{"id":"wa-local:melville-city-of-city-of-melville-parking-local-law-2023","name":"City of Melville Parking Local Law 2023","slug":"city-of-melville-parking-local-law-2023","collection":"local_law","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":438474,"registerId":"wa-local:melville-city-of-city-of-melville-parking-local-law-2023-pdf-1775954888275","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"City of Melville Parking Local Law 2023","content":"4103\nISSN 2204-4264 (online)\nPERTH, TUESDAY, 19 DECEMBER 2023 No. 171 SPECIAL\nPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY GEOFF O. LAWN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER\n© STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\n_________\nCITY OF MELVILLE\n———————————\nPARKING LOCAL LAW 2023\n\n\n\n19 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4105\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nCITY OF MELVILLE\nPARKING LOCAL LAW 2023\nTABLE OF CONTENTS\nPART 1—PRELIMINARY\n1.1 Citation\n1.2 Commencement\n1.3 Repeal\n1.4 Application\n1.5 Interpretation\n1.6 Application of particular definitions\n1.7 Part of thoroughfare to which a sign applies\n1.8 Pre-existing signs\n1.9 Vehicle and driver classification\n1.10 Alternative methods of payment\nPART 2—PARKING STATIONS\n2.1. Determination of parking spaces and parking stations\n2.2. Determination of parking fees for parking in a parking station\n2.3 Payment of fee to park in a parking station\n2.4 Payment of fee does not authorise otherwise prohibited conduct\n2.5 Time restrictions for stopping or parking in a parking station\n2.6 General prohibitions on stopping or parking in a parking station\n2.7 Display of tickets in parking stations\n2.8 Behaviour in parking stations\nPART 3—METERED ZONES\n3.1 Determination of metered spaces and metered zones\n3.2 Determination of parking fees for parking in a metered zone\n3.3 Payment of fee to park in a metered zone\n3.4 Payment of fee does not authorise otherwise prohibited conduct\n3.5 Time restrictions for stopping or parking in a metered zone\n3.6 General prohibitions on stopping or parking in a metered zone\n3.7 Display of tickets in metered zones\nPART 4—PARKING PERMITS\n4.1 Application of Part\n4.2 Eligibility for a parking permit\n4.3 Application for a parking permit\n4.4 Decision on application for permit\n4.5 Form and content of parking permit\n4.6 Validity of a permit\n4.7 Effect of parking permit\n4.8 Revocation of a parking permit\n4.9 Replacement of a permit\nPART 5—STOPPING AND PARKING GENERALLY\n5.1 Power to prohibit and regulate\n5.2 Authorised vehicle zones\n5.3 Construction site work zones\n5.4 Temporary event parking\n5.5 Temporary parking restrictions\n5.6 Parking in a parking space designated for the use of persons with disabilities\n5.7 Parking on private land\n5.8 Parking on reserves\n\n4106 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 December 2023\n5.9 Heavy and bulky vehicle parking\n5.10 Over-length vehicle parking\n5.11 Stopping in a taxi zone or bus zone\n5.12 Stopping in a bus lane, transit lane or bicycle lane\n5.13 Stopping in a shared zone\n5.14 Stopping in a loading zone\n5.15 Other limitations in zones\n5.16 Vehicles not to obstruct a public place\nPART 6—STOPPING AND PARKING ON THOROUGHFARES\n6.1 Restrictions on parking in thoroughfares\n6.2 Time restrictions for stopping or parking on a thoroughfare\n6.3 Vehicles in motorcycle stalls\n6.4 Parking a vehicle on a thoroughfare provided with marked parking spaces\n6.5 Parking a vehicle on a carriageway where there are no marked parking spaces\n6.6 Parking a vehicle on a carriageway where angle parking applies\n6.7 Parking near a fire hydrant or public post box\n6.8 Verge parking\n6.9 Double parking\n6.10 Bus stops, pedestrian and children’s crossing\n6.11 Keep clear markings\n6.12 Movement of vehicles to avoid time limitation\n6.13 No parking of vehicles exposed for sale and other circumstances\n6.14 Traffic obstructions\nPART 7—ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS\n7.1 Interpretation\n7.2 Determination of electric vehicle charging stations\n7.3 Electric vehicle charging stations for exclusive use of plug-in electric vehicles while charging\n7.4 Other conditions of using an electric vehicle charging station\nPART 8—MISCELLANEOUS\n8.1 Impersonation of authorised person\n8.2 Authorised person may order vehicle to be moved\n8.3 Authorised person may mark tyres\n8.4 Interference and damage to parking facilities and associated infrastructure\n8.5 Unauthorised signs\n8.6 No contravention of sign\n8.7 General provisions about signs\n8.8 Removal of notice from vehicle\n8.9 Impounding of vehicles\n8.10 Person not to provide false information when using ticket machine or parking app\n8.11 Exemptions\nPART 9—ENFORCEMENT\n9.1 Legal proceedings\n9.2 Offences and general penalty\n9.3 Modified Penalties\n9.4 Forms of notices\n9.5 Objection and appeal rights\nSCHEDULE 1—MODIFIED PENALTIES\nSCHEDULE 2—INFRINGEMENT NOTICE FORMS\n————\n\n19 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4107\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nCITY OF MELVILLE\nPARKING LOCAL LAW 2023\nUnder the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and all other powers enabling it, the\nCouncil of the City of Melville resolved on 12 December 2023 to make the following local law.\nPART 1—PRELIMINARY\n1.1 Citation\nThis local law shall be cited as the City of Melville Parking Local Law 2023.\n1.2 Commencement\nThis local law comes into operation 14 days after the date of publication in the Government Gazette.\n1.3 Repeal\nThe City of Melville Parking Local Law 2016 published in the Government Gazette on 3 November 2016\nis repealed on the day this local law comes into operation.\n1.4 Application\n(1) Except as set out in this clause, this local law applies throughout the district.\n(2) This local law does not apply to—\n(a) the approach and departure prohibition areas of all traffic control signal installations as\ndetermined by the Commissioner of Main Roads;\n(b) the prohibition areas that apply to all bridges as determined by the Commissioner of Main\nRoads; or\n(c) any road that comes under the control of the Commissioner of Main Roads unless the control\nof parking and parking facilities on that road is carried out subject to the control and direction\nof the Commissioner of Main Roads or has been delegated by the Commissioner to the local\ngovernment.\n(3) This local law does not apply to a parking facility or a parking station that is not owned, managed\nor controlled by the local government, unless the local government and the owner or occupier of\nthat facility or station have agreed in writing that this local law will apply to that facility or station.\n(4) An agreement referred to in subclause (3) may be made on such terms and conditions as the parties\nmay agree.\n1.5 Interpretation\nIn this local law unless the context requires otherwise—\nAct means the Local Government Act 1995;\nappropriate fee means the fee appropriate to the period for which a vehicle has been parked;\nauthorised person means a person appointed by the CEO under section 9.10(2) of the Act to\nperform any of the functions of an authorised person under this local law;\nauthorised vehicle means a vehicle—\n(a) authorised by the CEO or an authorised person, or by any written law, to stop or park in\nan area which is designated by signs for the parking of authorised vehicles only; or\n(b) owned or controlled by the local government and being used for the purpose of\nundertaking a function of the local government;\nbank note means an Australian note that is legal tender under section 36(1) of the Reserve Bank\nAct 1959 (Cth);\nbay includes a stall or space;\nbicycle has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nbicycle lane has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nbus has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nbus lane has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nbus stop has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nbus zone has the meaning given to it by the Code;\ncaravan has the meaning given to it in the Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Act 1995;\ncarriageway has the meaning given to it by the Code;\ncentre, in relation to a carriageway, has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nCEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the local government;\nchildren’s crossing has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nCode means the Road Traffic Code 2000;\n\n4108 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 December 2023\ncoin means a coin that is legal tender under the Currency Act 1965 (Cth);\ncommercial vehicle has the meaning given to it in the City of Melville local planning scheme;\ndisability parking permit has the meaning given to it in the Local Government (Parking for\nPeople with Disabilities) Regulations 2014;\ndistrict means the district of the local government;\ndriver means any person driving, or in control of, a vehicle;\ndetection device means an electronic device placed in any position to detect or record the parking\ntime of a vehicle on any road, parking facility or other public place and includes any\ninstruments, display panels or transmitting apparatus associated with the device;\nedge line has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nelectronic parking ticket means a parking ticket issued in an electronic form;\nemergency vehicle has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nentrance ticket means a ticket or token issued by a machine—\n(a) installed at an entrance to a parking station; and\n(b) which authorises the parking of a vehicle in a parking station, parking space or part of a\nparking station;\nfee, or parking fee, means the prescribed amount of legal tender that the local government may,\nfrom time to time, determine and impose for the stopping or parking of a vehicle, under and in\naccordance with sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Act;\nfootpath has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nintersection has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nkeep clear marking has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nkerb means the raised edge marking the boundary between a carriageway and the median strip or\nadjoining verge, whether any footpath has been constructed or not;\nloading zone has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nlocal government means the City of Melville;\nlocal planning scheme means the local planning scheme, or each of the local planning schemes,\nmade by the local government and in force from time to time under the Planning and\nDevelopment Act 2005;\nlot has the meaning given to it in the Planning and Development Act 2005 or the Strata Titles\nAct 1985, according to context;\nmail zone has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nmedian strip has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nmetered space or metered bay means a section or part of a metered zone that is adjacent to a\nparking meter and that is marked or defined by painted lines or by metallic studs or similar\ndevices for the purpose of indicating where a vehicle may be parked on payment of a fee or\ncharge or otherwise;\nmetered zone means any thoroughfare or reserve or part of any thoroughfare or reserve in which\nparking meters or ticket issuing machines regulate parking of vehicles;\nmotorcycle has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nmotorised wheelchair has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nmotor vehicle has the meaning given to it by the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008, but does\nnot include a motorised wheelchair, motorised scooter, electric rideable device or electric\npersonal transporter;\nno parking area has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nno stopping area has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nobstruction has the meaning given to it by the Code;\noccupier, where used in relation to land, has the meaning given to it by the Act;\non-demand passenger transport service has the meaning given to it by the Transport (Road\nPassenger Services) Act 2018;\non-demand rank or hail passenger transport service has the meaning given to it by the\nTransport (Road Passenger Services) Act 2018;\non-demand vehicle has the meaning given to it by the Transport (Road Passenger Services)\nAct 2018;\none-way carriageway has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nowner—\n(a) where used in relation to a vehicle licensed under the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012,\nmeans the person in whose name the vehicle has been registered under that Act;\n(b) where used in relation to any other vehicle, means the person who owns, or is entitled to\npossession of that vehicle; and\n(c) where used in relation to land, has the meaning given to it by the Act;\npainted island has the meaning given to it by the Code;\npark has the meaning given to it by the Code;\n\n19 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4109\nparking app means a mobile or web application commissioned by the local government for the\npurpose of purchasing or obtaining an electronic parking ticket;\nparking area has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nparking facilities includes—\n(a) land, thoroughfares, reserves, buildings, shelters, parking stations, parking spaces or\nbays, metered zones, metered bays or spaces, and other facilities open to the public\ngenerally for the parking of vehicles, with or without charge; and\n(b) signs, notices, ticket issuing machines, parking meters, detection devices and other\nfacilities or instruments used in connection with the parking of vehicles;\nparking meter means a machine or device that, as a result of payment by any permitted means,\nindicates (with or without the issue of a parking ticket) the period during which it is lawful for\na vehicle to remain parked in a metered space or bay to which the machine or device relates;\nparking permit, or permit, means—\n(a) a parking permit issued under this local law; or\n(b) a parking permit issued under a repealed parking local law of the local government where\nthe permit is in force immediately prior to the commencement of this local law under\nclause 1.3,\nbut does not include a permit where any of the particulars recorded upon it have been altered,\nadded to or defaced in any way;\nparking region means the area to which this local law applies, as described in clause 1.4;\nparking session means a transaction by which a person purchases or obtains an electronic parking\nticket;\nparking space means a section or part of a thoroughfare, reserve or parking station which is\nmarked or defined by painted lines, metallic studs, coloured bricks or pavers or similar devices\nfor the purpose of indicating where a vehicle may stop or be parked, whether on payment of a\nfee or charge or otherwise, but does not include a metered bay or space;\nparking station means any land, building or other structure provided for the purpose of\naccommodating parked vehicles, but does not include a metered zone or a metered bay or space;\nparking ticket means a ticket, whether printed or electronic, that—\n(a) is issued from a ticket issuing machine;\n(b) authorises the parking of a vehicle in a parking space, parking station or part of a\nparking station; and\n(c) includes the date and time that the authorisation expires, whether or not the payment\nof a fee is required,\nbut does not include a ticket where any of the particulars recorded upon it have been altered, added\nto or defaced in any way;\npath has the meaning given to it in the Code;\npay station means a machine or device that, after receipt of a payment of a parking fee in respect\nof a vehicle, either—\n(a) issues a ticket to activate an exit barrier in the parking station; or\n(b) otherwise enables the exit barrier of the parking station to be activated, so as to enable\negress of the vehicle from the parking station;\npedestrian has the meaning given to it by the Code;\npedestrian crossing has the meaning given to it by the Code;\npermitted payment means payment by Australian coins or bank notes, credit or debit card or any\nother method of payment approved by the local government as indicated on the parking meter\nor ticket issuing machine;\nplace of refuge for pedestrians includes any area or place which is open to or used by the public\nand not ordinarily intended for the stopping, parking or movement of vehicles, and also includes\nany physical provision or area demarcated by the marking of lines or otherwise identified by a\nsign;\nproperty line means the boundary between the land comprising a thoroughfare, and the land that\nabuts the thoroughfare, whether that land is publicly or privately owned;\npublic bus has the meaning given to it by the Code;\npublic place includes—\n(a) any thoroughfare or place which the public are allowed to use, whether or not the\nthoroughfare or place is on private property; and\n(b) a reserve;\nregular passenger transport service has the meaning given to it in the Transport (Road\nPassenger Services) Act 2018;\nreserve means any land—\n(a) which belongs to the local government;\n(b) of which the local government is the management body under the Land Administration\nAct 1997; or\n\n4110 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 December 2023\n(c) which is an ‘otherwise unvested facility’ within section 3.53 of the Act;\nresidential parking permit means a permit issued by the local government pursuant to the\nprovisions of clause 4.4;\nright of way means a portion of land that is—\n(a) shown and marked ‘Right of Way’ or ‘R.O.W’, or coloured or marked in any other way to\nsignify that the portion of land is a right of way on any plan or diagram deposited with\nthe Registrar of Titles that is subject to the provisions of section 167A of the Transfer of\nLand Act 1893;\n(b) shown on a diagram or plan of survey relating to a subdivision that is created as a right\nof way and vested in the Crown under section 152 of the Planning and Development\nAct 2005; or\n(c) shown and marked as a right of way on a map or plan deposited with the Registrar of\nTitles and transferred to the Crown under the Transfer of Land Act 1893,\nbut does not include—\n(d) a private driveway; or\n(e) a right of way created by easement between two parties;\nroad has the meaning given to it in the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008;\nroad marking has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nSchedule means a Schedule to this local law;\nshared path has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nshared zone has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nsign includes a traffic sign, inscription, road marking, mark, structure or device on which may be\nshown words, numbers, expressions or symbols, that is—\n(a) approved by the local government; and\n(b) placed, marked or erected on, near or within a thoroughfare, reserve or parking station\nfor the purpose of prohibiting, regulating, guiding, directing or restricting stopping or\nparking of vehicles;\nspecial purpose vehicle has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nstop, in relation to a vehicle, has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nstreet has the same meaning as thoroughfare;\nsymbol includes any symbol specified by the Road Traffic Code 2000 for use in the regulation of\nparking;\ntaxi has the meaning given to it by the Code;\ntaxi zone has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nthoroughfare has the meaning given to it by section 1.4 of the Act, and includes any carriageway,\nmedian strip, verge and path within the area bounded by the property lines of the lots abutting\nthe thoroughfare;\nticket issuing machine in relation to a parking station or parking space, means a machine or\ndevice that issues a parking ticket, whether or not for payment of a fee, showing the period of\ntime during which, or the expiry time before which, a vehicle may lawfully be parked in a\nparking space;\ntour coach means a bus which is—\n(a) used to provide a tourism passenger transport service; or\n(b) hired or chartered for the specific purpose of sightseeing or tourism;\ntourism passenger transport service has the meaning given to it in the Transport (Road\nPassenger Services) Act 2018;\ntrailer has the meaning given to it by the Code;\ntransit lane has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nunattended, in relation to a vehicle, means that the driver has left the vehicle and is more than 3\nmetres from the closest point of the vehicle;\nunexpired parking ticket means a ticket, whether paper or electronic, on which a date and expiry\ntime is printed or displayed, and that time has not expired;\nvehicle has the meaning given to it by the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008;\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;\nVeteran Gold Card means a Gold Card, Veteran Gold Card or Repatriation Health Card issued\nby the Department of Veterans’ Affairs;\nvisitor’s parking permit means a permit issued by the local government pursuant to clause 4.4;\nand\nwheeled recreational device has the meaning given to it in the Code.\n\n19 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4111\n1.6 Application of particular definitions\n(1) In this local law, unless the context requires otherwise, a reference to a thoroughfare, ‘parking\nstation’, ‘metered zone’, ‘parking facility’ or ‘reserve’ includes a reference to, as the case may be, any\npart of a thoroughfare, parking station, metered zone, parking facility or reserve.\n(2) For the purpose of the application of the definitions ‘bus zone’, ‘loading zone’, ‘mail zone’, ‘taxi zone’,\n‘no parking area’, ‘no stopping area’, ‘parking area’ and similar definitions, an arrow inscribed on a\ntraffic sign erected at an angle to the boundary of the carriageway is deemed to be pointing in the\ndirection in which it would point, if the sign were turned at an angle of less than 90 degrees until\nparallel with the boundary.\n(3) A reference to the wording of any sign in this local law shall also be deemed to include a reference\nto the corresponding symbol.\n(4) Unless the context otherwise requires, where a term is used, but not defined, in this local law, and\nthat term is defined in the Act, the Transport (Road Passenger Services) Act 2018, the Road Traffic\nAct 1974, the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008, the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012 or in the\nCode, then the terms shall have the meaning as in those Acts or the Code.\n1.7 Part of thoroughfare to which a sign applies\n(1) Where under this local law the use, driving, stopping, parking or leaving of vehicles in a\nthoroughfare is controlled by a sign, the sign shall be read as applying to that part of the\nthoroughfare which—\n(a) lies beyond the sign;\n(b) lies between the sign and the next sign; and\n(c) is on that side of the thoroughfare nearest to the sign.\n1.8 Pre-existing signs\n(1) A sign that—\n(a) was erected by the local government or the Commissioner of Main Roads before the\ncommencement of this local law; and\n(b) relates to the parking of vehicles within the parking region,\nshall be deemed for the purpose of this local law to have been erected by the local government under\nthe authority of this local law.\n1.9 Vehicle and driver classification\n(1) For the purposes of this local law vehicles are divided into the following classes—\n(a) buses;\n(b) caravans and trailers;\n(c) motorcycles;\n(d) taxis and other on-demand passenger transport vehicles;\n(e) commercial vehicles;\n(f) tour coaches;\n(g) bicycles;\n(h) authorised, emergency and special purpose vehicles;\n(i) plug-in electric vehicles as defined in clause 7.1; and\n(j) all other vehicles not otherwise classified.\n(2) For the purposes of this local law, drivers are divided into the following classes—\n(a) authorised persons;\n(b) employees of the local government;\n(c) customers or patrons of a shop, shopping centre, premises in which personal services are\nprovided, facility or event;\n(d) persons who work in a shop, shopping centre or premises in which personal services are\nprovided;\n(e) persons with special needs, including those relating to disability, age or care of infants; and\n(f) all other persons not otherwise classified.\n1.10 Alternative methods of payment\n(1) In this clause, alternative method of payment means a permit, invoice, ticket or pass issued\nelectronically or otherwise by the local government in return for payment, authorising a person to\npark according to the terms and conditions of the authorisation.\n(2) A person who has been authorised by the local government to use an alternative method of payment\nfor parking is exempt from paying fees at the relevant parking facility providing that he or she\ncomplies with the terms of the Alternative Method of Payment.\n(3) An alternative method of payment may not be used by any person other than the person who\nreceived authorisation by the local government.\n\n4112 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 December 2023\nPART 2—PARKING STATIONS\n2.1 Determination of parking spaces and parking stations\n(1) The local government may, by resolution, constitute, determine and vary—\n(a) parking stations;\n(b) parking spaces;\n(c) permitted time and conditions of stopping or parking in parking spaces and parking stations,\nwhich may vary by locality;\n(d) permitted classes of vehicles which may stop or park in parking spaces and parking stations;\n(e) permitted classes of persons who may stop or park in parking spaces and parking stations; and\n(f) the manner of stopping or parking in parking spaces and parking stations.\n(2) Where the local government makes a determination under subsection (1), it must erect signs to give\neffect to that determination.\n2.2 Determination of parking fees for parking in a parking station\n(1) The local government may determine and impose a fee for the stopping or parking of a vehicle in a\nparking station, under and in accordance with sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Act.\n(2) A reference in this Part to a ‘fee’ means a fee imposed in accordance with subclause (1).\n(3) The local government may, by resolution, waive the parking fee in a specified parking station—\n(a) at certain days and times;\n(b) for specified classes of person or vehicle; or\n(c) for a specified period of time after the vehicle first enters the parking station (‘fee free period’).\n2.3 Payment of fee to park in a parking station\n(1) Subject to clause 2.2(3), a person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a\nparking station during any period unless—\n(a) in the case of a parking station having an attendant on duty, the person obtains a parking\nticket when demanded;\n(b) in the case of a parking station equipped with a pay by plate ticket machine, the person obtains\na valid parking session by any form of permitted payment at the parking meter, pay by plate\nticket machine or by use of the parking app\n(c) in the case of a parking station equipped with a pay station, the person—\n(i) obtains an entrance ticket; and\n(ii) where the payment of a fee is required, before the vehicle departs the parking station,\npays, by any form of permitted payment, the appropriate fee to the pay station; or\n(d) in the case of a parking station where the use of a parking app is permitted, the person—\n(i) commences a parking session via the parking app;\n(ii) receives confirmation from the parking app that parking session has commenced;\n(iii) ensures the parking session remains active at all times while the vehicle is stopped or\nparked; and\nimmediately before the vehicle is driven from where it has been stopped or parked,\nfinishes the parking session.\n(2) A parking ticket or electronic ticket entitles a person to stop or park a vehicle in a parking space in\na parking station for the period stated on the ticket.\n(3) Where a parking fee is waived under clause 2.2(3)(c), a person must not, when the initial fee free\nperiod expires—\n(a) immediately obtain another parking ticket or commence another parking session for the\npurpose of extending the total free time of parking; or\n(b) move the vehicle within, or exit and return to the parking station, for the purpose of extending\nthe total free time of parking, unless the vehicle has been removed from the parking station for\na minimum of twelve hours.\n2.4 Payment of fee does not authorise otherwise prohibited conduct\nThe payment of a fee referred to in clause 2.2 does not authorise the stopping or parking of a vehicle in\na parking station where it is otherwise prohibited—\n(a) under this local law;\n(b) by a sign on a ticket issuing machine referable to the parking station; or\n(c) by a sign referable to the parking space.\n2.5 Time restrictions for stopping or parking in a parking station\n(1) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a parking station for longer\nthan the maximum period, if any, stated on a sign or a ticket issuing machine referable to the\nparking station.\n\n19 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4113\n(2) Where the stopping or parking of vehicles in a parking station is permitted for a limited period of\ntime, and a vehicle has been stopped or parked in that parking station for that length of time, a\nperson must not stop or park that vehicle again in the parking station unless it has been removed\nfrom the parking station for at least one hour.\n2.6 General prohibitions on stopping or parking in a parking station\n(1) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a parking station—\n(a) if the stopping or parking of vehicles is prohibited by a sign;\n(b) during a period in which the stopping or parking of vehicles is prohibited by a sign; or\n(c) if a sign specifies that a parking space within the parking station is for the stopping or parking\nof vehicles—\n(i) of a different class; or\n(ii) driven by a person of a different class.\n(2) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a parking station—\n(a) so as to obstruct an entrance to, or exit from, a parking station, or an access way within a\nparking station;\n(b) so that any portion of the vehicle is on or over a footpath or place of refuge for pedestrians; or\n(c) otherwise than wholly within a parking space.\n2.7 Display of tickets in parking stations\n(1) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a parking station during any\nperiod for which a fee is payable unless—\n(a) an unexpired parking ticket issued by a ticket issuing machine referable to the parking station\nis—\n(i) displayed inside the vehicle; and\n(ii) the date, expiry time and number (if any) on the ticket is clearly visible to, and able to be\nread by, an authorised person from outside the vehicle at all times while the vehicle is\nstopped or parked in the parking station.\n(2) Clause 2.7(1) only applies to payment made in accordance with clause 2.3(1)(b), where a hard copy\nparking ticket is issued.\n2.8 Behaviour in parking stations\n(1) A person must not—\n(a) drive in a parking station in a direction other than the direction indicated by a sign;\n(b) unless otherwise authorised by a sign referable to the parking space—stop, park or permit a\nvehicle to remain parked in a parking space within a parking station if that parking space is\noccupied by another vehicle; or\n(c) sell, hire, give away, offer or expose for sale or hire anything of any nature, unless that person\nhas the prior written permission of the local government to do so.\nPART 3—METERED ZONES\n3.1 Determination of metered spaces and metered zones\n(1) The local government may, by resolution, constitute, determine and vary—\n(a) metered zones;\n(b) metered spaces;\n(c) permitted time and conditions of stopping or parking in metered spaces and metered zones,\nwhich may vary by locality;\n(d) permitted classes of vehicles which may stop or park in metered spaces and metered zones;\n(e) permitted classes of persons who may stop or park in metered spaces and metered zones; and\n(f) the manner of stopping or parking in metered spaces and metered zones.\n(2) Where the local government makes a determination under subsection (1) it must erect signs to give\neffect to that determination.\n3.2 Determination of parking fees for parking in a metered zone\n(1) The local government may determine and impose a fee for the stopping or parking of a vehicle in a\nmetered zone, under and in accordance with sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Act.\n(2) A reference in this Part to a ‘fee’ means a fee imposed in accordance with subclause (1).\n(3) The local government may, by resolution, waive the parking fee in a specified metered zone—\n(a) at certain days and times;\n(b) for specified classes of person or vehicle; or\n(c) for a specified period of time after the vehicle first enters the metered zone (‘fee free period’).\n3.3 Payment of fee to park in a metered zone\n(1) Subject to clause 3.2(3), a person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a\nmetered zone during any period unless—\n\n4114 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 December 2023\n(a) in the case of a metered zone where the use of aa parking app is permitted, the person—\n(i) commences a parking session via the parking app;\n(ii) receives confirmation from the parking app that parking session has commenced;\n(iii) ensures the parking session remains active at all times while the vehicle is stopped or\nparked; and\n(iv) immediately before the vehicle is driven from where it has been stopped or parked,\nfinishes the parking session.\nA parking ticket or electronic ticket entitles a person to stop or park a vehicle in a metered space in a\nmetered zone for the period indicated on the meter or the ticket.\n(2) Where a parking fee is waived under clause 3.2(3)(c), a person must not, when the initial fee free\nperiod expires—\n(a) immediately obtain another parking ticket or commence another parking session for the\npurpose of extending the total free time of parking; or\n(b) move the vehicle within, or exit and return to the metered zone, for the purpose of extending\nthe total free time of parking, unless the vehicle has been removed from the metered zone for\na minimum of twelve hours.\n3.4 Payment of fee does not authorise otherwise prohibited conduct\n(1) The payment of a fee referred to in clause 3.2 does not authorise the stopping or parking of a vehicle\nin a metered zone where it is otherwise prohibited—\n(a) under this local law;\n(b) by a sign on a parking meter or ticket issuing machine referable to the metered zone; or\n(c) by a sign referable to the metered space.\n3.5 Time restrictions for stopping or parking in a metered zone\n(1) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a metered zone for longer\nthan the maximum period, if any, stated on a sign, parking meter or a ticket issuing machine\nreferable to the metered zone.\n(2) Where the stopping or parking of vehicles in a metered zone is permitted for a limited period of\ntime, and a vehicle has been stopped or parked in the metered zone for that length of time, a person\nmust not stop or park that vehicle again in the metered zone unless it has been removed from the\nmetered zone for at least one hour.\n3.6 General prohibitions on stopping or parking in a metered zone\n(1) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a metered zone—\n(a) if the stopping or parking of vehicles is prohibited by a sign;\n(b) during a period in which the stopping or parking of vehicles is prohibited by a sign; or\n(c) if a sign specifies that a metered space within the metered zone is for the stopping or parking\nof vehicles—\n(i) of a different class; or\n(ii) driven by a person of a different class.\n(2) Unless otherwise authorised by a sign referable to the metered space, a person must not stop, park\nor permit a vehicle to remain parked within a metered space in a metered zone if that metered\nspace is occupied by another vehicle.\n(3) Subject to subclause (4) a person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a\nmetered bay in a thoroughfare otherwise than—\n(a) parallel to and as close to the kerb as practicable; and\n(b) wholly within the metered space.\n(4) Where a vehicle is too long or too wide to fit completely within a single metered bay and the bay is\nparallel to the kerb, then the person parking the vehicle may park across the minimum number of\nmetered spaces needed to park the vehicle.\n(5) Where subclause (4) applies, the person must pay the appropriate fee for each metered bay occupied\nand, where applicable, display each parking ticket in accordance with clause 3.7.\n3.7 Display of tickets in metered zones\n(1) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a metered zone during any\nperiod for which a fee is payable unless—\n(a) an unexpired parking ticket issued by a ticket issuing machine referable to the parking station\nis—\n(i) displayed inside the vehicle; and\n(ii) the date, expiry time and number (if any) on the ticket is clearly visible to, and able to be\nread by, an authorised person from outside the vehicle at all times while the vehicle is\nstopped or parked in the metered zone.\n(2) Clause 3.7(1) only applies to payment made in accordance with clause 3.3(1)(b), where a hard copy\nparking ticket is issued.\n\n19 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4115\nPART 4—PARKING PERMITS\n4.1 Application of Part\n(1) This Part applies to—\n(a) Residential parking permits;\n(b) Visitor parking permits; and\n(c) Veteran Total and Permanently Incapacitated (TPI) permits.\n4.2 Eligibility for a parking permit\nResidential parking permits\n(1) A person who is the owner or occupier of a dwelling in the district and who resides in the\ndwelling may apply in writing to the local government for the issue of a—\n(a) residential permit in relation to a registered vehicle for which that person is the owner.\nVisitor parking permits\n(2) A person who is the owner or occupier of a dwelling in the district and who resides in the\ndwelling may apply in writing to the local government for the issue of a—\n(a) visitor’s permit.\nVeteran Total and Permanently Incapacitated (TPI) permits\n(3) A person who resides in the district and who holds a valid Veteran Gold Card marked with the\nletters ‘TPI’ or words ‘Totally & Permanently Incapacitated’ may apply in writing to the local\ngovernment for the issue of a—\n(a) Veteran Total and Permanently Incapacitated (TPI) permit.\n4.3 Application for a parking permit\n(1) An application for a parking permit must—\n(a) be made in the form prescribed by the local government;\n(b) be signed by the applicant;\n(c) provide the information required by the form; and\n(d) be accompanied by any fee determined and imposed by the local government under and in\naccordance with sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Act.\n(2) The local government may require an applicant to, within 7 days, provide additional information\nreasonably related to an application before determining an application for a permit.\n(3) The local government may refuse to consider an application of a permit—\n(a) which is not made in accordance with subclause (1); or\n(b) where the applicant has not provided any additional information required under subclause (2).\n4.4 Decision on application for permit\n(1) The local government may, in respect of an application made under clause 4.3—\n(a) approve it, whether unconditionally or subject to any conditions the local government considers\nappropriate; or\n(b) refuse to approve it.\n(2) The local government must decide whether or not to grant a permit within 21 days.\n(3) Where the local government approves an application for a permit, it must issue the applicant a\npermit in the form prescribed by the local government.\n(4) Where the local government refuses to approve an application for a permit, it must give written\nnotice of the decision, together with the grounds and reasons, to the applicant.\n(5) Where the local government has not made a decision within the time mentioned in subclause (2),\nit is taken to have refused to grant a permit, and any fee payable under clause 4.3(1)(d) is to be\nrefunded to the applicant.\n(6) The local government may, at any time, amend a condition of approval, and the amended condition\ntakes effect 14 days after written notice of it is given to the permit holder.\n4.5 Form and content of parking permit\n(1) A parking permit issued under this Part must set out—\n(a) the permit number;\n(b) the name of the thoroughfare to which the permit applies; and\n(c) the date on which the permit expires.\n(2) Residential and Veteran Total and Permanently Incapacitated permits must also set out—\nthe registration of the vehicle.\n4.6 Validity of a permit\n(1) A parking permit issued under this Part ceases to be valid upon—\n(a) the expiry date, if any, specified in the permit;\n(b) the holder of the permit ceasing to be eligible for a permit;\n(c) the revocation of the permit by the local government under clause 4.8; or\n\n4116 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 December 2023\n(d) the replacement of the permit by a new permit issued under clause 4.9.\n(2) Where a permit ceases to be valid, the permit holder must immediately—\n(e) cease to use and display the permit; and\n(f) in the case where the permit holder has ceased to be eligible—notify the local government in\nwriting that they have ceased to be eligible.\n(3) Where a parking permit becomes invalid under subclause (1)(a), the permit holder may apply for a\nrenewal of their permit.\n(4) An application for a renewal of a parking permit under subclause (3) must—\n(a) be made in the form prescribed by the local government;\n(b) be signed by the applicant;\n(c) provide the information required by the form; and\n(d) be accompanied by any fee determined and imposed by the local government under and in\naccordance with sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Act.\n4.7 Effect of parking permit\nResidential and visitors parking permits\n(1) The holder of a residential or visitors parking permit issued under this Part is exempt from—\n(a) a prohibition against the stopping or parking of vehicles on a thoroughfare for more than\na specified period of time; and\n(b) the requirement to pay a fee to stop or park a vehicle in a metered zone.\n(2) The exemption under subclause (1) applies only—\n(a) to a thoroughfare or metered zone specified in the permit, except where it is adjacent to\nretail premises where the parking of all vehicles is subject to time restrictions;\n(b) where the permit specifies a particular vehicle—to the vehicle specified in the permit;\n(c) where the approval of the permit is subject to conditions—where those conditions are\nmet;\n(d) if the permit is displayed in the vehicle and is clearly visible to, and able to be read by,\nan authorised person from outside the vehicle at all times while the vehicle is stopped or\nparked in an area to which the permit relates; and\n(e) if the permit is valid.\nVeteran Total and Permanently Incapacitated (TPI) permits\n(3) The holder of a Veteran Total and Permanently Incapacitated (TPI) permit is exempt from the\nrequirement to pay a fee to stop or park a vehicle in a metered zone or parking station.\n(4) The exemption under subclause (3) applies only—\n(a) where the approval of the permit is subject to conditions—where those conditions are\nmet;\n(b) if the permit is displayed in the vehicle and is clearly visible to, and able to be read by,\nan authorised person from outside the vehicle at all times while the vehicle is stopped or\nparked in an area to which the permit relates; and\n(c) if the permit is valid.\n4.8 Revocation of a parking permit\n(1) The local government may, at any time, revoke a parking permit which has been issued under this\nPart if the permit holder breaches any of the conditions for its use or when the permit holder ceases\nto be eligible for a permit.\n(2) Where the local government determines to revoke a parking permit under subclause (1), it must\ngive written notice of the decision, together with the grounds and reasons, to the permit holder.\n(3) A revocation under subclause (1) takes effect 14 days after the written notice in subclause (2) is\ngiven to the permit holder.\n4.9 Replacement of a permit\n(1) The local government may, upon written application by the permit holder, issue a replacement\npermit for parking permits which are lost, misplaced, destroyed or stolen.\n(2) The written application must—\n(a) be made in the form prescribed by the local government;\n(b) be signed by the applicant;\n(c) provide the information required by the form; and\n(d) be accompanied by any fee imposed and determined by the local government under and in\naccordance with sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Act.\n(3) The local government may require an applicant to, within 7 days, provide additional information\nreasonably related to the application before determining an application for a permit.\n(4) The local government may refuse to consider an application—\n(a) which is not made in accordance with subclause (2); or\n(b) where the applicant has not provided any additional information required under subclause (3).\n\n19 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4117\nPART 5—STOPPING AND PARKING GENERALLY\n5.1 Power to prohibit and regulate\nThe local government may, by resolution, prohibit, restrict or regulate, by signs or otherwise, the\nstopping or parking of any vehicle, class of vehicle, or of any class of person or vehicle, or both, but must\ndo so consistently with the provisions of this local law.\n5.2 Authorised vehicle zones\n(1) The local government may, by the use of signs, set aside any parking station, parking space,\nmetered zone or metered bay, for the parking of authorised vehicles only.\n(2) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in an area designated by a sign\nfor the parking of ‘Authorised Vehicles Only’, unless—\n(a) the vehicle is an authorised vehicle;\n(b) a valid permit is displayed inside the vehicle; and\n(c) the permit 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 the designated area.\n(3) Clause 5.2 has effect notwithstanding any other provision under this local law or any sign referable\nto the area.\n5.3 Construction site work zones\n(1) In this clause, unless the context otherwise requires—\nbuilder has the same meaning given to it in the Building Services (Complaint Resolution and\nAdministration) Act 2011;\nconstruction site means any land subject to development;\nconstruction site vehicle means a commercial vehicle or heavy vehicle used on a construction site\nto facilitate development of the site;\ndevelopment means the demolition, erection, construction, alteration of or addition to any building\nor structure on land or the carrying out on the land of any excavation or other works;\neligible person means an owner or occupier of a construction site or any builder carrying out work\non a construction site;\nheavy vehicle has the meaning given to it in the Code; and\nwork zone means any road or part of a road, whether or not marked as a metered space or parking\nspace, set aside by the local government by the use of a sign, for a period specified on the sign,\nfor the parking of construction site vehicles.\n(2) An eligible person seeking to establish a work zone adjacent to a construction site may apply in\nwriting to the local government for approval.\n(3) The local government may, in respect of an application made under subclause (2)—\n(a) approve it, whether unconditionally or subject to any conditions as the local government\nconsiders appropriate; or\n(b) refuse to approve it.\n(4) The local government must decide whether or not to grant approval within 21 days.\n(5) Where the local government approves an application made under subclause (2), it must give the\napplicant written notice specifying—\n(a) the portion of road approved for use as a work zone;\n(b) the terms of the approval and the times during which the parking of construction site vehicles\nin the work zone is permitted;\n(c) any conditions applicable to the approval;\n(d) the amount of any establishment fee determined and imposed by the local government under\nand in accordance with sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Act; and\n(e) the amount of any daily fee determined and imposed by the local government under and in\naccordance with sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Act.\n(6) Within 14 days from the date of the payment of any establishment fee, or from the date of the\nwritten notice when no establishment fee is to be paid, the local government is to set aside a work\nzone in accordance with the notice referred to in subclause (3).\n(7) The applicant must, in addition to the establishment fee, pay to the local government a daily fee\nfor each day that a work zone is set aside.\n(8) The daily fee is payable in arrears, on the first day of each month.\n(9) Where the local government approves an application made under subclause (2), the local\ngovernment may cancel its approval by written notice to the applicant if—\n(a) the applicant, or any person authorised by the applicant to use the work zone, stops or parks a\nvehicle otherwise than in accordance with a term of approval or condition of approval specified\nin the notice issued to the applicant under subclause (5);\n(b) the applicant fails to pay the daily fee as required under subclause (5); or\n(c) the local government or an authorised person requires access to or near the place where the\nwork zone is situated, for the purposes of carrying out works in or near that place.\n\n4118 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 December 2023\n(10) A revocation under subclause (9) takes effect 3 days after the written notice in subclause (9) is\ngiven to the permit holder.\n(11) A person must not park a vehicle in a work zone unless—\n(a) the vehicle is a construction site vehicle;\n(b) the vehicle is parked during a time in which the parking of a construction site vehicle on that\nzone is permitted by a sign; and\n(c) a person is continuously engaged in loading or unloading goods—\n(i) to or from the construction site vehicle; and\n(ii) to or from the construction site.\n5.4 Temporary event parking\n(1) A community or sporting organisation organising an event on a reserve may apply in writing to the\nlocal government for approval to allow patrons of the event to park in a specified part of that\nreserve.\n(2) An application for temporary event parking approval must—\n(a) be made in the form prescribed by the local government; and\n(b) provide the information required by the form.\n(3) The local government may, in respect of an application made under subclause (1)—\n(a) approve it, whether unconditionally or subject to any conditions as the local government\nconsiders appropriate; or\n(b) refuse to approve it.\n(4) The local government must decide whether or not to grant approval within 21 days.\n(5) Where the local government approves an application made under subclause (1), it must give the\napplicant written notice specifying—\n(a) the area within the reserve that may be used for the event parking;\n(b) the day and time period for which the approval is valid; and\n(c) conditions applying to the management of public parking at the event, including but not limited\nto—\n(i) signage;\n(ii) maximum number of vehicles allowed to park in the reserve;\n(iii) pedestrian safety measures; and\n(iv) requirements for managing the movement of vehicles between the event parking area\nand the nearest public road.\n(6) An organisation granted approval to use part of a reserve for the purposes of event parking must\nnot charge patrons a fee to park in the reserve.\n5.5 Temporary parking restrictions\n(1) The local government may, by the use of signs or other means, temporarily restrict or prohibit\nparking in any parking station, parking space, metered zone or metered bay for the purpose of\ncarrying out urgent, essential or official functions of the local government.\n(2) Unless authorised by the local government, a person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to\nremain parked in an area where temporary parking restrictions apply.\n(3) Clause 5.5 has effect notwithstanding any other provision under this local law or any sign referable\nto the area.\n5.6 Parking in a parking space designated for the use of persons with disabilities\nUnauthorised parking in a space designated for the use of persons with disabilities is dealt with in the\nLocal Government (Parking for People with Disabilities) Regulations 2014.\n5.7 Parking on private land\n(1) In this clause, a reference to ‘land’ does not include land which is—\n(a) a reserve;\n(b) the subject of an agreement referred to in clause 1.4(3); or\n(c) a parking station or a metered zone.\n(2) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked on land without the consent of\nthe owner or occupier of the land on which the vehicle is parked.\n(3) Where the owner or occupier of the land, by a sign referable to that land or otherwise, consents to\nthe parking of vehicles or drivers of a specified class or classes on the land for a limited period, a\nperson must not park a vehicle on the land otherwise than in accordance with that consent.\n5.8 Parking on reserves\n(1) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked on a reserve, otherwise than\nwithin a parking station, unless the person—\n(a) is an employee of the local government in the course of their duties; or\n(b) has obtained prior written permission from the local government; or\n(c) clause 5.4 applies.\n\n19 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4119\n5.9 Heavy and bulky vehicle parking\n(1) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle or any combination of vehicles that, together with\nanything in or on that vehicle or vehicles, exceeds a GVM of 4.5 tonnes—\n(a) on a thoroughfare for more than 4 hours consecutively; or\n(b) on a thoroughfare for the purpose of repairing, servicing or cleaning that vehicle.\n5.10 Over-length vehicle parking\n(1) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle or any combination of vehicles that, together with\nanything in or on that vehicle or vehicles, is more than 10 metres in length, on a carriageway for\nany period exceeding 1 hour during any 24-hour period.\n5.11 Stopping in a taxi zone or bus zone\n(1) A driver must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a taxi zone unless the driver\nis driving an on-demand vehicle engaged in providing an on-demand rank or hail passenger\ntransport service.\n(2) A driver must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a bus zone unless the driver\nis driving a public bus, or a bus of a type that is permitted to stop at the bus zone by information\non or with the ‘bus zone’ sign applying to the bus zone.\n(3) In subclause (1), the driver of the vehicle must not leave the vehicle unattended.\n5.12 Stopping in a bus lane, transit lane or bicycle lane\n(1) A driver must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in—\n(a) a bus lane;\n(b) a transit lane; or\n(c) a bicycle lane,\nunless the driver is driving a public bus or on-demand vehicle providing an on-demand rank or hail\npassenger transport service, and is dropping off, or picking up, passengers.\n5.13 Stopping in a shared zone\n(1) A driver must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a shared zone unless—\n(a) the driver stops at a place on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a sign applies,\nand the driver is permitted to stop at that place under this local law;\n(b) the driver stops in a parking space and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking space\nunder this local law;\n(c) the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers or goods; or\n(d) the driver is engaged in door-to-door delivery or collection of goods, or in the collection of waste\nor garbage.\n5.14 Stopping in a loading zone\n(1) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a loading zone unless it is—\n(a) a motor vehicle used for commercial or trade purposes engaged in the delivery or collection of\ngoods to commercial premises reasonably adjacent to the loading zone in which the vehicle is\nstopped or parked; or\n(b) a motor vehicle used for commercial or trade purposes engaged in the delivery of goods to\nresidential premises reasonably adjacent to the loading zone in which the vehicle is stopped or\nparked,\nbut, in any event, must not remain in that loading zone—\n(c) for longer than a time indicated on the ‘loading zone’ sign; or\n(d) longer than 30 minutes (if no time is indicated on the sign).\n5.15 Other limitations in zones\nA person must not stop a vehicle in a zone to which a sign applies if stopping the vehicle would be\ncontrary to any limitations with respect to the class of persons or vehicles, or the specific activity\nallowed, as indicated by additional words on the sign that applies to the zone.\n5.16 Vehicles not to obstruct a public place\n(1) A person must not leave a vehicle, or any part of a vehicle, in a public place so that it obstructs the\nlawful use of any part of that public place, unless that person has the prior written permission of\nthe local government or is otherwise authorised under any written law.\n(2) An authorised person may deem a vehicle to be obstructing the use of a public place where—\n(a) the vehicle is stopped or parked in a public place for a continuous period exceeding 24 hours.\nPART 6—STOPPING AND PARKING ON THOROUGHFARES\n6.1 Restrictions on parking in thoroughfares\n(1) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked on a thoroughfare—\n(a) if the stopping or parking of vehicles is prohibited by a sign;\n(b) during a period in which the stopping or parking of vehicles is prohibited by a sign;\n\n4120 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 December 2023\n(c) if a sign specifies that the thoroughfare is for the stopping or parking of vehicles—\n(i) of a different class; or\n(ii) driven by a person of a different class;\n(d) the side of which is marked with a continuous yellow edge line; or\n(e) where the thoroughfare upon which the vehicle is stopped or parked is provided with parking\nspaces—other than wholly within a parking space.\n(2) Unless otherwise authorised by a sign referable to the thoroughfare, a person must not stop, park\nor permit a vehicle to remain parked within a parking space if that space is occupied by another\nvehicle.\n6.2 Time restrictions for stopping or parking on a thoroughfare\n(1) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked on a thoroughfare for longer\nthan the maximum period, if any, stated on a sign referable to the thoroughfare, unless—\n(a) Clause 4.7 applies; or\n(b) Regulation 174 of the Code applies.\n6.3 Vehicles in motorcycle stalls\n(1) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a parking space marked ‘M/C’\nunless it is a motorcycle without a sidecar or trailer.\n6.4 Parking a vehicle on a thoroughfare provided with marked parking spaces\n(1) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked on a thoroughfare where parking\nspaces are marked otherwise than—\n(a) parallel to the kerb and as close to the kerb as practical; and\n(b) headed in the direction of the movement of traffic on the part of the thoroughfare on which the\nvehicle is parked,\nunless otherwise exempted by the local government.\n(2) This clause does not apply to angled parking spaces.\n6.5 Parking a vehicle on a carriageway where there are no marked parking spaces\n(1) Unless a sign referable to the parking area indicates otherwise, a person must not stop, park or\npermit a vehicle to remain parked on a carriageway not provided with marked parking space\nunless—\n(a) in the case of a two-way carriageway—the vehicle 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 thoroughfare on which the vehicle is parked;\n(b) in the case of a one-way carriageway—the vehicle 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 thoroughfare on which the vehicle is parked;\n(c) at least 3 metres of the width of the carriageway lies between the vehicle and the farther\nboundary of the carriageway, or any continuous dividing line, or dividing strip, or median strip,\nor between the vehicle and a vehicle parked on the farther side of the carriageway;\n(d) the front or the rear of the vehicle respectively are not less than one metre from any other\nvehicle, except a motorcycle without a trailer, or a bicycle parked in accordance with this local\nlaw;\n(e) the vehicle does not obstruct any vehicle on the carriageway; and\n(f) no portion of the vehicle is on a median strip or painted island.\n(2) In this clause ‘continuous dividing line’ means—\n(a) a single continuous dividing line only;\n(b) a single continuous dividing line to the left or right of a broken dividing line; or\n(c) 2 parallel continuous dividing lines.\n6.6 Parking a vehicle on a carriageway where angle parking applies\n(1) Subject to subclause (2), where a sign referable to a parking area is inscribed with the words ‘angle\nparking’ (or with an equivalent symbol depicting this purpose), a person stopping or parking a\nvehicle in the area must park the vehicle at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the centre of\nthe carriageway unless otherwise indicated by an inscription on the parking sign or by the marks\non the carriageway.\n(2) This clause does not apply to—\n(a) a passenger vehicle or a commercial vehicle with a mass including any load, of more than 3\ntonnes; or\n(b) a person parking either a motorcycle without a trailer or a bicycle.\n6.7 Parking near a fire hydrant or public post box\n(1) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked on a thoroughfare so that any\nportion of the vehicle is within 1 metre of a fire hydrant or fire plug, or of any sign or mark\nindicating the existence of a fire hydrant or fire plug, unless—\n\n19 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4121\n(a) the driver is driving a public bus, and the driver stops in a bus zone or at a bus stop and does\nnot leave the bus unattended; or\n(b) the driver is driving an on-demand vehicle engaged in providing an on- demand rank or hail\npassenger transport service, and the driver stops in a taxi zone and does not leave the vehicle\nunattended.\n(2) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked on a thoroughfare so that any\nportion of the vehicle is within 3 metres of a public post box or within a mail zone, unless the vehicle\nis being used for the purpose of collecting postal articles from the post box.\n6.8 Verge parking\n(1) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked on a verge where a sign referable\nto that area prohibits the stopping or parking of vehicles on that verge.\n(2) A person must not drive, stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked on a verge in the absence\nof signs described in subclause (1) unless—\n(a) the person is the owner or the occupier of the lot abutting that portion of the verge;\n(b) the person has the permission of the owner or the occupier of the lot abutting that portion of\nthe verge;\n(c) the person is an authorised person undertaking the duties for which they are authorised by the\nlocal government; or\n(d) the person is acting under the authority of any written law.\n6.9. Double parking\n(1) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked on a carriageway so that any\nportion of the vehicle is between any stopped or parked vehicle and the centre of the carriageway.\n(2) This clause does not apply to—\n(a) a driver stopped in traffic; or\n(b) a driver angle parking on the side of the carriageway in accordance with this local law.\n6.10 Bus stops, pedestrian and children’s crossing\n(1) A person must not stop or park a vehicle on a thoroughfare so that any portion of the vehicle is\nwithin 20 m of the approach side of a bus stop, or within 10 m of the departure side of a bus stop,\nunless the vehicle is a public bus stopped to take up or set down passengers.\n(2) A person must not stop, park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a bus stop except for the\npurpose of taking up or setting down passengers to or from such vehicle.\n(3) A person must not stop or park a vehicle on a thoroughfare so that any portion of the vehicle is—\n(a) within 20 m of the approach side of pedestrian or children’s crossing; or\n(b) within 10 m of the departure side of pedestrian or children’s crossing.\n(4) In this clause, distances are measured in the direction in which the driver is driving.\n6.11 Keep clear markings\nA driver must not stop on an area of a carriageway marked with a keep clear marking.\n6.12 Movement of vehicles to avoid time limitation\nWhere the stopping or parking of vehicles on a thoroughfare is permitted for a limited period of time,\nand a vehicle has been stopped or parked on that thoroughfare for that length of time, a person must\nnot stop or park that vehicle again on the thoroughfare unless it has been removed from the\nthoroughfare for at least one hour.\n6.13 No parking of vehicles exposed for sale and other circumstances\n(1) A person must not park a vehicle on a thoroughfare—\n(a) for the purpose of exposing it for sale;\n(b) if that vehicle is not licensed under the Road Traffic Act 1974;\n(c) if that 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 a thoroughfare.\n(2) Subclause (1)(c) does not apply—\n(a) where the trailer or caravan is parked within the property abutting the verge and protrudes on\nto the verge in such a way that the part of the trailer or caravan located on the verge—\n(i) protrudes no further than 2.5 metres beyond the property line;\n(ii) no part of the trailer or caravan encroaches on to a path; and\n(iii) no part of the trailer or caravan is closer to the kerb than 3 metres; or\n(b) if the trailer or caravan is parked on the verge for the sole purpose of unloading or loading of\nthe caravan or trailer, but, in any event for no longer than 72 hours.\n(3) In subclause (2), measurements are taken to apply from the outer edge of the contents of a trailer\nor of accessories attached to the trailer or caravan where those contents or accessories protrude\nbeyond the dimensions of the trailer or caravan itself.\n\n4122 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 December 2023\n6.14 Traffic obstructions\n(1) Subject to any law relating to intersections with traffic control signals, a person must not stop, park\nor permit a vehicle to remain parked so that any portion of the vehicle is—\n(a) in front of a right of way, crossover, passage or driveway, or so close to one as to deny vehicles\nreasonable access to, or egress from, the right of way, crossover, passage or driveway;\n(b) upon an intersection, except adjacent to a carriageway boundary that is not broken by an\nintersecting carriageway;\n(c) within 20 metres of the nearest kerb line of any thoroughfare intersecting the thoroughfare on\nthe side on which the vehicle is stopped or parked where the intersection has traffic control\nsignals installed;\n(d) within 10 metres of the nearest kerb line of any thoroughfare intersecting the thoroughfare on\nthe side on which the vehicle is stopped or parked, where the intersection does not have traffic-\ncontrol signals installed;\n(e) alongside any excavation, works, hoarding, scaffolding, obstacle or impediment to traffic, if the\nvehicle would obstruct traffic;\n(f) on or over a footpath, or a place of refuge for pedestrians;\n(g) in front of a crossing used by pedestrians to gain access to or from a path; or\n(h) at the side of a carriageway marked with a continuous yellow edge line.\n(2) Subclause (1) does not apply where—\n(a) stopping in that place is necessary due to stopped traffic or in the interests of safety, provided\nthe vehicle is moved as soon as it is safe to do so; or\n(b) the vehicle is stopped or parked in a parking space or metered bay.\nPART 7—ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS\n7.1 Interpretation\nIn this Part—\nbattery electric vehicle means a plug-in electric vehicle that runs on an electric drive train\npowered exclusively by a battery;\nelectric vehicle charging station means a publicly available parking space served by electric\nvehicle supply equipment designed specifically to charge batteries within plug-in electric\nvehicles by permitting the transfer of electrical energy from an external source to a battery\nwithin the electric vehicle;\nelectric vehicle supply equipment means equipment installed at a premises specifically for the\npurpose of transferring electrical energy between the premises and a plug-in electric vehicle;\nplug-in electric vehicle means a vehicle registered for use on public roads that is propelled by 1\nor more motors driven by electrical energy stored in 1 or more batteries installed in the vehicle,\nand that is primarily recharged by connection to an external stationary electricity supply, and\nincludes battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; or\nplug-in hybrid electric vehicle means a plug-in electric vehicle that runs on an electric drive\ntrain powered by both a battery and an internal combustion engine.\n7.2 Determination of electric vehicle charging stations\n(1) The local government may, by resolution, designate as an electric vehicle charging station a parking\nspace or metered bay that is owned by or under the control of the local government and at which is\ninstalled electric vehicle supply equipment.\n(2) Where the local government makes a determination under subsection (1) it must erect signs to give\neffect to that determination.\n7.3 Electric vehicle charging stations for exclusive use of plug-in electric vehicles while\ncharging\n(1) A person must not park a vehicle in a designated electric vehicle charging station at any time unless\nthat vehicle—\n(a) is a plug-in electric vehicle registered for use on public roads; and\n(b) is physically connected to the electric vehicle supply equipment for the purposes of charging\nthe vehicle.\n7.4 Other conditions of using an electric vehicle charging station\n(1) Use of an electric vehicle charging station located within a parking station is, in addition to the\nprovisions of clause 7.3, subject to the provisions of Part 2 of this local law, including payment of\nan appropriate fee, unless otherwise signed.\n(2) Use of an electric vehicle charging station that is in a metered zone is, in addition to the provisions\nof clause 7.3, subject to the provisions of Part 3, including payment of an appropriate fee, unless\notherwise signed.\n(3) Unless otherwise signed, a person may not park in a designated electric vehicle parking station for\nlonger than 2 continuous hours.\n\n19 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4123\nPART 8—MISCELLANEOUS\n8.1 Impersonation of authorised person\nA person who is not an authorised person must not impersonate or purport to exercise the functions of\nan authorised person.\n8.2 Authorised person may order vehicle to be moved\nA driver of a vehicle stopped or parked in a parking station, metered zone, thoroughfare or reserve must\nimmediately move the vehicle if any authorised person or police officer directs the driver to move it.\n8.3 Authorised person may mark tyres\n(1) An authorised person may mark the tyres of a vehicle with chalk or any other non- indelible\nsubstance for any purpose connected with or arising out of their duties and powers.\n(2) A person must not remove a mark made by an authorised person so the purpose of the affixing of\nsuch mark is defeated or likely to be defeated.\n8.4 Interference and damage to parking facilities and associated infrastructure\nA person must not interfere with, alter, affix any thing to, damage, deface, remove, misuse or obstruct\nthe operation of any parking facilities or any local government property used in, or in connection with,\na parking facility, or attempt to do any such act.\n8.5 Unauthorised signs\nA person must not, without the permission of the local government, place, mark or erect a sign\npurporting to be or resembling a sign placed, marked or erected by the local government under this\nlocal law.\n8.6 No contravention of sign\nAn inscription or symbol on a sign operates and has effect according to its tenor and a person\ncontravening the direction on a sign commits an offence.\n8.7 General provisions about signs\n(1) For the purposes of this local law a sign may prohibit or regulate parking or stopping by the use of\nany symbol.\n(2) A sign is presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to be a sign placed, marked or erected\nunder the authority of this local law.\n(3) Where an inscription or symbol on a sign relates to the stopping of vehicles, it shall be deemed for\nthe purposes of this local law to operate and have effect as 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.\n8.8 Removal of notice from vehicle\n(1) A person, other than the driver of the vehicle or a person acting under the direction of the driver of\nthe vehicle, must not remove from the vehicle any notice put on the vehicle by an authorised person.\n(2) In this clause ‘notice’ means a notice referred to in section 9.13 of the Act or an infringement notice\nreferred to in section 9.17 of the Act.\n8.9 Impounding of vehicles\nThe impounding of vehicles and other goods is dealt with in sections 3.37 to 3.48 of the Act and\nregulation 29 of the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996.\n8.10 Person not to provide false information when using ticket machine or parking app\nA person must not falsely represent the identity of a vehicle when submitting registration details via a\nparking app or when using a ticket issuing machine that requires the submission of that information.\n8.11 Exemptions\n(1) A provision of Parts 2, 3, 5 and 6 of this local law does not apply to the driver of an emergency\nvehicle or a special purpose vehicle if, in the circumstances—\n(a) the driver is taking reasonable care; and\n(b) it is reasonable that the provision should not apply.\n(2) A provision of Parts 2, 3, 5 and 6 of this local law does not apply to a driver who is an authorised\nperson appointed for the purposes of this or another written law applicable to the district who is\ndriving a vehicle in the course of his or her duties if, in the circumstances—\n(a) the driver is taking reasonable care; and\n(b) it is reasonable that the provision should not apply.\n(3) A provision of Parts 2, 3, 5 and 6 of this local law does not apply to a person who is at the site of,\nand engaged in, roadworks or maintenance of the thoroughfare if, in the circumstances—\n(a) it is not practical for the person to comply with the provision; and\n(b) sufficient warning of the roadworks has been given to other road users.\n\n4124 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 December 2023\nPART 9—ENFORCEMENT\n9.1 Legal proceedings\nEvidentiary provisions relating to offences involving vehicles are contained in Division 2 of Part 9 of\nthe Act.\n9.2 Offences and general penalty\n(1) Any person who fails to do anything required or directed to be done under this local law, or who\ndoes anything which under this local law that person is prohibited from doing, commits an offence.\n(2) Any person who commits an offence under this local law shall be liable, upon conviction, to a penalty\nnot exceeding $5,000 and, if the offence is of a continuing nature, to an additional penalty not\nexceeding $500 for each day or part of a day during which the offence has continued.\n(3) The process for prosecutions is dealt with by Part 9, Division 2 of the Act.\n9.3 Modified penalties\n(1) In accordance with section 9.16 of the Act, an authorised person who has reason to believe that a\nperson has committed an offence against this local law may, within 28 days after the alleged offence\nis believed to have been committed, give a parking infringement notice to the alleged offender.\n(2) A person who does not contest an allegation that he or she has committed an offence against this\nlocal law may, within the time specified in an infringement notice or within such further time as\nmay, in any particular case, be allowed by the CEO, pay the modified penalty for that offence which,\nin accordance with section 9.21 of the Act, has the effect of preventing the local government from\ncommencing a prosecution for the alleged offence.\n(3) The amount appearing in the final column on Schedule 2 directly opposite a clause specified in that\nSchedule is the modified penalty for an offence against that clause.\n(4) An offence against any provision of this local law is a prescribed offence for the purposes of section\n9.16(1) of the Act.\n9.4 Forms of notices\n(1) For 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 Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996;\n(b) the form of infringement notice referred to in section 9.16 of the Act is that of Form 2 in\nSchedule 1 of the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996;\n(c) the form of the infringement notice referred to in section 9.16 of the Act which incorporates the\nnotice referred to in section 9.13 of the Act, is that shown in Schedule 3; and\n(d) the form of the notice referred to in section 9.20 of the Act is that of Form 3 in Schedule 1 of\nthe Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996.\n9.5 Objection and appeal rights\n(1) Division 1 of Part 9 of the Act applies to—\n(a) a decision in relation to an application received—\n(i) under clause 4.3 for a parking permit;\n(ii) under clause 5.3(2) for a construction site work zone; and\n(iii) under clause 5.4(1) for event parking approval;\n(b) a decision—\n(i) under clause 4.8 to revoke a parking permit;\n(ii) under clause 4.9 to replace a parking permit; and\n(iii) under clause 5.3(9) to revoke approval for a construction site work zone.\n————\n\n19 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4125\nSCHEDULE 1—MODIFIED PENALTIES\nItem Clause\n(9.3)\nNature of Offence Modified\nPenalty\n$\n1. 1.10 Unauthorised use of alternative method of payment. $90\n2. 2.3(1)(a) Failure to pay appropriate fee when demanded. $90\n3. 2.3(1)(b) Failure to obtain a valid parking session in a parking station\nby any form of permitted payment, including through a\nparking app.\n$90\n4. 2.3(1)(c) Failure to obtain an entrance ticket from a pay station or pay\nthe appropriate fee prior to departure from a parking station.\n$90\n5. 2.3(1)(d) Failure to commence or keep active a parking session on a\nparking app in a parking station.\n$90\n6. 2.3(3)(a) Obtaining multiple parking tickets or commencing multiple\nparking sessions to extend initial fee free period.\n$100\n7. 2.3(3)(b) Moving a vehicle within a parking station to extend initial fee\nfree period.\n$100\n8. 2.3(3)(b) Exiting and returning to a parking station to extend initial\nfee free period.\n$100\n9. 2.5(1) Parking in a parking station for more than the maximum\nperiod.\n$90\n10. 2.5(2) Returning to a parking station within 1 hour. $90\n11. 2.6(1)(a) Stopping or parking in a no stopping or no parking area in a\nparking station.\n$110\n12. 2.6(1)(b) Stopping or parking in a parking station during a prohibited\nperiod.\n$90\n13. 2.6(1)(c)(i) Parking in a parking space set aside for a different class of\nvehicle in a parking station.\n$90\n14. 2.6(1)(c)(ii) Parking in a parking space set aside for a different class of\nperson in a parking station.\n$90\n15. 2.6(2)(a) Obstructing an entrance, exit or access way in a parking\nstation.\n$110\n16. 2.6(2)(b) Stopping or parking across a footpath or place of refuge for\npedestrians in a parking station.\n$110\n17. 2.6(2)(c) Parking outside a parking space in a parking station. $100\n18. 2.7(1)(a) Failing to display unexpired parking ticket in a parking\nstation or valid parking session by any form of permitted\npayment, including through a parking app.\n$90\n19. 2.8(a) Driving in the wrong direction in a parking station. $100\n20. 2.8(b) Stopping or parking in a parking space which is already\noccupied by another vehicle.\n$100\n21. 2.8(c) Engaging in unauthorised activities in a parking station. $90\n22. 3.3(1)(a) Failure to pay appropriate fee to a parking meter, beyond a\nperiod of free parking.\n$90\n23. 3.3(1)(b) Failure to obtain parking ticket from ticket issuing machine\nin metered zone or valid parking session by any form of\npermitted payment, including through a parking app.\n$90\n24. 3.3(1)(c) Failure to commence or keep active a parking session on a\nparking app in a metered zone.\n$90\n25. 3.3(3)(a) Obtaining multiple parking tickets or commencing multiple\nparking sessions in a metered zone to extend initial fee free\nperiod.\n$100\n26. 3.3(3)(b) Moving a vehicle within a metered zone to extend initial fee\nfree period.\n$100\n27. 3.3(3)(b) Exiting and returning to a metered zone to extend initial fee\nfree period.\n$100\n28. 3.5(1) Parking in a metered zone for more than the maximum\nperiod.\n$90\n29. 3.5(2) Returning to a metered zone within 1 hour. $90\n30. 3.6(1)(a) Stopping or parking in a no parking or no stopping area in a\nmetered zone.\n$110\n31. 3.6(1)(b) Stopping or parking in a metered zone during a prohibited\nperiod.\n$90\n\n4126 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 December 2023\nItem Clause\n(9.3)\nNature of Offence Modified\nPenalty\n$\n32. 3.6(1)(c)(i) Parking in a metered space set aside for a different class of\nvehicle in a metered zone.\n$90\n33. 3.6(1)(c)(ii) Parking in a metered space set aside for a different class of\nperson in a metered zone.\n$90\n34. 3.6(2) Stopping or parking in a metered space which is already\noccupied by another vehicle.\n$100\n35. 3.6(3)(a) Failure to park parallel and as close to the kerb as practicable\nin a metered space in a metered zone.\n$90\n36. 3.6(3)(b) Parking outside a metered space in a metered zone. $100\n37. 3.6(5) Failure to pay appropriate fee for each metered space\noccupied.\n$90\n38. 3.7(1)(a) Failing to display unexpired parking ticket in a metered zone. $90\n39. 4.4(1)(a) Failure to comply with conditions of approval for a parking\npermit.\n$90\n40. 4.6(2)(a) Continuing to use or display an invalid parking permit. $90\n41. 4.6(2)(b) Failure to notify local government in writing that person is no\nlonger eligible for a permit.\n$90\n42. 5.2(2) Failure to display a valid permit in an area designated for\n‘Authorised Vehicles Only’.\n$90\n43. 5.3(3)(a) Failure to comply with conditions of approval for a work zone. $90\n44. 5.3(11) Unauthorised stopping or parking in a work zone. $90\n45. 5.4(3)(a) Failure to comply with conditions of approval for event\nparking approval.\n$90\n46. 5.5(2) Stopping or parking in an area subject to temporary parking\nrestrictions.\n$90\n47. 5.7(2)-(3) Stopping or parking on private land without consent or\ncontrary to consent.\n$110\n48. 5.8(1) Stopping or parking on a reserve. $110\n49. 5.9(1)(a) Stopping or parking a heavy or bulky vehicle on a\nthoroughfare for more than 4 hours.\n$100\n50. 5.9(1)(b) Stopping or parking a heavy or bulky vehicle on a\nthoroughfare for the purposes of repairing, servicing or\ncleaning that vehicle.\n$100\n51. 5.10(1) Stopping or parking an overlength vehicle on a carriageway\nfor more than 1 hour during any 4-hour period.\n$100\n52. 5.11(1) Stopping or parking a vehicle, other than an on-demand\nvehicle, in a taxi zone.\n$90\n53. 5.11(2) Stopping or parking a vehicle, other than a public bus or\npermitted bus, in bus zone.\n$90\n54. 5.12(1) Stopping or parking a vehicle, other than a public bus or an\non-demand vehicle, in a bus lane, transit lane or bicycle lane.\n$90\n55. 5.13(1) Unauthorised stopping or parking in a shared zone. $90\n56. 5.14(1) Unauthorised stopping or parking in a loading zone. $90\n57. 5.15 Stopping or parking contrary to a sign in a parking zone. $90\n58. 5.16(1) Stopping or parking a vehicle so as to obstruct a public place. $110\n59. 6.1(1)(a) Stopping or parking in a no stopping or no parking area on a\nthoroughfare.\n$110\n60. 6.1(1)(b) Stopping or parking on a thoroughfare during a prohibited\nperiod.\n$90\n61. 6.1(1)(c)(i) Parking on a thoroughfare set aside for a different class of\nvehicle.\n$90\n62. 6.1(1)(c)(ii) Parking on a thoroughfare set aside for a different class of\nperson.\n$90\n63. 6.1(d) Stopping or parking contrary to a continuous yellow edge line. $110\n64. 6.1(e) Parking outside a parking space on a thoroughfare. $100\n65. 6.1(2) Stopping or parking in a parking space on a thoroughfare\nwhich is already occupied by another vehicle.\n$100\n66. 6.2(1) Parking on a thoroughfare for more than the maximum\nperiod.\n$90\n\n19 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4127\nItem Clause\n(9.3)\nNature of Offence Modified\nPenalty\n$\n67. 6.3(1) Parking a vehicle, other than a motorcycle without a sidecar\nor trailer, in a motorcycle stall.\n$90\n68. 6.4(1)(a) Failure to park parallel and as close to the kerb as practicable\non a thoroughfare marked with parking spaces.\n$90\n69. 6.4(1)(b) Parking facing oncoming traffic on a thoroughfare marked\nwith parking spaces.\n$90\n70. 6.5(1)(a) Failure to park parallel and as close to the left boundary as\npracticable on a two-way carriageway not marked with\nparking spaces.\n$90\n71. 6.5(1)(a) Parking facing oncoming traffic on a two-way carriageway not\nmarked with parking spaces.\n$90\n72. 6.5(1)(b) Failure to park parallel and as close to the left boundary as\npracticable on a one-way carriageway not marked with\nparking spaces.\n$90\n73. 6.5(1)(b) Parking facing oncoming traffic on a one-way carriageway not\nmarked with parking spaces.\n$90\n74. 6.5(1)(c) Failure to leave at least 3 metres between the vehicle and the\nfarther boundary of carriageway or a continuous dividing\nline, dividing strip, median strip or other vehicle.\n$90\n75. 6.5(d) Stopping or parking within one metre of another vehicle. $90\n76. 6.5(e) Stopping or parking in a way that obstructs another vehicle\non the carriageway.\n$110\n77. 6.5(f) Stopping or parking on or across a median strip or painted\nisland.\n$110\n78. 6.6(1) Failure to park at 45 degrees where angled parking applies. $100\n79. 6.7(1) Stopping or parking within 1 metre of a fire hydrant or fire\nplug.\n$110\n80. 6.7(2) Stopping or parking within 3 metres of a public post box or\nmail zone.\n$90\n81. 6.8(1) Stopping or parking on a verge contrary to a sign. $110\n82. 6.8(2) Stopping or parking on a verge without consent. $110\n83. 6.9(1) Double parking on a carriageway. $110\n84. 6.10(1) Stopping or parking within 20 metres of the approach side, or\nwithin 10 metres of the departure side, of a bus stop.\n$100\n85. 6.10(2) Unauthorised stopping or parking in a bus stop. $100\n86. 6.10(3) Stopping or parking within 20 metres of the approach side, or\nwithin 10 metres of the departure side, of a pedestrian or\nchildren’s crossing.\n$100\n87. 6.11 Stopping or parking contrary to keep clear marking. $110\n88. 6.12 Returning to a thoroughfare within 1 hour. $90\n89. 6.13(1)(a) Exposing a vehicle for sale on a thoroughfare. $90\n90. 6.13(1)(b) Parking an unlicensed vehicle on a thoroughfare. $90\n91. 6.13(1)(c) Parking an unattached trailer or caravan on a thoroughfare. $90\n92. 6.13(1)(d) Stopping or parking on a thoroughfare for the purposes of\nrepairing the vehicle.\n$90\n93. 6.14(1)(a) Stopping or parking in front of, or denying reasonable access\nto, or egress from, a right of way, crossover, passage or\ndriveway.\n$110\n94. 6.14(b) Stopping or parking on an intersection. $110\n95. 6.14(c) Stopping or parking within 20 metres of an intersection with\ntraffic control signals.\n$100\n96. 6.14(d) Stopping or parking within 10 metres of an intersection not\ncontrolled by traffic control signals.\n$100\n97. 6.14(e) Stopping or parking alongside a traffic obstruction. $100\n98. 6.14(f) Stopping or parking across a footpath or place of refuge for\npedestrians.\n$110\n99. 6.14(g) Stopping or parking at the side of a carriageway marked with\na continuous yellow edge line.\n$110\n\n4128 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 December 2023\nItem Clause\n(9.3)\nNature of Offence Modified\nPenalty\n$\n100. 6.14(h) Stopping or parking in front of a crossing used by pedestrians\nto gain access to or from a path.\n$110\n101. 7.3(1)(a) Stopping or parking a vehicle, other than a registered plug-in\nelectric vehicle, in an electric vehicle charging station.\n$90\n102. 7.3(1)(b) Stopping or parking a plug-in electric vehicle in an electric\nvehicle charging station when the vehicle is not in the process\nof charging.\n$90\n103. 7.4(3) Parking for longer than 2 continuous hours in an electric\nvehicle parking station.\n$90\n104. 8.1 Impersonating an authorised officer. $250\n105. 8.2 Failure to remove vehicle when directed by authorised person\nto move it.\n$250\n106. 8.3 Removing mark of authorised person. $250\n107. 8.4 Affixing things to, altering, defacing or misusing parking\nfacilities or associated infrastructure.\n$250\n108. 8.4 Obstructing the operation of, interfering, damaging or\nremoving parking facilities or associated infrastructure.\n$500\n109. 8.5 Placing, marking or erecting unauthorised signs. $250\n110. 8.6 Contravening a direction on a sign. $90\n111. 8.8 Unlawfully removing a notice placed on a vehicle. $100\n112. 8.10 Providing false information or details when using a ticket\nissuing machine or parking app.\n$100\n113. All other offences not specified. $90\n————\nSCHEDULE 2—INFRINGEMENT NOTICE FORMS\nFORM 1\nCITY OF MELVILLE PARKING LOCAL LAW 2023\nINFRINGEMENT NOTICE\nSerial No.\nDate : ........../........../.........\nTo: (1) ..........................................................................................................................................................\nof (2) ............................................................................................................................................................\nIt is alleged that on ........../........../.......... at (3) ..........................................................................................\nat (4) ............................................................................................................................................................\nin respect your vehicle—\nmake: .............................................................\nmodel: ............................................................\nregistration: ...................................................\nwas involved in the following offence—\n(5 ) ...............................................................................................................................................................\n......................................................................................................................................................................\n......................................................................................................................................................................\ncontrary to clause..............................of the City of Melville Parking Local Law 2023.\nThe modified penalty for the offence is: $ ..................................\nIf you do not wish to have a complaint of the alleged offence heard and determined by a court, you may\npay the amount of the modified penalty within 28 days after the giving of this notice to you.\nUnless within 28 days after the giving of this notice to you—\n(a) the modified penalty is paid; or\n(b) you—\n(i) inform the Chief Executive Officer or an authorised person of the City of Melville as to\nthe identity and address of the person who was the driver or person in charge of the above\nvehicle at the time the offence is alleged to have been committed; or\n\n19 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4129\n(ii) satisfy the Chief Executive Officer of the City of Melville that the above vehicle had been\nstolen or was being unlawfully used at the time the offence is alleged to have been\ncommitted,\nyou will be deemed to have committed the above offence and court proceedings may be instituted\nagainst you.\nPayment may be made either by posting this form together with the amount of the modified penalty to\nthe Chief Executive Officer at the City of Melville or by delivering this form and paying the amount to\nan authorised person at the office of the City of Melville at Almondbury Road, Booragoon, WA, 6163.\nIf you take no action this matter may be registered with the Fines Enforcement Registry after which\nyour driver’s licence may be suspended, your vehicle licence may be suspended or cancelled; your details\nmay be published on a website; your vehicle may be immobilised or have its number plates removed,\nand your property may be seized and sold. If the matter is registered with the registered with the\nRegistry additional costs will also be payable.\n..............................................................\nName of authorised person giving the notice.\n..............................................................\nTitle of authorised person\n..............................................................\nSignature of authorised person\nInsert—\n(1) Name of alleged offender [or “owner of (vehicle identification)” if given with a notice under section\n9.13 of the Act].\n(2) Address of alleged offender [not required if given with a notice under section 9.13 of the Act].\n(3) Time at which offence allegedly committed.\n(4) Place at which offence allegedly committed.\n(5) Description of offence.\n————\nDated 13 December 2023.\nThe Common Seal of the City of Melville was affixed by authority of a resolution of the Council in the\npresence of—\nKATY MAIR, Mayor.\nGAIL BOWMAN, Chief Executive Officer.\n———————————","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard local government parking law that replaces a previous 2016 version. The scope remains consistent with typical municipal parking regulation, covering paid parking facilities, street parking management, permits, and enforcement. While it includes modern elements like parking apps and electric vehicle charging stations, these represent natural evolution of parking management rather than scope creep beyond the original purpose of regulating vehicle parking within the district."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-referencing to external legislation (Road Traffic Code 2000, Local Government Act 1995, Transport (Road Passenger Services) Act 2018, etc.) with 40+ defined terms relying on external definitions","Nested conditional logic throughout, particularly in parking permit eligibility (Part 4) and exemptions (Part 8)","Multiple overlapping payment methods (coins, cards, apps, tickets, permits) with specific compliance requirements for each","Detailed spatial and measurement requirements (e.g., 'within 20m of approach side', '3 metres from closest point', '45 degrees to centre of carriageway')","Exception-heavy structure with specific carve-outs for emergency vehicles, authorised persons, roadworkers, and various vehicle classes","Dual enforcement pathways (modified penalties/infringement notices vs court prosecution) with different procedural requirements","9 distinct Parts covering separate operational domains (parking stations, metered zones, permits, thoroughfares, EV charging) with interdependent provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This City of Melville local law sets parking rules on public land across the district — from paid car parks and metered street bays to resident, visitor and special permits, EV charging bays, and restrictions on where and how vehicles may stop or park. It affects drivers, residents, businesses, people with disabilities, EV and heavy‑vehicle owners.\n\nIt empowers the council to manage demand, safety and revenue and enforces rules with fines, vehicle removal or impoundment for noncompliance."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The local law expressly repeals the 2016 Parking Local Law (cl.1.3) and replaces it with updated provisions. Notable scope additions and updates include express rules for electric vehicle charging stations (Part 7, cls 7.1–7.4), explicit recognition of parking apps and pay-by-plate sessions (cls 1.10, 2.3(1)(b),(d), 3.3(1)(a)), formalised work-zone and event-parking application regimes (cls 5.3, 5.4), and a reorganised schedule of modified penalties (Schedule 1). These changes broaden operational coverage and modernise payment/enforcement mechanics."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive definitional overlay and cross-references to multiple external laws and the Road Traffic Code (see cl.1.5–1.6).","Wide discretionary powers for the local government and CEO to determine zones, fees, waivers and permit conditions (cls 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.4, 5.1).","Multiple payment and technology pathways (coins/notes, cards, pay stations, pay-by-plate, parking app and alternative methods) creating operational and compliance complexity (cls 1.10, 2.3, 3.3).","Detailed offence and enforcement architecture with a long modified-penalty schedule and court/appeal hooks (Part 9 and Schedule 1).","Numerous operational rules across many contexts (parking stations, metered zones, thoroughfares, reserves, work zones, events and EV stations) increasing situational variation (Parts 2–7).","Interacting exemptions and special classes (emergency/special vehicles, authorised persons, TPI veterans, residential/visitor permits) that complicate on-ground enforcement (cls 4.1–4.7, 8.11).","Operational directives for authorised officers (tyre-marking, ordering movement, signage presumptions) that create enforcement discretion and evidence considerations (cls 8.2–8.3, 8.7).","Impounding, revocation and administrative timelines (permit decision windows, revocation notices, fee waivers and daily charges for work zones) add administrative burden and potential appeals (cls 4.4–4.9, 5.3, 9.3)."],"plain_english_summary":"This local law replaces the City of Melville’s 2016 parking rules and sets out how stopping and parking are regulated across the municipality, including paid parking, permits, electric vehicle charging bays and enforcement. Council may create zones, set fees and require payment by meter, ticket or parking app. Drivers and owners must hold valid tickets or permits or face modified penalties, tyre-marking, removal or impounding for contraventions (cls 1.3, 2.1–2.3, 4.2–4.7, 7.3, Part 9)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/city-of-melville-parking-local-law-2023","history":"/api/acts/city-of-melville-parking-local-law-2023/history","analysis":"/api/acts/city-of-melville-parking-local-law-2023/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/city-of-melville-parking-local-law-2023/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/city-of-melville-parking-local-law-2023/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/city-of-melville-parking-local-law-2023/documents"}}