owned, controlled or occupied by the City; or\n(b) is owned by the City but is leased to another person,\nunless the City and the owner or occupier of the parking station have agreed in writing (on\nwhatever terms and conditions they think fit) that this local law is to apply to the parking station.\n1.6 Definitions\nIn this local law, unless the context requires otherwise—\nAct means the\nLocal Government Act 1995;\nauthorised person means a person appointed by the City under section 9.10 of the Act to perform\nany of the functions of an authorised person under this local law;\nauthorised vehicle means a vehicle authorised by the City, the CEO, an authorised person or by\nany written law to stop or park on (or on part of) a thoroughfare or parking facility;\nbicycle has the meaning given in the Code;\nbicycle lane has the meaning given in the Code;\nbicycle path has the meaning given in the Code;\nbus has the meaning given in the Code;\nbus embayment has the meaning given in the Code;\nbus lane has the meaning given in the Code;\nbus stop has the meaning given in the Code;\nbusway has the meaning given in the Code;\nbus zone has the meaning given in the Code;\n\n1198 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 13 May 2024\ncaravan means a vehicle that is fitted or designed to allow human habitation and which is capable\nof being drawn by another vehicle, or which is capable of self-propulsion;\ncarriageway has the meaning given in the Code;\ncentre, in relation to a carriageway, means a line or a series of lines, marks or other indications—\n(a) for a two-way carriageway—placed so as to delineate vehicular traffic travelling in\ndifferent directions; or\n(b) in the absence of any such lines, marks or other indications—the middle of the main,\ntravelled portion of the carriageway;\nCEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the City;\ncharter vehicle means a vehicle holding an omnibus licence issued under the\nTransport Co-\nordination Act 1966, and includes a passenger transport vehicle, but does not include a public\nbus;\nchildren’s crossing has the meaning given in the Code;\nCity means the City of Joondalup;\nCity property means anything, whether land or not, that belongs to, or is vested in, or under the\ncare, control or management of, the City;\nclearway means a length of carriageway which carries a high traffic volume that has clearway no\nstopping signs erected appurtenant to it, to facilitate the unhindered flow of traffic;\nCode means the\nRoad Traffic Code 2000;\ncommercial vehicle means a motor vehicle that is—\n(a) constructed, adapted or fitted for the conveyance of goods; and\n(b) used primarily for the conveyance of goods,\nbut does not include a vehicle constructed for the conveyance of materials used in any trade,\nbusiness, industry or any other work;\nCouncil means the Council of the City;\ncrossover means the portion of land which lies between the boundary of a carriageway and the\nadjacent property line that is constructed for the purpose of giving access to the property;\ndisability parking permit has the meaning given in the\nLocal Government (Parking for People\nwith Disabilities) Regulations 2014;\ndistrict means the district of the City;\ndriver means a person driving or in control of a vehicle;\ndriveway means an area of land on private property which abuts a crossover and is designed\nprimarily for vehicles to ingress and egress to that property;\nedge line has the meaning given in the Code;\nelectric rideable vehicle means a bicycle, scooter, skateboard, wheelchair or any other vehicle\nthat—\n(a) has at least 1 wheel; and\n(b) is designed to be used by a single person; and\n(c) has an electric motor or motors,\nbut does not include an electric vehicle;\nelectric vehicle means a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors or traction motors for\npropulsion and which is charged via ‘plug in’ connection to an external power source and\nincludes a car, truck, moped and motorbike but does not include an electric rideable device.\nelectronic parking detection device means an electronic device placed in a position to detect\nand record the parking time of a vehicle on any road, parking facility, or other public place and\nincludes any instrument, display panel or transmitting apparatus associated with the device;\nemergency vehicle has the meaning given in the Code;\nentrance ticket means a ticket or token issued by an entrance ticket machine;\nentrance ticket machine means a machine—\n(a) installed at an entrance to a parking station; and\n(b) from which tickets are issued to vehicles entering that parking station;\nexit ticket means a ticket issued after payment of the fee by a fee collection machine;\nfee collection machine means a machine installed in a parking station which, on the insertion\nof an entrance ticket or vehicle registration details, and payment of the required fee, issues an\nexit ticket or allows exit through a gate;\nfee-paying machine means a ticket issuing machine, fee collection machine or parking meter;\nfee-paying zone means where a fee payable is indicated by a sign where the vehicle is stopped or\nparked within the same—\n(a) parking station; or\n(b) section of the road between two intersections or an intersection and head of a cul-de-sac\nas the case may be;\nfire hydrant has the meaning given in the Code;\n\n13 May 2024 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1199\nfuneral vehicle means a vehicle designed or modified for use in conducting funeral services;\nfootpath has the meaning given in the Code;\nGVM (which stands for ‘gross vehicle mass’) means for a vehicle, the maximum loaded mass of the\nvehicle—\n(a) specified by the manufacturer on an identification plate on the vehicle; or\n(b) if there is no specification by the manufacturer on an identification plate on the vehicle\nor if the specification is not appropriate because the vehicle is modified—certified by the\nDirector General under section 49 of the\nTransport Co-ordination Act 1966;\nhead of a cul-de-sac means the part of a road that is closed at one end and is shaped in such a\nway that it can be used for vehicles to turn, and includes bulb or hammer-head shaped closed\nroads;\nintersection has the meaning given in the Code;\nkeep clear marking has the meaning given in the Code;\nkerb means any structure, mark, marking or device to delineate or indicate the edge of a\ncarriageway;\nlength of carriageway means the section on the same side of the carriageway, between\nintersections on that side of the carriageway;\nloading zone means—\n(a) a parking facility or length of carriageway to which a loading zone sign applies; or\n(b) a parking bay designated by a sign for use by commercial vehicles as a loading zone;\nloading zone sign has the meaning given in the Code;\nlow clearance sign means a sign indicating the height clearance restriction (in metres) when\nentering a parking station so as not to allow an oversize vehicle to attempt to pass under the\nobject that is part of the sign;\nmedian strip has the meaning given in the Code;\nmetered space means a section or part of a metered zone that is controlled by a parking meter\nand that is marked or defined in a way that indicates where a vehicle may be parked on\npayment of a fee or charge;\nmetered zone means a road or reserve, or part of a road or reserve, in which a parking meter\nregulates the stopping or parking of vehicles;\nmoney means any legal tender under the\nCurrency Act 1965 (Cth);\nmotorcycle means a motor vehicle that has two wheels but does not include a motor vehicle to\nwhich a side car is attached;\nmotor vehicle means a self-propelled vehicle that is not operated on rails, and includes—\n(a) a trailer, semi-trailer or caravan while attached to a motor vehicle;\n(b) a 2-wheeled motor vehicle with a side car attached to it that is supported by a third\nwheel; or\n(c) a 3-wheeled motor vehicle,\nbut does not include an electric rideable device;\nnature strip has the meaning given in the Code and includes a verge;\nno parking area has the meaning given in the Code;\nno parking sign means a sign with—\n(a) the words ‘no parking’ in red letters on a white background; or\n(b) the letter ‘P’ within a red annulus and a red diagonal line across it on a white background;\nno stopping area has the meaning given in the Code;\nno stopping sign means a sign with—\n(a) the words ‘no stopping’ or ‘no standing’ in red letters on a white background; or\n(b) the letter ‘S’ within a red annulus and a red diagonal line across it on a white background;\nnumber plate has the meaning given in the\nRoad Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012;\nobstruction has the meaning given in the Code;\noccupier has the meaning given in the Act;\none-way carriageway has the meaning given in the Code;\nowner—\n(a) where used in relation to a vehicle licensed under the\nRoad Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012,\nhas the meaning given to ‘responsible person’ in the\nRoad Traffic (Administration)\nAct 2008;\n(b) where used in relation to any other vehicle, means the person who owns, or is entitled to\npossession of, the vehicle; and\n(c) where used in relation to land, has the meaning given in the Act;\npark has the meaning given in the Code;\nparking app means a software program used by a computer, tablet, smartphone or other electronic\ndevice for the payment of parking by a vehicle for a specified period of time;\n\n1200 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 13 May 2024\nparking app zone means a parking facility within a fee-paying zone in which a parking app is\navailable for use;\nparking area has the meaning given in the Code;\nparking bay means a section of a parking facility or carriageway which is marked or defined in\nany way to indicate where a vehicle may stop or park;\nparking bay for people with disabilities has the meaning given to permit parking area in the\nLocal Government (Parking for People with Disabilities) Regulations 2014;\nparking control sign has the meaning given in the Code;\nparking facility includes—\n(a) land, buildings, shelters, parking bays, parking stations and other facilities open to the\npublic generally for the parking of vehicles; and\n(b) signs, notices and facilities used in connection with the parking of vehicles;\nparking meter means a machine or device which, as a result of a payment by any permitted\nmeans, indicates (with or without the issue of a ticket) the period during which it is lawful for\na vehicle to remain parked in a metered space to which the machine or device relates;\nparking period means an electronic authorisation to park a vehicle issued from a ticket issuing\nmachine, a parking meter or a parking app;\nparking permit means a permit issued by the City or an authorised person and includes a written\nor electronic permit;\nparking region means the area to which this local law applies, as described in clause 1.5;\nparking station means any land, building or other structure used predominantly for the stopping\nand parking of vehicles, whether or not a fee is charged, but does not include a road or reserve;\nparking ticket means a ticket which is issued from a ticket issuing machine or parking meter and\nwhich authorises the parking of a vehicle;\npassenger transport vehicle has the meaning given in the\nTransport (Road Passenger Services)\nAct 2018;\npath has the meaning given in the Code;\npedestrian has the meaning given in the Code;\npedestrian crossing has the meaning given in the Code;\npermissive parking sign means a sign inscribed with—\n(a) the word ‘parking’, but excludes a sign inscribed with the words ‘no parking’; or\n(b) the letter ‘P’ with any arrow, figure, letter or words in green;\npostal vehicle has the meaning given in the Code;\nproperty line means the boundary between the land comprising a road and the land that abuts\nthat road;\npublic bus has the meaning given in the Code;\npublic bus zone means a parking bay, bus embayment or length of carriageway designated for\nuse by a public bus;\npublic place means any place to which the public has access whether or not that place is on private\nproperty;\nreserve means any land—\n(a) which belongs to the City;\n(b) of which the City is the management body under the\nLand Administration Act 1997; or\n(c) which is an ‘otherwise unvested facility’ within section 3.53 of the Act;\nbut does not include a verge;\nroad means a highway, lane, thoroughfare or similar place which the public are allowed to use and\nincludes all of the land including the nature strip and paths appurtenant thereto lying between\nthe property lines abutting the road;\nRoad Traffic Act means the\nRoad Traffic Act 1974;\nroundabout has the meaning given in the Code;\nSchedule means a schedule to this local law;\nshared zone has the meaning given in the Code;\nsign includes a traffic sign, permissive parking sign, inscription, mark, structure or device\napproved by the City on which may be shown words, numbers, expressions or symbols for the\npurpose of prohibiting, regulating, guiding, directing or restricting the stopping or parking of\nvehicles;\nspecial purpose vehicle has the meaning given in the Code and also includes any commercial\nvehicle owned by the City;\nstop has the meaning given in the Code;\nsymbol includes a symbol specified by Australian Standard 1742.11—1999 and a symbol specified\nfrom time to time by Standards Australia for use in the regulation of parking;\ntaxi has the meaning given in the Code;\ntaxi zone has the meaning given in the Code;\n\n13 May 2024 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1201\nthoroughfare has the meaning given in the Act;\nticket includes a token;\nticket issuing machine means a machine or device which, as a result of a payment by any\npermitted means, issues a ticket showing the period during which it is lawful to remain parked\nin the area to which the machine or device relates;\nticket machine zone means a parking facility within a fee-paying zone in which a ticket issuing\nmachine is installed;\nT-intersection means an intersection where the end of a road intersects with the continuous side\nof a continuing road but does not include a roundabout;\ntraffic includes the passage of both vehicles and pedestrians;\ntraffic-control signal has the meaning given to it by the Code;\ntraffic island has the meaning given in the Code;\ntrailer has the meaning given in the Code;\ntruck means a vehicle which has a minimum load capacity of 1,000 kilograms;\ntruck bay means a parking bay designated for use by trucks only;\ntruck lane is the meaning given in the Code;\nunattended, in relation to a vehicle, means where the driver has left the vehicle and is more than\n3 metres from the closest point of the vehicle;\nunexpired parking period means a parking period on which a date and expiry time is specified\nand the time specified has not expired;\nunexpired parking ticket means a parking ticket on which a date and expiry time is printed and\nthe printed time has not expired;\nvalve stem means the self-contained valve on a tyre used for inflation;\nvalve stem reading means observing and recording the position of a vehicles valve stem in\nrelation to the associated tyre as a means of determining whether a vehicle has moved;\nvehicle has the meaning given in the\nRoad Traffic (Administration) Act 2008; and\nverge means the portion of a thoroughfare which lies between the boundary of a carriageway and\nthe adjacent property line but does not include a footpath.\n1.7 Interpretation\n(1) For the purposes of the definitions of\nno parking area, no stopping area and\nparking area, an\narrow inscribed on a traffic sign erected at an angle to the boundary of the carriageway is taken to\nbe pointing in the direction in which it would point if the signs were turned at an angle of less than\n90 degrees until parallel with the boundary.\n(2) A reference to a word or expression on a sign includes a reference to a symbol depicting that word\nor expression.\n(3) Where a term is used but is not defined in the Act or this local law and that term is defined in the\nRoad Traffic Act or the Code then, unless the context requires otherwise, the term is to have the\nmeaning given in the Road Traffic Act or the Code.\n(4) A reference to a\nthoroughfare,\nparking station,\nparking facility,\nmetered zone,\nticket\nmachine zone,\nparking app zone or\nreserve includes a reference to any part of the\nthoroughfare,\nparking station,\nparking facility,\nmetered zone,\nticket machine zone,\nparking app zone or\nreserve.\n1.8 Sign erected by the Commissioner of Main Roads\nA sign that—\n(a) was erected by the Commissioner of Main Roads Western Australia prior to the commencement\nof this local law; and\n(b) relates to the stopping or parking of vehicles,\nis taken to have been erected by the City under this local law.\n1.9 Application of signs\n(1) Where under this local law the stopping or parking of a vehicle on a road is controlled by a sign,\nthe sign is to apply to that part of the road which—\n(a) lies beyond the sign;\n(b) lies between that sign and the next sign; and\n(c) is on that half of the road nearest to that sign.\n(2) A sign may prohibit or regulate parking or stopping by the use of a symbol.\n(3) An inscription or symbol on a sign operates and has effect according to its tenor, and where the\ninscription or symbol relates to the stopping of vehicles, it is to be taken to operate and have effect\nas if it also related to the parking of vehicles.\n(4) The first three letters of any day of the week when used on a sign indicate that day of the week.\n\n1202 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 13 May 2024\n1.10 Classes of vehicles\nFor the purpose of this local law, vehicles are divided into classes as follows—\n(a) public buses;\n(b) commercial vehicles;\n(c) motorcycles;\n(d) taxis;\n(e) emergency vehicles;\n(f) special purpose vehicles;\n(g) charter vehicles;\n(h) funeral vehicles;\n(i) electric vehicles; and\n(j) all other vehicles.\n1.11 Establishment of parking facilities\nThe City may establish and vary parking facilities for the purposes of this local law.\n1.12 Permitted payment\nThe City may authorise a person to pay for parking, in advance or in arrears, by any means other than\nor in addition to the insertion of money in a ticket issuing machine or parking meter or by use of a\nparking app.\n1.13 Alternative method of payment\n(1) Where a fee to park in a parking facility (Relevant Fee) would otherwise be required, the City may\nauthorise a person to park in the parking facility, without paying the Relevant Fee in the usual\nway, by giving the person (electronically or otherwise) a permit, invoice, ticket or pass (alternative\nmethod of payment).\n(2) A person who is given an alternative method of payment, and who complies with the terms of the\nalternative method of payment, is exempt from paying the Relevant Fee.\n(3) An alternative method of payment may not be used by any person other than the person to whom\nit was given by the City.\nPART 2—STOPPING AND PARKING GENERALLY\n2.1 Power to prohibit and regulate\nThe Council may by resolution prohibit or regulate, by signs or otherwise, the stopping and parking of\nany vehicle, or of any class of person or vehicle, or both, but is to do so consistently with this local law.\n2.2 Determinations in relation to stopping and parking\n(1) The Council may by resolution determine—\n(a) permitted times and conditions of stopping and parking which may vary with the parking\nregion;\n(b) permitted classes of persons who may stop or park their vehicles;\n(c) permitted classes of vehicles which may stop or park; or\n(d) the manner of stopping or parking.\n(2) Where the Council makes a determination under subclause (1), the City—\n(a) must erect one or more signs to give effect to the determination; and\n(b) may vary the determination.\n2.3 Stopping or parking generally\n(1) A person must not stop or park a vehicle in a parking facility or in a thoroughfare—\n(a) if, by a sign, it is set apart for the stopping or parking of vehicles of a different class;\n(b) if, by a sign, it is set apart for the stopping or parking of vehicles by persons of a different class;\n(c) during any period when the stopping or parking of vehicles is prohibited by a sign;\n(d) for more than the maximum time specified by a sign unless—\n(i) clause 2.4 applies; or\n(ii) the vehicle displays a disability parking permit in which case the vehicle may be parked\n(except in a parking area for people with disabilities) in accordance with regulation\n174(2) of the Code;\n(e) other than wholly within a parking bay or metered space if the parking facility has parking\nbays or metered spaces—unless the vehicle is too wide or long to fit completely within a single\nparking bay or metered space, in which case it must be parked within the minimum number of\nparking bays or metered spaces needed to park it; or\n(f) otherwise than in accordance with a sign applying to the place where the vehicle is stopped or\nparked.\n\n13 May 2024 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1203\n(2) A person must not stop or park a vehicle—\n(a) in a no stopping area;\n(b) in an area to which a ‘clearway’ sign applies;\n(c) at the side of a carriageway marked with a continuous yellow edge line;\n(d) in an area of a carriageway signed or marked with a keep clear marking;\n(e) in a bay marked ‘M/C’ unless it is a motorcycle;\n(f) in a bus lane or busway;\n(g) in a truck lane; or\n(h) in a bicycle lane or on a bicycle path,\nunless the person is driving a public bus or a taxi and is immediately dropping off, or picking up,\npassengers.\n(3) A person must not park a vehicle in a\nno parking area, unless the driver—\n(a) is dropping off, or picking up, passengers or goods;\n(b) does not leave the vehicle unattended; and\n(c) within 2 minutes of stopping, completes the dropping off, or picking up, of the passengers or\ngoods and drives on.\n2.4 Parking with a parking permit\n(1) The City may issue to a person a parking permit which exempts the holder of the permit from a\nprohibition under this local law against the stopping or parking of vehicles on any part of a road or\nparking station subject to any conditions that the City considers appropriate.\n(2) Where—\n(a) A parking permit issued is a physical parking permit, the parking permit must be displayed\ninside the vehicle on the dashboard of the vehicle and be clearly visible to, and able to be read\nby, an authorised person from outside the vehicle at all times while that vehicle remains\nstopped or parked in the area to which the parking permit relates; or\n(b) A parking permit is issued in electronic form, the vehicle registration number must be able to\nbe entered into the City’s electronic system when the permit is used and be able to be located\nby an authorised person in a database that contains all relevant information about the permit,\npermit holder and vehicle.\n(3) The City may, at any time, revoke a permit issued under subclause (1).\n2.5 Stopping or parking contrary to consent\n(1) In this clause a reference to\nland does not include land—\n(a) which belongs to the City;\n(b) of which is an ‘otherwise unvested facility’ within section 3.53 of the Act; or\n(c) which is the subject of an agreement referred to in clause 1.5(3).\n(2) A person must not stop or park a vehicle on land without the consent of the owner or occupier of\nthe land on which the vehicle is stopped or parked.\n(3) Where the owner or occupier of the land, by a sign referable to that land or otherwise, consents to\nthe stopping or parking of vehicles on the land, a person must not stop or park on the land otherwise\nthan in accordance with that consent.\n2.6 Parking positions\nWhere a sign referring to a parking area is not inscribed with the words ‘angle parking’, then unless a\nsign referring to the parking area indicates, or a mark on the carriageway indicates, that a vehicle must\npark in a different position—\n(a) where the parking area is adjacent to the boundary of a carriageway, a person stopping or\nparking a vehicle in the parking area must stop or park it as near as practicable to and parallel\nwith that boundary; and\n(b) where the parking area is at or near the centre of the carriageway, a person stopping or parking\na vehicle in the parking area must stop or park it at approximately right angles to the centre\nof the carriageway.\n2.7 Angle parking\nWhere a sign referring to a parking area is inscribed with the words ‘angle parking’, a person stopping\nor parking a vehicle in the area must stop or park the vehicle at an angle of approximately 45 degrees\nto the centre of the carriageway unless otherwise indicated by the inscription on the sign or by a mark\non the carriageway.\n2.8 Loading zones\n(1) A person must not stop or park a vehicle in a loading zone unless–\n(a) the vehicle is a commercial vehicle; and\n(b) a person is continuously engaged in loading or unloading goods to or from that vehicle; or\n(c) alternatively to paragraphs (a) and (b), the vehicle is an authorised vehicle.\n\n1204 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 13 May 2024\n(2) A person must not stop or park a commercial or authorised vehicle in a loading zone for longer than\nthe time indicated on the loading zone sign, or if no time is indicated on the sign for longer than 30\nminutes, unless authorised by an authorised person.\n2.9 Reserves\nA person must not drive, stop or park a vehicle on or over any portion of a reserve other than an area\nspecifically set aside for that purpose, unless the person—\n(a) is an employee of the City in the course of the employee’s duties;\n(b) is an authorised person; or\n(c) has obtained the permission of the City or an authorised person.\n2.10 Occupied parking bays\nA person must not stop or park, or attempt to stop or park, a vehicle in a parking bay or metered space\nin which another vehicle is stopped or parked.\n2.11 Urgent, essential or official functions\n(1) Where—\n(a) in a parking facility, a sign prohibits the stopping or parking of a vehicle, or permits the\nstopping or parking of a vehicle for a limited time; and\n(b) a person needs to carry out a function that is considered by an authorised person to be urgent,\nessential or official in nature and that would be facilitated by stopping or parking a vehicle in\nthe parking facility,\nthe person may be permitted, by an authorised person, to stop or park the vehicle in the parking\nfacility for a period that may exceed any applicable limited time.\n(2) Where permission is given under subclause (1), an authorised person may, by a sign, prohibit for\nthe duration of the permission the use by any other vehicle of the portion of the parking facility to\nwhich the permission relates.\n(3) Permission given under subclause (1) may—\n(a) allow the stopping or parking of the vehicle continuously for a specified period or periods,\nbetween specified times or from time to time during a specified period; and\n(b) be revoked or suspended at any time by an authorised person.\n(4) A person must not stop or park a vehicle in respect of which permission has been given under\nsubclause (1) other than in accordance with the terms of the permission.\n2.12 Direction to move vehicle\nA person must not stop or park a vehicle, or allow a vehicle to remain stopped or parked, after being\ndirected by an authorised person or a police officer to move the vehicle.\n2.13 Selling or hiring in a parking facility\nA person must not sell, hire or give away any goods or erect an advertisement in a parking facility\nwithout the written authorisation of an authorised person or the City.\n2.14 Damage to parking facilities\nA person must not remove, damage, deface, misuse or interfere with any part of a parking facility.\n2.15 Removal and impounding of vehicles\n(1) The impounding of vehicles and other goods is dealt with in Part 3 Division 3 Subdivision 4 of the\nAct and regulation 29 of the\nLocal Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996.\n(2) The power of an authorised person to remove and impound any goods that are involved in a\ncontravention that can lead to impounding is dealt with in section 3.39(1) of the Act.\n(3) The power of a person to use reasonable force to exercise the power given by section 3.39(1) of the\nAct is dealt with in section 3.39(2) of the Act.\n2.16 Authorised parking\nA person must not, without the permission of the City or an authorised person, stop or park a vehicle,\nother than an authorised vehicle, in an area designated by a sign for the parking of an authorised\nvehicle only.\n2.17 Stopping or parking on City property\nA person must not stop or park a vehicle on or over any portion of the City’s property, other than an\narea specifically set aside for that purpose, unless the person—\n(a) is an authorised person; or\n(b) has obtained the permission of the City or an authorised person.\n\n13 May 2024 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1205\nPART 3—STOPPING AND PARKING ON ROADS AND OTHER AREAS\n3.1 Stopping or parking on a carriageway\nSubject to clauses 2.3, 2.6 and 2.7, a person stopping or parking a vehicle on a carriageway must stop\nor park it—\n(a) in the case of a two-way carriageway—so that it is as near as practicable to, and parallel with,\nthe left boundary of the carriageway and headed in the direction of the movement of traffic on\nthe side of the road on which the vehicle is stopped or parked;\n(b) in the case of a one-way carriageway—so that it is as near as practicable to, and parallel with\neither boundary of the carriageway and headed in the direction of the movement of traffic on\nthe side of the road on which the vehicle is stopped or parked;\n(c) so that at least three metres of the width of the carriageway lies between the vehicle and the\nopposite boundary of the carriageway, or any continuous line or median strip, or between the\nvehicle and a vehicle stopped or parked on the opposite side of the carriageway;\n(d) so that it is more than one metre from any other vehicle, except a motorcycle without a trailer\nstopped or parked in accordance with this local law; and\n(e) so that it does not obstruct any vehicle on the carriageway.\n3.2 Median strips and traffic islands\nA person must not stop or park a vehicle, trailer or caravan (other than a bicycle or an animal) so that\nany portion of the vehicle, trailer or caravan is on a traffic island or median strip unless the person\nstops or parks in an area to which a parking control sign applies and the person is permitted to stop or\npark at that place under this local law.\n3.3 Verges\n(1) A person shall not—\n(a) stop or park a vehicle (other than a bicycle);\n(b) stop or park a commercial vehicle or bus; or\n(c) stop or park a vehicle during any period when the stopping or parking of vehicles on that verge\nis prohibited by a sign adjacent and referable to that verge,\nso that any portion of it is on a verge.\n(2) Subclause (1)(a) does not apply to the person if that person is the owner or occupier of the premises\nadjacent to that verge, or is a person authorised by the occupier of those premises to stop or park\nthe vehicle so that any portion of it is on the verge, provided no obstruction is caused to the passage\nof any vehicle or person using a carriageway or a path.\n(3) Subclause (1)(b) does not apply to a commercial vehicle when it is being loaded or unloaded with a\nreasonable expedition with goods, merchandise or materials collected from or delivered to the\npremises adjacent to the portion of the verge on which the commercial vehicle is parked, provided\nno obstruction is caused to the passage of any vehicle or person using a carriageway or a path.\n3.4 Prohibited parking of vehicles\nA person must not park a vehicle on any portion of a road or within a parking station—\n(a) for the purpose of exposing the vehicle for sale or hire;\n(b) if the vehicle is not licensed under the Road Traffic Act or a corresponding law of another State\nor Territory or of the Commonwealth;\n(c) if the vehicle is a trailer or caravan unattached to a motor vehicle; or\n(d) for the purpose of effecting repairs to it, other than the minimum repairs necessary to enable\nthe vehicle to be moved to a place other than the road or parking station.\n3.5 Obstructions generally\n(1) This clause does not apply to a vehicle stopped or parked in a parking bay or metered space.\n(2) Paragraphs (b) and (d) of subclause (3) do not apply to a vehicle stopped or parked in a bus\nembayment.\n(3) A person must not stop or park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is—\n(a) on a road and causes an obstruction on the road—unless it is a public bus stopping in a bus\nzone;\n(b) obstructing an entrance, exit, carriageway, passage or thoroughfare in a parking facility;\n(c) on a roundabout or intersection, subject to paragraphs (d) and (e);\n(d) on a carriageway within 20 metres from the nearest point of an intersecting carriageway at an\nintersection with traffic-control signals—unless the vehicle stops or parks at a place on a length\nof carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking control sign applies and the vehicle is\notherwise permitted to stop or park at that place under this local law;\n(e) on a carriageway within 10 metres of the prolongation of the nearest edge of any intersecting\ncarriageway (without traffic-control signals) intersecting that carriageway on the side on which\nthe vehicle is stopped or parked—unless the vehicle stops or parks—\n(i) at a place on a carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking control sign applies or the\nvehicle is otherwise permitted to stop or park at that place under this local law; or\n\n1206 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 13 May 2024\n(ii) if the intersection is a T-intersection along the continuous side of the continuing road at\nthe intersection;\n(f) on or over a footpath, pedestrian crossing, children’s crossing or a place for pedestrians;\n(g) alongside or opposite an excavation, work, hoarding, scaffolding or obstruction on the\ncarriageway—if the vehicle would obstruct traffic;\n(h) on a bridge or other elevated structure or within a tunnel or underpass—unless permitted to\ndo so by a sign;\n(i) between the boundaries of a carriageway and any double longitudinal line consisting of two\ncontinuous lines; or\n(j) within the head of a cul-de-sac.\n3.6 Double parking\n(1) Subject to subclause (2), a person must not stop or park a vehicle on a road so that any portion of\nthe vehicle is between any other stationary vehicle and the centre of the carriageway of that road.\n(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to—\n(a) a person who parks a motorcycle in a bay marked ‘M/C’; or\n(b) a person who stops or parks a vehicle in a parking bay or metered space abreast of or alongside\nanother vehicle.\n3.7 Crossovers\nA person shall not stop or park a vehicle on or across a crossover or other way of access for vehicles\ntravelling to or from adjacent land, unless—\n(a) the vehicle is dropping off, or picking up, passengers and shall not remain for longer than two\nminutes;\n(b) the vehicle stops in a parking bay and the vehicle is permitted to stop in the parking bay under\nthis local law; or\n(c) the driver is the owner or occupier of the premises that abuts the crossover or is a person\npermitted by the owner or occupier of the premises.\n3.8 Stopping on crests, curves,\netc.\n(1) Subject to subclause (2), a person shall not stop or park a vehicle on, or partly on, a carriageway,\nin any position where it is not visible to the driver of an overtaking vehicle, from a distance of 50\nmetres.\n(2) A person may stop or park a vehicle on a crest or curve on a carriageway if the vehicle stops at a\nplace on the carriageway, or in an area, to which parking control signs apply and the vehicle is\npermitted to stop at that place under this local law.\n3.9 Stopping or parking near fire hydrant or post box\nA person must not stop or park a vehicle, otherwise than in a marked bay, on a road so that any portion\nof the vehicle is—\n(a) within one metre of a fire hydrant, or of any sign or mark indicating the existence of a fire\nhydrant; or\n(b) within three metres of a public post box unless the vehicle is a postal vehicle.\n3.10 Bus stops, pedestrian, children and train crossings\n(1) A person must not stop or park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 10 metres of\nthe departure side of—\n(a) a bus embayment, bus stop or a bus zone unless the vehicle is a public bus stopping to take up\nor set down passengers; or\n(b) a pedestrian crossing or children’s crossing.\n(2) A person must not stop or park a vehicle on a thoroughfare so that any portion of the vehicle is\nwithin 20 metres of the approach side of–\n(a) a bus embayment, bus stop or a bus zone, unless the vehicle is a public bus stopping to take up\nor set down passengers; or\n(b) a pedestrian crossing or children’s crossing.\n(3) This clause does not apply if—\n(a) the vehicle is stopped or parked in a marked bay;\n(b) the driver of the vehicle is prevented from proceeding by circumstances beyond their control;\nor\n(c) it is necessary for the driver of the vehicle to stop to avoid an accident.\n3.11 Restrictions on avoiding time limitations\n(1) Where stopping or parking on a length of carriageway is permitted for a limited time, a person\nmust not move a vehicle along, or return to, that length of carriageway so that the total time of\nparking the vehicle exceeds the maximum time permitted—unless the vehicle has first been\nremoved from the length of carriageway for at least two hours.\n\n13 May 2024 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1207\n(2) Where the stopping or parking of vehicles in a parking facility is permitted for a limited time, a\nperson must not move a vehicle within that parking facility so that the total time of parking the\nvehicle exceeds the maximum time allowed for parking in that parking facility—unless the vehicle\nhas first been removed from the parking facility for at least two hours.\n(3) Where in a parking facility—\n(a) the parking of a vehicle is prohibited unless—\n(i) a parking ticket from a ticket issuing machine is displayed on the dashboard of the\nvehicle; or\n(ii) a parking period is obtained from a ticket issuing machine or parking app;\nand\n(b) a period of free parking is permitted before a fee for parking applies,\na person must not, at any time within the same day, obtain or use more than one parking ticket or\nparking period for the same vehicle in that parking facility.\n3.12 Public bus zones\n(1) A person must not stop or park a vehicle, other than a public bus, in a public bus zone.\n(2) Unless otherwise stated on a sign, a public bus must not stop or park in a bus embayment unless\nactively engaged in picking up or setting down passengers.\n3.13 Stopping or parking in a taxi zone\n(1) A person must not stop or park a vehicle in a taxi zone, unless the person is driving a taxi.\n(2) A person driving a taxi must not leave the taxi unattended while it is in a taxi zone.\n3.14 Charter vehicle zones\n(1) A person must not stop or park a vehicle, other than a charter vehicle, in a charter vehicle zone.\n(2) A charter vehicle must not stop or park in a charter vehicle zone except to pick up or set down\npassengers, for not more than—\n(a) 15 minutes—if the charter vehicle has 12 or more seats including the driver; or\n(b) 5 minutes—if the charter vehicle has less than 12 seats including the driver.\n(3) If subclause (2) applies, a person driving the charter vehicle must not leave the charter vehicle\nunattended while it is in a charter vehicle zone.\n3.15 Stopping or parking in a shared zone\nA person must not stop or park a vehicle in a shared zone unless the vehicle—\n(a) stops at a place on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking control sign applies\nand the vehicle is permitted to stop at that place under this local law;\n(b) stops in a parking bay and the vehicle is permitted to stop in the parking bay under this local\nlaw;\n(c) is dropping off, or picking up, passengers or goods; or\n(d) is engaged in the door-to-door delivery or collection of goods, or in the collection of waste.\n3.16 Stopping or parking—heavy and long vehicles\n(1) A person must not stop or park a vehicle or any combination of vehicles that, together with any\nprojection on, or load carried by, the vehicle or combination of vehicles, is more than 7.5 metres in\nlength or exceeds a GVM of 4.5 tonnes on a carriageway, verge or in a parking station for any period\nexceeding one hour, unless the vehicle is—\n(a) engaged in the picking up or setting down of goods; or\n(b) stopped in a truck bay;\n(2) Nothing in this clause detracts from any limitation or condition imposed by any other provision of\nthis local law or sign relating to the parking or stopping of vehicles.\nPART 4—FEE-PAYING ZONES\n4.1 Fee-paying zones\nThe fee-paying zones are—\n(a) a metered zone;\n(b) a ticket machine zone;\n(c) a parking app zone; and\n(d) any other fee-paying zone established by the local government under clause 1.11.\n4.2 Payment of fees\n(1) This clause does not apply to a parking station that requires payment on exit.\n(2) A person who stops or parks a vehicle in a fee-paying zone must—\n(a) in the case of a metered stall—immediately pay, by any form of permitted payment at the fee-\npaying machine, the appropriate fee as indicated by a sign on the parking meter referable to\nthe metered stall;\n\n1208 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 13 May 2024\n(b) in the case for a ticket issuing machine zone—immediately pay, by any form of permitted\npayment at the fee-paying machine, the appropriate fee as indicated by a sign on the ticket\nissuing machine referable to the zone; or\n(c) in the case of a parking app zone—\n(i) immediately commence the parking app transaction and obtain notification that the\ntransaction has commenced;\n(ii) ensure that the transaction remains active at all times while the vehicle is stopped or\nparked; and\n(iii) immediately before the vehicle is driven from where it had been stopped or parked,\ncomplete the pay by phone transaction and obtain notification that the required fee has\nbeen paid.\n(3) Subject to the provisions of this Part 4, the payment of the fee referred to in subclause (2) entitles\na person to stop or park a vehicle in—\n(a) a metered stall for the period shown on the sign referable to the stall; or\n(b) the relevant ticket issuing machine zone or parking app zone for the period shown on the\nparking ticket,\nbut does not authorise the parking of the vehicle during any time when stopping or parking in that\nstall or zone is prohibited under this local law.\n4.3 Operations of fee-paying machines\nA person must not operate a fee-paying machine except in accordance with the operating instruction\nappearing on the fee-paying machine.\n4.4 Metered space, parking limit\nUnless authorised by the City, a person must not leave a vehicle, or permit a vehicle to remain stopped\nor parked, in a metered space for longer than the maximum period stated on the sign referable to that\nspace during which continuous stopping or parking is permitted.\n4.5 Display of parking tickets and parking limits\n(1) A person must not stop or park a vehicle in a fee-paying zone during the period in which stopping\nor parking is permitted only on the purchase of a printed parking ticket unless—\n(a) an unexpired parking ticket issued by a ticket issuing machine in that fee-paying zone is\ndisplayed inside the vehicle; and\n(b) the ticket is clearly visible to, and able to be read by, an authorised person from outside the\nvehicle at all times while the vehicle is stopped or parked in that fee paying zone.\n(2) Unless subclause (3) applies, where in a ticket machine zone more than one printed parking ticket\nis displayed bearing the same date and time of issue, the period for each ticket is to be aggregated\nand the tickets are to be taken not to have expired until the expiry of—\n(a) the aggregate of those periods; or\n(b) the maximum period of time a vehicle is permitted to park in the fee-paying zone,\nwhichever occurs first.\n(3) If a trailer is attached to a vehicle or if a vehicle is too long or too wide to fit completely within a\nsingle metered stall or parking stall, the person parking the vehicle must—\n(a) park the vehicle (or, as the case may be, the vehicle and the trailer) within the minimum\nnumber of metered stalls or parking stalls needed to park the vehicle (or, as the case may be,\nthe vehicle and the trailer);\n(b) purchase and obtain a parking ticket for each occupied metered stall or parking stall as\npermitted under this local law; and\n(c) display each printed ticket inside the vehicle in accordance with subclause (1).\n4.6 Reserved fee-paying zones\nUnless authorised by the City, a person must not leave a vehicle, or permit a vehicle to remain stopped\nor parked, in a metered space, parking stall, or fee-paying zone if—\n(a) the parking meter or ticket machine or sign advising of a parking app zone is hooded with a\ncovering bearing words or symbols that indicate parking is not permitted within the space or\nfee-paying zone; or\n(b) a parking zone is blocked or reserved by the City by any other physical means.\n4.7 Parking restrictions in fee-paying zones\nA person must not stop or park a vehicle in a fee-paying zone—\n(a) except during the period stated on a sign referrable to the fee-paying zone during which\nstopping or parking is permitted; or\n(b) for longer than the maximum period permitted for continuous parking of a vehicle in the fee-\npaying zone, as stated on a sign referable to the fee-paying zone.\n4.8 Use of counterfeit or altered parking tickets\nA person must not park a vehicle in a fee-paying zone that requires a ticket, if there is displayed in that\nvehicle, so as to be visible from outside the vehicle, a parking ticket which has been counterfeited,\naltered, obliterated or interfered with.\n\n13 May 2024 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1209\n4.9 Payment for parking\nA person must not insert into a fee-paying machine anything other than the designations of coin or\nbanknote, or other form of permitted payment indicated by a sign on the fee-paying machine and only\nin accordance with the instructions printed on the fee-paying machine.\nPART 5—PARKING STATIONS\n5.1 Removal of vehicles\n(1) A person must not remove a vehicle which has been stopped or parked in a parking station until—\n(a) the appropriate fee for the period for which the vehicle has been stopped or parked has been\npaid; or\n(b) the City has issued a notice stating the fee.\n(2) Where a notice has been issued under subclause (1)(b), the fee must be paid within three working\ndays from the time of issue of the notice.\n5.2 Entering and exiting parking facilities\nA person must not, in a vehicle, enter or exit a parking facility other than through an authorised entry\nor exit designated as such by a sign.\n5.3 Locking of parking stations\nAt the expiration of the hours of operation of a parking station, whether or not any vehicle remains\nparked in the parking station, an authorised person may lock the parking station or otherwise prevent\nthe movement of any vehicle within, to or from the parking station.\n5.4 Behaviour in a parking station\nA person must not remain in a parking station after having been required to leave by an authorised\nperson.\n5.5 Low clearance signs\nA person must not drive a vehicle past a low clearance sign if the vehicle, or any part of the vehicle\nconnected to it or any load carried by the vehicle, is higher than the height (in metres) indicated by the\nsign.\nPART 6—MISCELLANEOUS\n6.1 Authorised person certificate of appointment\nThe requirement for an authorised person to be given the appropriate certificate of the person’s\nappointment is dealt with in section 9.10(2) of the Act.\n6.2 Authorised persons\nNo offence under this local law is committed by an authorised person while carrying out the person’s\nfunctions.\n6.3 Power of an authorised person\n(1) An authorised person has all necessary power to perform that authorised person’s functions under\nthis local law.\n(2) An authorised person may—\n(a) carry into effect the provisions of this local law;\n(b) report to the City on the working effectiveness of this local law;\n(c) recommend to the CEO the institution of prosecutions; and\n(d) institute and conduct prosecutions as directed by the CEO.\n6.4 Impersonating an authorised person\nA person who is not an authorised person must not impersonate or assume the functions of an\nauthorised person.\n6.5 Obstructing of an authorised person\nA person must not obstruct or hinder an authorised person in the execution of the authorised person’s\nduties.\n6.6 Removal of notices\nA person, other than the driver of the vehicle or a person acting under the direction of the driver of the\nvehicle, must not remove from the vehicle any notice put on the vehicle by an authorised person.\n6.7 Display of signs\nA person must not, without the authorisation of the City or an authorised person—\n(a) mark, set up or exhibit a sign purporting to be, or resembling, a sign marked, set up or exhibited\nby the City under this local law;\n(b) remove, deface or misuse a sign or property set up by the City under this local law; or\n(c) affix a board, sign, placard, notice, cover or other thing to, or paint or write on, any part of a\nsign or fee-paying machine.\n\n1210 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 13 May 2024\n6.8 Marking tyres and valve stem readings\n(1) An authorised person may—\n(a) mark the tyres of a vehicle with chalk or any other non-indelible substance;\n(b) take a valve stem reading of a vehicle; or\n(c) record vehicle registration numbers,\nfor a purpose connected with the authorised person’s functions.\n(2) A person must not remove a mark made by an authorised person so that the purpose of affixing the\nmark is defeated or likely to be defeated.\n6.9 Exemption when complying with directions\nA person who complies with a direction given by a police officer or an authorised person does not commit\nan offence against this local law while complying with that direction.\n6.10 Special purpose and emergency vehicles\nNotwithstanding anything to the contrary in this local law, the driver of a special purpose vehicle or an\nemergency vehicle may, only in the course of the driver’s functions and when it is expedient and safe to\ndo so, stop or park the vehicle in any place at any time.\n6.11 Interfere with or damage to City property\nA person must not interfere with, damage or obstruct the operation of any electronic parking detection\ndevice or instrument in a parking station, carriageway or any other place.\n6.12 Vehicles not to obstruct a public place\nUnless permitted under this local law, or unless authorised under any other written law, a person must\nnot leave a vehicle, or any part of a vehicle, in a public place if it—\n(a) obstructs the use of any part of the public place; or\n(b) appears to an authorised person to have been abandoned, having regard to factors such as—\n(i) whether there are any licence plates on the vehicle;\n(ii) whether the vehicle is unregistered;\n(iii) the extent of any damage to the vehicle;\n(iv) whether the vehicle has been in the same position for more than 24 hours; and\n(v) whether the vehicle appears to be inoperable.\nPART 7—OFFENCES AND MODIFIED PENALTIES\n7.1 Offences\n(1) A person who fails to do anything required to be done under this local law, or who does anything\nwhich under this local law that person is prohibited from doing, commits an offence.\n(2) A person who commits an offence under this local law is liable, on conviction, to a penalty not\nexceeding $5,000 and, if the offence is of a continuing nature, to an additional penalty not exceeding\n$500 for each day or part of a day during which the offence continues.\n(3) An offence against a provision of this local law is a prescribed offence for the purposes of section\n9.16(1) of the Act.\n7.2 Form of notices\nFor the purposes of this local law—\n(a) the form of the notice referred to in section 9.13 of the Act is that of Form 1 in Schedule 1 of\nthe\nLocal Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996;\n(b) the form of the notice referred to in section 9.16 of the Act is that of Form 2 in Schedule 1 of\nthe\nLocal Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996; and\n(c) the form of the notice referred to in section 9.20 of the Act is that of Form 3 in Schedule 1 of\nthe\nLocal Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996.\n7.3 Modified penalty\n(1) Subject to subclauses (3) and (4), a person who does not contest an allegation that he or she has\ncommitted an offence against this local law may, within the time specified in the notice, pay the\npenalty payable for the particular offence.\n(2) The amount appearing in the final column of the table in Schedule 1 directly opposite an offence\ndescribed in that Schedule is prescribed for the purposes of section 9.17 of the Act as the modified\npenalty for that offence.\n(3) If it appears to the City that an alleged offence cannot be adequately punished by the payment of\nthe modified penalty, the City may refrain from accepting the modified penalty and may in lieu\ntake proceedings against the alleged offender in an appropriate Court.\n\n13 May 2024 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1211\n(4) Where the time period within which a person may stop or park a vehicle on a road is controlled by\na sign and a person commits an offence under this local law by stopping or parking a vehicle for a\ntime period which exceeds that shown on the sign—\n(a) the amount of the modified penalty is to be the amount referred to in Schedule 1 where the\ntime period during which the vehicle was stopped or parked in excess of the time period shown\non the sign was not greater than that shown on the sign; and\n(b) the amount of the modified penalty is to be payable again in respect of each successive time\nperiod during which the vehicle continues to be parked or stopped in excess of the time period\nshown on the sign, to a maximum of $500 on the amount of modified penalties payable for each\noffence.\n————\nSCHEDULE 1\nCITY OF JOONDALUP PARKING LOCAL LAW 2023\nPRESCRIBED OFFENCES\n[Clause 7.3]\nItem\nNo. Offence No. Nature of Offence Modified\nPenalty ($)\n1 2.3(1)(a) Stopping or parking by vehicles of a different class 100\n2 2.3(1)(b) Stopping or parking by persons of a different class 100\n3 2.3(1)(c) Stopping or parking during prohibited period 100\n4 2.3(1)(d) Stopping or parking for longer than maximum period 100\n5 2.3(1)(e) Failure to park wholly within parking bay or metered space 100\n6 2.3(1)(f) Stopping or parking contrary to signage 100\n7 2.3(2)(a) Stopping or parking in a no stopping area 150\n8 2.3(2)(b) Stopping or parking contrary to a ‘clearway’ sign 150\n9 2.3(2)(c) Stopping or parking at a continuous yellow edge line 150\n10 2.3(2)(d) Stopping or parking in a keep clear area of carriageway 150\n11 2.3(2)(e) Stopping or parking vehicle other than motorcycle in ‘M/C’\nbay 100\n12 2.3(2)(f) Stopping or parking in a bus lane or busway 150\n13 2.3(2)(g) Stopping or parking in a truck lane 150\n14 2.3(2)(h) Stopping or parking in a bicycle lane or path 150\n15 2.3(3) Parking in a no parking area 100\n16 2.4(2) Parking in a permit parking area without a valid parking\npermit 100\n17 2.5(2) Stopping or parking on private land without consent 150\n18 2.5(3) Stopping or parking on private land not in accordance with\nconsent 100\n19 2.6(a) Failure to park or stop as near as practicable and parallel\nto boundary of carriageway 100\n20 2.6(b) Failure to stop or park at approximately right angles to the\ncentre of the carriageway 100\n21 2.7 Failure to park at an appropriate angle in an angle parking\narea 100\n22 2.8 Stopping or parking unlawfully in a loading zone 100\n23 2.9 Driving, stopping or parking on a reserve 150\n24 2.10 Stopping or parking, or attempting to stop or park in a bay\noccupied by another vehicle 100\n25 2.11(4) Stopping or parking contrary to permission given by an\nauthorised person 100\n26 2.12 Stopping or parking a vehicle contrary to the direction of\nan authorised person 150\n27 2.13 Selling or hiring goods in a parking facility without\nauthorisation 100\n28 2.14 Removing, damaging, defacing, misusing or interfering\nwith parking facility 150\n29 2.16 Stopping or parking unauthorised vehicle in an area\ndesignated for ‘Authorised Vehicle Only’ 100\n\n1212 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 13 May 2024\nItem\nNo. Offence No. Nature of Offence Modified\nPenalty ($)\n30 2.17 Stopping or parking on City property 100\n31 3.1(a) Stopping or parking against the flow of traffic on a two-way\ncarriageway 100\n32 3.1(b) Stopping or parking against the flow of traffic on a one-way\ncarriageway 100\n33 3.1(c)\nStopping or parking a vehicle when distance from farther\nboundary, continuous line or median strip is less than 3\nmetres\n150\n34 3.1(d) Stopping or parking a vehicle less than 1 metre from any\nother vehicle 100\n35 3.2 Parking or stopping on a median strip or traffic island 150\n36 3.3(1) Stopping or parking a vehicle unlawfully on a verge 100\n37 3.4(a) Parking vehicle on any portion of a road or within a parking\nstation for purpose of sale or hire 100\n38 3.4(b) Parking unlicensed vehicle on any portion of a road or\nwithin a parking station 100\n39 3.4(c) Parking unattached trailer or caravan on any portion of a\nroad or within a parking station 100\n40 3.4(d) Parking vehicle on any portion of a road or within a parking\nstation for the purpose of repairs 100\n41 3.5(3)(a) Stopping or parking a vehicle on a road so as to cause\nobstruction 150\n42 3.5(3)(b)\nStopping or parking a vehicle so as to obstruct an entrance,\nexit, carriageway, passage or thoroughfare in a parking\nfacility\n150\n43 3.5(3)(c) Stopping or parking a vehicle on a roundabout or\nintersection 200\n44 3.5(3)(d) Stopping or parking within 20 metres from an intersecting\ncarriageway with traffic-control signals 100\n45 3.5(3)(e) Stopping or parking within 10 metres of the prolongation\nof nearest edge of intersecting carriageway 100\n46 3.5(3)(f) Stopping or parking on or over a footpath, pedestrian\ncrossing, children’s crossing or place for pedestrians 200\n47 3.5(3)(g) Stopping or parking alongside or opposite construction\nworks where vehicle obstructs traffic 150\n48 3.5(3)(h) Stopping or parking on a bridge or within a tunnel or\nunderpass 100\n49 3.5(3)(i) Stopping or parking between the boundaries of a\ncarriageway and any continuous double line 100\n50 3.5(3)(j) Stopping or parking within head of a cul-de-sac 100\n51 3.6(1) Double parking 150\n52 3.7 Stopping or parking unlawfully across a crossover or other\nway of access 200\n53 3.8(a) Stopping or parking on a crest or curve 100\n54 3.9(a) Stopping or parking within 1 metre of fire hydrant 100\n55 3.9(b) Stopping or parking within 3 metres of public post box 100\n56 3.10(1)(a) Stopping or parking a vehicle within 10 metres of the\ndeparture side of a bus bay, bus stop or bus zone 100\n57 3.10(1)(b) Stopping or parking a vehicle within 10 metres of the\ndeparture side of a pedestrian or children’s crossing 100\n58 3.10(2)(a) Stopping or parking a vehicle within 20 metres of the\napproach side of a bus bay, bus stop or bus zone 100\n59 3.10(2)(b) Stopping or parking a vehicle within 20 metres of the\napproach side of a pedestrian or children’s crossing 100\n60 3.11(1) Moving a vehicle along carriageway to avoid time\nlimitation 100\n61 3.11(2) Moving a vehicle within parking station to avoid time\nlimitation 100\n62 3.11(3) Obtaining more than one free parking ticket or parking\nperiod 100\n63 3.12(1) Stopping or parking a vehicle in a public bus zone 150\n\n13 May 2024 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1213\nItem\nNo. Offence No. Nature of Offence Modified\nPenalty ($)\n64 3.12(2) Stopping or parking public bus in bus zone when not\npicking up or setting down passengers 100\n65 3.13(1) Stopping or parking unlawfully in a taxi zone 100\n66 3.13(2) Leaving taxi unattended while in a taxi zone 100\n67 3.14(1) Stopping or parking in charter vehicle zone when not a\ncharter vehicle 100\n68 3.14(2)(a) Stopping or parking charter vehicle (12 or more seats) in\ncharter vehicle zone for longer than maximum period 100\n69 3.14(2)(b) Stopping or parking charter vehicle (less than 12 seats) in\ncharter vehicle zone for longer than maximum period 100\n70 3.14(3) Leaving charter vehicle unattended in charter vehicle zone 100\n71 3.14 Stopping or parking unlawfully in shared zone 100\n72 3.15 Stopping or parking heavy or long vehicles for longer than\n1 hour 100\n73 4.2(2) Failure to pay fee in a fee-paying zone 100\n74 4.3 Operating a fee-paying machine contrary to instructions 100\n75 4.4 Stopping or parking when meter has expired 100\n76 4.5(1) Failure to correctly display valid parking ticket in a ticket\nmachine zone 100\n77 4.6 Unlawfully stopping or parking a vehicle in a reserved fee-\npaying zone 100\n78 4.7(a) Stopping or parking in a fee-paying zone outside the period\nwhich stopping or parking is allowed 100\n79 4.7(b) Stopping or parking in a fee-paying zone for longer than the\npermitted period 100\n80 4.8 Displaying a counterfeit, altered, obliterated or interfered\nwith parking ticket 150\n81 4.9 Inserting anything other than the permitted forms of\npayment in a fee-paying machine 150\n82 5.1(1) Unlawfully removing a parked vehicle from a parking\nstation without paying the exit fee 150\n83 5.1(2) Failure to pay fee within 3 working days from the time of\nissue of the notice 100\n84 5.2 Failure to enter and exit parking facility through\nauthorised entry or exit 100\n85 5.4 Failure to leave parking station at the direction of an\nauthorised person 100\n86 5.5 Driving a vehicle past a low clearance sign 150\n87 6.4 Impersonating an authorised person 200\n88 6.5 Obstructing an authorised person 200\n89 6.6 Unlawfully removing notice from vehicle 150\n90 6.7(a) Unauthorised display, marking, setting up, exhibiting of a\nsign 150\n91 6.7(b) Removing, defacing or misusing a sign or the property of\nthe City 150\n92 6.7(c) Affixing anything to a sign or fee-paying machine 100\n93 6.8(2) Removing or interfering with a lawful mark on a tyre 200\n94 6.11 Interfering with, damaging or obstructing City property 200\n95 6.12(a) Leaving vehicle so as to obstruct a public place 150\n96 6.12(b)(i) Park vehicle without number plates in a public place 100\n97 6.12(b)(ii) Park unregistered vehicle in a public place 100\n98 6.12(b)(iv) Park vehicle in a public place in excess of 24 hours 100\n99 All other offences not specified 100\nDated 5th April of 2024.\nThe Common Seal of the City of Joondalup was affixed by authority of the resolution of the Council in\nthe presence of—\nHON. ALBERT JACOB, JP, Mayor.\nJAMES PEARSON, Chief Executive Officer.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a consolidated replacement of previous parking laws (2013, 2015, 2018) and remains focused on its original purpose of regulating parking within the City of Joondalup. While it modernises payment methods (adding parking apps) and updates vehicle classifications (adding electric vehicles), these are evolutionary updates within the established scope rather than scope creep. The law does not expand into unrelated areas like traffic management, urban planning, or revenue-raising beyond parking regulation."},"complexity_factors":["47 defined terms in clause 1.6, many of which incorporate definitions from external legislation (Road Traffic Code 2000, Local Government Act 1995, etc.)","Extensive cross-referencing to the Road Traffic Code 2000 ('the Code') and Road Traffic Act 1974 for fundamental concepts like 'stop', 'park', 'carriageway', 'intersection'","Nested exceptions throughout – for example, clause 2.3 has general prohibitions with exceptions in subclauses (2) and (3), plus further exceptions for disability permits in 2.3(1)(d)(ii)","Multiple overlapping zones with different rules: metered zones, ticket machine zones, parking app zones, fee-paying zones, loading zones, bus zones, taxi zones, charter vehicle zones, shared zones","Conditional logic for vehicle classes (10 different classes defined in 1.10) with specific rules applying to each","Geographic and jurisdictional carve-outs in clause 1.5 excluding Main Roads WA controlled areas and private parking stations unless specifically agreed","Complex measurement rules (e.g., 3 metres from opposite boundary, 10 metres from crossings, 20 metres from signals, 1 metre from fire hydrants)","Dual penalty structure – modified penalties ($100-$200) in Schedule 1 versus maximum court penalties ($5,000) in clause 7.1, with special aggregation rules for overtime parking in clause 7.3(4)"],"plain_english_summary":"This local law from the City of Joondalup sets where, when and how vehicles may stop or park across the district, replacing older parking bylaws. It affects drivers, businesses, people with disabilities and specific vehicle types (taxis, buses, trucks, motorcycles, charter and electric vehicles).\n\nIt authorises paid parking, special zones, verge rules and enforcement powers — fines, tyre marking, towing — and modernises payments and permits (apps, e-permits), bans time-limit circumvention and restricts long-stay heavy vehicle street parking."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Replaces earlier City of Joondalup parking local laws but retains district‑wide regulation subject to Main Roads and certain parking‑station exemptions (cl.1.4–1.5). It modernises scope by expressly authorising electronic methods (parking apps and other electronic payment/permits) and clarifies application to leased or privately owned parking stations and alternative payment arrangements (cls 1.11–1.13; 4.2). The geographic reach is similar, but operational scope expanded to include electronic payment and administration mechanisms."},"complexity_factors":["Large number of specialised definitions and cross‑references (cl.1.6; frequent refs to the Code, Road Traffic Act and other laws).","Multiple delegated discretions for Council and authorised persons to set signs, determine times/conditions and issue/revoke permits (cls 2.1–2.2; 6.3).","Several payment and authorisation pathways (coins/meters, ticket machines, parking apps, alternative electronic permits) with different operational rules (cls 1.12–1.13; 4.1–4.3).","Detailed operational rules for varied locations (carriageways, verges, reserves, parking stations) increasing situational compliance checks (Parts 2–5).","Comprehensive enforcement and sanctioning regime including impounding, marking tyres, notices and a long prescribed offences/penalty schedule (cl.2.15; cl.6.8; Part 7; Schedule 1).","Exemptions and application limits (Main Roads, bridges, leased or privately owned parking stations) create boundary questions for applicability (cl.1.5)."],"plain_english_summary":"This local law sets out how parking is controlled across the City of Joondalup: it authorises the Council to create signs, parking facilities, fee‑paying zones, permits and enforcement powers, and prescribes offences and penalties (see cl.1.3; 2.1; Part 4; Part 7).\n\nIt affects drivers, vehicle owners, land occupiers and businesses who must follow signs, pay parking fees (including by parking app), accept directions from authorised persons, or obtain permits; non‑compliance attracts modified penalties (see cls 1.12–1.13; 4.2; Sch.1)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/city-of-joondalup-parking-local-law-2023","history":"/api/acts/city-of-joondalup-parking-local-law-2023/history","analysis":"/api/acts/city-of-joondalup-parking-local-law-2023/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/city-of-joondalup-parking-local-law-2023/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/city-of-joondalup-parking-local-law-2023/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/city-of-joondalup-parking-local-law-2023/documents"}}