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LAWN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER\n© STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA\nWESTERN\nAUSTRALIAN\nGOVERNMENT\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\n_________\nCITY OF KARRATHA\n———————————\nPARKING AND PARKING\nFACILITIES LOCAL LAW 2019\n\n\n\n8 December 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4493\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nCITY OF KARRATHA\nPARKING AND PARKING FACILITIES LOCAL LAW 2019\nCONTENTS\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 Classes of vehicles\n1.8 Parts of thoroughfares to which signs apply\n1.9 Powers of Local Government\nPART 2—SIGNS\n2.1 Erection of signs\n2.2 Compliance with signs\n2.3 Unauthorised signs and defacing of signs\n2.4 General provisions about signs\n2.5 Application of this local law to pre-existing signs\n2.6 Part of thoroughfare to which sign applies\nPART 3—PARKING STALLS AND PARKING STATIONS\n3.1 Determination of parking stalls and parking stations\n3.2 Vehicles to be within parking stall on thoroughfare\n3.3 Parking prohibitions and restrictions\nPART 4—PARKING GENERALLY\n4.1 Restrictions on parking in particular areas\n4.2 Parking vehicle on a carriageway\n4.3 When parallel and right-angled parking apply\n4.4 When angle parking applies\n4.5 General prohibitions on parking\n4.6 Authorised person may order vehicle on thoroughfare to be moved\n4.7 Authorised person may mark tyres\n4.8 No movement of vehicles to avoid time limitation\n4.9 No parking of vehicles exposed for sale and in other circumstances\n4.10 Parking on private land\n4.11 Parking on reserves\n4.12 Suspension of parking limitations for urgent, essential or official duties\nPART 5—PARKING AND STOPPING GENERALLY\n5.1 No stopping and no parking signs, and yellow edge lines\nPART 6—STOPPING IN ZONES FOR PARTICULAR VEHICLES\n6.1 Stopping in a loading zone\n6.2 Stopping in a taxi zone or a bus zone\n6.3 Stopping in a mail zone\n6.4 Other limitations in zones\n\n4494 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 8 December 2020\nPART 7—OTHER PLACES WHERE STOPPING IS RESTRICTED\n7.1 Stopping in a shared zone\n7.2 Double parking\n7.3 Stopping near an obstruction\n7.4 Stopping on a bridge or in a tunnel, etc.\n7.5 Stopping on crests, curves. etc.\n7.6 Stopping near a fire hydrant etc.\n7.7 Stopping at or near a bus stop\n7.8 Stopping on a path, median strip, or traffic island\n7.9 Stopping on verge\n7.10 Obstructing access to and from a path, driveway, etc.\n7.11 Stopping near a letter box\n7.12 Stopping on a carriageway—heavy and long vehicles\n7.13 Stopping on carriageway with a bicycle parking sign\n7.14 Stopping on a carriageway with motor cycle parking sign\nPART 8—MISCELLANEOUS\n8.1 Removal of notices from vehicle\n8.2 Unauthorised signs and defacing of signs\n8.3 Signs must be complied with\n8.4 General provisions about signs\n8.5 Special purpose and emergency vehicles\n8.6 Vehicles not to obstruct a public place\n8.7 Hindrance of authorised person\n8.8 Causing or attempting to cause damage to Council property\nPART 9—PENALTIES\n9.1 Offences and penalties\n9.2 Form of notices\nSCHEDULES\nSCHEDULE 1—PARKING REGION\nSCHEDULE 2—PRESCRIBED OFFENCES\nSCHEDULE 3—DEEMED PARKING STATIONS\n\n8 December 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4495\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nCITY OF KARRATHA\nPARKING AND PARKING FACILITIES LOCAL LAW 2019\nUnder the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and under all other powers enabling\nit, the Council of the City of Karratha resolved on 16 November 2020 to make the following local law.\nPART 1—PRELIMINARY\n1.1 Citation\nThis local law may be cited as the City of Karratha Parking and Parking Facilities Local Law 2019.\n1.3 Commencement\nThis local law comes into operation 14 days after the date of publication in the Government Gazette.\n1.3 Repeal\nThe Shire of Roebourne Parking and Parking Facilities Local Law 2010 published in the Government\nGazette on 30 July 2010 and as amended on 15 April 2011 are repealed.\n1.4 Application\n(1) Subject to subclause (2), this local law applies to the parking region as described in Schedule 1.\n(2) The local government may enter into an agreement in writing with the owner or occupier of a\nparking facility or a parking station that is not owned or occupied by the local government for the\napplication of this local law to the facility or station.\n(3) The agreement referred to in subclause (2) may be made in such terms and conditions as the\nparties may agree.\n(4) This local law does not apply to a parking facility or a parking station that is not occupied by the\nlocal government, unless the local government and the owner or occupier of that facility or station\nhave agreed in writing that this local law will apply to that facility or station.\n(5) The provisions of Parts 3, 4 and 5 do not apply to a bicycle parked at a bicycle rail or bicycle rack.\n1.5 Interpretation\nIn this local law unless the context otherwise requires—\nAct means the Local Government Act 1995;\nAustralian Standard 1742.11-2016 means an Australian Standard published by Standards\nAustralia and as amended from time to time;\nauthorised person means a person appointed by the local government under section 9.10 of the\nAct, to perform any of the functions of an authorised person under this local law;\nauthorised vehicle means a vehicle authorised by the local government, CEO, authorised\nperson or by any written law to park on a thoroughfare or parking facility;\nbicycle has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nbicycle path has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nbus has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nbus embayment 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 means a vehicle that is fitted or designed to allow human habitation and which is\ndrawn by another vehicle, or which is capable of self-propulsion;\ncarriageway means a portion of thoroughfare that is improved, designed or ordinarily used for\nvehicular traffic and includes the shoulders, and areas, including embayments, at the side or\ncentre of the carriageway, used for the stopping or parking of vehicles; and where a\nthoroughfare has two or more of those portions divided by a median strip, the expression\nmeans each of those portions, separately;\n\n4496 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 8 December 2020\ncentre in relation to a carriageway, means a line or a series of lines, marks or other indications—\n(a) for a two-way carriageway—placed so as to delineate vehicular traffic travelling in\ndifferent directions; or\n(b) in the absence of any such lines, marks or other indications—the middle of the main,\ntravelled portion of the carriageway;\nchildren’s crossing has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nCEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the local government;\nCode means the Road Traffic Code 2000;\ncommercial vehicle means a motor vehicle constructed for the conveyance of goods or\nmerchandise, or for the conveyance of materials used in any trade, business, industry or work\nwhatsoever, other than a motor vehicle for the conveyance of passengers, and includes any\nmotor vehicle that is designed primarily for the carriage of persons, but which has been fitted\nor adapted for the conveyance of the goods, merchandise or materials referred to, and is in\nfact used for that purpose;\ncul-de-sac means a carriageway closed at one end that has the same entry and exit point;\ndisability parking permit means a current document issued by the National Disability Service\n(ACN 008 445 485), consisting of—\n(a) an Australian Disability Parking Permit; and\n(b) an ACROD Parking Program Card;\ndisplay means to place in a prominent place inside the vehicle on the front passenger’s side,\npreferably on the dashboard, in order that the text may readily be seen and read from outside\nthe vehicle;\ndistrict means the district of the local government;\ndriver means any person driving or in control of a vehicle;\nedge line for a carriageway means a line marked along the carriageway at or near the far left or\nthe far right of the carriageway;\nemergency vehicle has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nfire hydrant means an upright pipe with a spout, nozzle or other outlet for drawing water from a\nmain or service pipe in case of fire or other emergency;\nfootpath has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nGVM (which stands for gross vehicle mass) has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nkerb means any structure, mark, marking, or device to delineate or indicate the edge of a\ncarriageway;\nlaneway means a narrow carriageway generally situated at the rear of a lot, the purpose of\nwhich is to service the lots adjacent to it and not as a general thoroughfare for through traffic;\nLoading Zone means a parking stall which is set aside for use by commercial vehicles if there is\na sign referable to that stall marked “Loading Zone”;\nlocal government means the City of Karratha;\nmail zone has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nmedian strip has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nmotorcycle has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nmotor vehicle means a self-propelled vehicle that is not operated on rails; and the expression\nincludes a trailer, semi-trailer or caravan while attached to a motor vehicle, but does not\ninclude a power assisted pedal cycle;\nno parking area has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nno parking sign means a sign with the words “no parking” in red letters on a white background,\nor the letter “P” within a red annulus and a red diagonal line across it on a white background;\nno stopping area has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nno stopping sign means a sign with the words “no stopping” or “no standing” in red letters on a\nwhite background or the letter “S” within a red annulus and a red diagonal line across it on a\nwhite background;\nobstruct means to prevent or impede or to make difficult the normal passage of any vehicle,\nwheelchair, perambulator or pedestrian and obstruction shall have the corresponding\nmeaning;\noccupier has the meaning given to it by the Act;\nowner—\n(a) where used in relation to a vehicle licensed under the Road Traffic Act, means the person\nin whose name the vehicle has been registered under that Road Traffic 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;\npark, in relation to a vehicle, means to permit a vehicle, whether attended or not by any person,\nto remain stationary except for the purpose of—\n(a) avoiding conflict with other traffic; or\n\n8 December 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4497\n(b) complying with the provisions of any law; or\n(c) taking up or setting down persons or goods (maximum of 2 minutes);\nparking area has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nparking facilities includes land, buildings, shelters, parking stalls and other facilities open to\nthe public generally for the parking of vehicles and signs, notices and facilities used in\nconnection with the parking of vehicles;\nparking region means the area described in Schedule 1;\nparking stall means a section or part of a thoroughfare or of a parking station which is marked\nor defined by painted lines, metallic studs, coloured bricks or pavers or similar devices for the\npurpose of indicating where a vehicle may be parked;\nparking station means any land, or structure provided for the purpose of accommodating\nvehicles;\npedestrian crossing has the meaning given to it by the Code;\npublic place means any place to which the public has access whether or not that place is on\nprivate property;\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(c) which is an “otherwise unvested facility” within section 3.53 of the Act;\nRoad Traffic Act means the Road Traffic Act 1974;\nSchedule means a Schedule to this local law;\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, and which is placed on or near a\nthoroughfare or within a parking station or reserve for the purpose of prohibiting, regulating,\nguiding, directing or restricting the parking of vehicles;\nspecial purpose vehicle has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nStandards Australia means Standards Australia Limited ACN 087 326 690;\nstop in relation to a vehicle means to stop a vehicle and permit it to remain stationary, except for\nthe purposes of avoiding conflict with other traffic or of complying with the provisions of any\nlaw;\nsymbol includes, but is not limited to, any symbol specified by Australian Standard 1742.11-2016\nand any symbol specified from time to time by Standards Australia for use in the regulation\nof parking;\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 the Act;\ntraffic island has the meaning given to it by the Code;\ntrailer means any vehicle without motive power of its own, designed for attachment to a motor\nvehicle for the purpose of being towed, but does not include the rear portion of an articulated\nvehicle, or a side car;\nvehicle has the meaning given to it by the Code; and\nverge means the portion of a thoroughfare which lies between the boundary of a carriageway and\nthe adjacent property line but does not include a footpath.\n1.6 Application of particular definitions\n(1) For the purposes of the application of the definitions ‘no parking area’ and ‘parking area’ an arrow\ninscribed on a traffic sign erected at an angle to the boundary of the carriageway is deemed to be\npointing in the direction in which it would point, if the signs were turned at an angle of less than\n90 degrees until parallel with the boundary.\n(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, where a term is used, but not defined, in this local law, and\nthat term is defined in the Road Traffic Act or in the Code, then the term shall have the meaning\ngiven to it in that Act or the Code.\n(3) A reference to a word or expression inscribed on a sign includes a reference to a symbol depicting\nthe word or expression.\n1.7 Classes of vehicles\nFor the purpose of this local law, vehicles are divided into classes as follows—\n(a) buses;\n(b) commercial vehicles;\n(c) motorcycles and bicycles;\n(d) taxis; and\n(e) all other vehicles.\n\n4498 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 8 December 2020\n1.8 Part of thoroughfares to which signs applies\nWhere under this local law the parking of vehicles in a thoroughfare is controlled by a sign, the sign\nshall be read as applying to that part of the thoroughfare which—\n(a) lies beyond the sign;\n(b) lies between the sign and the next sign beyond that sign; and\n(c) is on that side of the thoroughfare nearest to the sign.\n1.9 Powers of the Local Government\nThe local government may, by resolution, prohibit or regulate by signs or otherwise, the stopping or\nparking of any vehicle or any class of vehicles in any part of the parking region but must do so\nconsistently with the provisions of this local law.\nPART 2—SIGNS\n2.1 Erection of signs\nThe local government may erect a sign for the purposes of this local law on any land, building or other\nstructure within the parking region.\n2.2 Compliance with signs\n(1) A person shall comply with the direction on every sign displayed, marked, placed or erected\npursuant to this local law.\n(2) An 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 under this local law.\n2.3 Unauthorised signs and defacing of signs\nA person shall not without the approval of the local government—\n(a) display, mark, set up or exhibit a sign purporting to be or resembling a sign marked, set up or\nexhibited by the local government under this local law;\n(b) remove, deface or misuse a sign or property set up or exhibited by the local government under\nthis local law or attempt to do any such act; or\n(c) affix a board, sign, placard, notice or other thing to, or paint or write upon any part of a sign\nset up or exhibited by the local government under this local law.\n2.4 General provisions about signs\n(1) A sign marked, erected, set up, established or displayed on or near a thoroughfare or in a parking\nstation is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, deemed to be a sign marked, erected, set up,\nestablished or displayed under the authority of this local law.\n(2) The first 3 letters of any day of the week when used on a sign indicate that day of the week.\n2.5 Application of this local law to pre-existing signs\nA sign that—\n(a) was erected by the local government or the Commissioner of Main Roads prior to the coming\ninto operation of this local law; and\n(b) relates to the parking of vehicles within the parking region,\nshall be deemed for the purposes of this local law to have been erected by the local government under\nthe authority of this local law.\n2.6 Part of thoroughfare to which sign applies\nWhere under this local law the parking of vehicles in a thoroughfare is controlled by a sign, the sign\nshall be read as applying to that part of the thoroughfare which—\n(a) lies beyond the sign;\n(b) lies between the sign and the next sign beyond that sign; and\n(c) is on that side of the thoroughfare nearest to the sign.\nPART 3—PARKING STALLS AND PARKING STATIONS\n3.1 Determination of parking stalls and parking stations\n(1) The local government may by resolution constitute, determine and vary—\n(a) parking stalls;\n(b) parking stations;\n(c) permitted time and conditions of parking in parking stalls and parking stations which may\nvary with the locality;\n(d) permitted classes of vehicles which may park in parking stalls and parking stations;\n(e) permitted classes of persons who may park in specified parking stalls or parking stations; and\n(f) the manner of parking in parking stalls and parking stations.\n(2) Where the local government makes a determination under subsection (1) it shall erect signs to give\neffect to the determination.\n\n8 December 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4499\n3.2 Vehicles to be within parking stall on thoroughfare\n(1) Subject to subclause (2), (3) and (4), a person shall not park a vehicle in a parking stall in a\nthoroughfare otherwise than—\n(a) parallel to and as close to the kerb as is practicable;\n(b) wholly within the stall; and\n(c) headed in the direction of the movement of traffic on the side of the thoroughfare in which the\nstall is situated.\n(2) Subject to subclause (3) where a parking stall in a thoroughfare is set out otherwise than parallel\nto the kerb, then a person must park a vehicle in that stall wholly within it.\n(3) If a vehicle is too long or too wide to fit completely within a single parking stall then the person\nparking the vehicle shall do so within the minimum number of parking stalls needed to park that\nvehicle.\n(4) A person shall not park a vehicle partly within and partly outside a parking area.\n3.3 Parking prohibitions and restrictions\n(1) A person shall not—\n(a) park a vehicle so as to obstruct an entrance to, or an exit from a parking station, or an access\nway within a parking station;\n(b) except with the permission of the local government or an authorised person park a vehicle on\nany part of a parking station contrary to a sign referable to that part;\n(c) permit a vehicle to park on any part of a parking station, if an authorised person directs the\ndriver of such vehicle to move the vehicle; or\n(d) park or attempt to park a vehicle in a parking stall in which another vehicle is parked but\nthis paragraph does not prevent the parking of a motorcycle and a bicycle together in a stall\nmarked “M/C”, if the bicycle is parked in accordance with subclause (2).\n(2) No person shall park any bicycle—\n(a) in a parking stall other than in a stall marked “M/C”; and\n(b) in such stall other than against the kerb.\n(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subclause (1)(b) a driver may park a vehicle in a permissive\nparking stall or station (except in a parking area for persons with a disability) for twice the length of\ntime allowed, provided that—\n(a) the driver’s vehicle displays a disability parking permit; and\n(b) a person with a disability to which that disability parking permit relates is either the driver\nof or a passenger in the vehicle.\nPART 4—PARKING GENERALLY\n4.1 Restrictions on parking in particular areas\n(1) Subject to subclause (2), a person shall not park a vehicle in a thoroughfare or part of a\nthoroughfare, or part of a parking station—\n(a) if by a sign it is set apart for the parking of vehicles of a different class;\n(b) if by a sign it is set apart for the parking of vehicles by persons of a different class;\n(c) during any period when the parking of vehicles is prohibited by a sign; or\n(d) by exceeding the length of time specified by a sign.\n(2) (a) In subclause (2)(b) driver means a driver where—\n(i) the driver’s vehicle displays a disability parking permit; and\n(ii) a person with a disability to which the disability parking permit relates is either the\ndriver of the vehicle or a passenger in the vehicle.\n(b) The driver may park a vehicle in a thoroughfare or a part of a thoroughfare or part of a\nparking station, except in a thoroughfare or a part of a thoroughfare or part of a parking\nstation to which a disabled parking sign relates for twice the period indicated on the sign.\n(3) A person shall not park a vehicle—\n(a) in a no parking area;\n(b) in a parking area, except in accordance with both the signs associated with the parking area\nand with this local law;\n(c) in a stall marked “M/C” unless it is a motorcycle without a sidecar or a trailer, or it is a\nbicycle.\n(4) A person shall not park a motorcycle without a sidecar or a trailer, or a bicycle in a parking stall\nunless the stall is marked “M/C”.\n(5) A person shall not, without the prior permission of the local government, the CEO, or an\nauthorised person, park a vehicle in an area designated by a sign stating “Authorised Vehicles Only”.\n4.2 Stopping in a parking area for people with disabilities\n(1) In this clause, unless the contrary intention appears—\nauthorised vehicle means a vehicle—\n(a) used by the holder of a disability parking permit; and\n\n4500 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 8 December 2020\n(b) identified in accordance with regulation 6 of the Local Government (Parking for People\nwith Disabilities) Regulations 2014;\ndisability parking permit means a current document issued by the National Disability Service\n(ACN 008 445 485), consisting of—\n(a) an Australian Disability Parking Permit; and\n(b) an ACROD Parking Program Card.\n(2) A vehicle shall not stop in a parking area for people with disabilities unless—\n(a) the vehicle displays an ACROD Program Card; and\n(b) either the driver or a passenger of that vehicle possess a current Australian Disability\nParking Permit.\n(3) In this clause, a parking area for people with disabilities is a parking stall—\n(a) to which a parking control sign of the kind referred to in regulation 3 paragraphs (i) and (k) of\nthe definition of that term in the Road Traffic Code 2000 applies; and\n(b) a people with disabilities symbol (as depicted in the Road Traffic Code 2000\nregulation 171(2)), clearly marked on the ground within the limits of the permit parking.\n4.3 Parking vehicle on a carriageway\n(1) A person parking a vehicle on a carriageway other than in a parking stall shall park it—\n(a) in the case of a two-way carriageway, so that it is as near as practicable to and parallel with,\nthe left boundary of the carriageway and headed in the direction of the movement of traffic on\nthe side of the thoroughfare on which the vehicle is parked;\n(b) in the case of a one-way carriageway, so that it is as near as practicable to and parallel with\neither boundary of the carriageway and headed in the direction of the movement of traffic on\nthe side of the thoroughfare on which the vehicle is parked;\n(c) so that at least 3 metres of the width of the carriageway lies between the vehicle and the\nfarther boundary of the carriageway, or any continuous line or median strip, or between the\nvehicle and a vehicle parked on the farther side of the carriageway;\n(d) so that the front and the rear of the vehicle respectively is not less than 1 metre from any\nother vehicle, except a motorcycle without a trailer, or a bicycle parked in accordance with\nthis local law;\n(e) in a cul-de-sac so as not to obstruct the turning of vehicles within the cul-de-sac;\n(f) in a laneway so as to not obstruct any vehicle on the carriageway; and\n(g) so that it does not obstruct any vehicle on the carriageway,\nunless otherwise indicated on a sign or markings on the carriageway.\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.\n4.4 When parallel and right-angled parking apply\nWhere a traffic sign associated with a parking area is not inscribed with the words “angle parking” (or\nwith an equivalent symbol depicting this purpose), then unless a sign associated with the parking\narea indicates, or marks on the carriageway indicate, that vehicles have to park in a different\nposition, where the parking area is—\n(a) adjacent to the boundary of a carriageway, a person parking a vehicle in the parking area\nshall park it as near as practicable to and parallel with that boundary; and\n(b) at or near the centre of the carriageway, a person parking a vehicle in that parking area shall\npark it at approximately right angles to the centre of the carriageway.\n4.5 When angle parking applies\n(1) This clause does not apply to—\n(a) a passenger vehicle or a commercial vehicle with a mass including any load, of over 3 tonnes;\nor\n(b) a person parking either a motor cycle without a trailer or a bicycle.\n(2) Where a sign associated with a parking area is inscribed with the words “angle parking” (or with\nan equivalent symbol depicting this purpose), a person parking a vehicle in the area shall park the\nvehicle at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the centre of the carriageway unless otherwise\nindicated by the inscription on the parking sign or by marks on the carriageway.\n4.6 General prohibitions on parking\n(1) (a) This clause does not apply to a vehicle parked in a parking stall nor to a bicycle in a bicycle\nrack.\n(b) Subclauses (2)(c), (e) and (g) do not apply to a vehicle which parks in a bus embayment.\n(2) Subject to any law relating to intersections with traffic control signals a person shall not park a\nvehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is—\n(a) between any other stationary vehicles and the centre of the carriageway;\n(b) on or adjacent to a median strip;\n\n8 December 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4501\n(c) obstructing a right of way, private drive or carriageway or so close as to deny a vehicle\nreasonable access to or egress from the right of way, private drive or carriageway;\n(d) alongside or opposite any excavation, works, hoarding, scaffolding or obstruction on the\ncarriageway, if the vehicle would obstruct traffic;\n(e) on or within 10 metres of any portion of a carriageway bounded by a traffic island;\n(f) on, over or across any footpath or pedestrian crossing;\n(g) between the boundaries of a carriageway and any double longitudinal line consisting of two\ncontinuous lines or between a double longitudinal line consisting of a continuous line and a\nbroken or dotted line and the boundary of a carriageway nearer to the continuous line, unless\nthere is a distance of at least 3 metres clear between the vehicle and the double longitudinal\nline;\n(h) on an intersection, except adjacent to a carriageway boundary that is not broken by an\nintersecting carriageway;\n(i) within 1 metre of a fire hydrant or fire plug, or of any sign or mark indicating the existence of\na fire hydrant or fire plug;\n(j) within 3 metres of a public letter pillar box, unless the vehicle is being used for the purposes\nof collecting postal articles from the pillar box; or\n(k) within 10 metres of the nearer property line of any thoroughfare intersecting the\nthoroughfare on the side on which the vehicle is parked,\nunless a sign or markings on the carriageway indicate otherwise.\n(3) A person shall not park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 10 metres of the\ndeparture side of—\n(a) a sign inscribed with the words “Bus Stop” or “Hail Bus Here” (or with equivalent symbols\ndepicting these purposes) unless the vehicle is a bus stopped to take up or set down\npassengers; or\n(b) a children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing.\n(4) A person shall not park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 20 metres of the\napproach side of—\n(a) a sign inscribed with the words “Bus Stop” or “Hail Bus Here” (or with equivalent symbols\ndepicting these purposes) unless the vehicle is a bus stopped to take up or set down\npassengers;\n(b) a children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing.\n(5) A person shall not park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 20 metres of either\nthe approach side or the departure side of the nearest rail of a railway level crossing.\n4.7 Authorised person may order vehicle on thoroughfare to be moved\nThe driver of a vehicle shall not park that vehicle on any part of a thoroughfare in contravention of\nthis local law after an authorised person has directed the driver to move it.\n4.8 Authorised person may mark tyres\n(1) An authorised person may mark the tyres of a vehicle parked in a parking facility with chalk or\nany other non-indelible substance for a purpose connected with or arising out of his or her duties or\npowers.\n(2) A person shall not remove a mark made by an authorised person so that the purpose of the\naffixing of such a mark is defeated or likely to be defeated.\n4.9 No movement of vehicles to avoid time limitation\n(1) Where the parking of vehicles in a parking facility is permitted for a limited time, a person shall\nnot move a vehicle within the parking facility so that the total time of parking exceeds the maximum\ntime allowed for parking in the parking facility.\n(2) Where the parking of vehicles in a thoroughfare is permitted for a limited time, a person shall not\nmove a vehicle along that thoroughfare so that the total time of parking exceeds the maximum time\npermitted, unless the vehicle has first been removed from the thoroughfare for at least 2 hours.\n4.10 No parking of vehicles exposed for sale and in other circumstances\nA person shall not park a vehicle on any portion of 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;\n(c) if that vehicle is a trailer or a 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.\n4.11 Parking on private land\n(1) In this clause a reference to “land” does not include 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;\n(c) which is an “otherwise unvested facility” within section 3.53 of the Act;\n\n4502 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 8 December 2020\n(d) which is the subject of an agreement referred to in clause 1.4(2); or\n(e) which is identified in Schedule 3.\n(2) A person shall not park a vehicle on land without the consent of the owner or occupier of the land\non 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 of a specified class or classes on the land for a limited period, a person shall\nnot park a vehicle on the land otherwise than in accordance with the consent.\n4.12 Parking on reserves\nNo person other than an employee of the local government in the course of his or her duties or a\nperson authorised by the local government shall drive or park a vehicle upon or over any portion of a\nreserve other than upon an area specifically set aside for that purpose.\n4.13 Suspension of parking limitations for urgent, essential or official duties\n(1) Where by a sign the parking of vehicles is permitted for a limited time on a portion of a\nthoroughfare or parking facility, the local government, the CEO or an authorised person may, subject\nto the Code, permit a person to park a vehicle in that portion of the thoroughfare or parking facility\nfor longer than the permitted time in order that the person may carry out urgent, essential or official\nduties.\n(2) Where permission is granted under subclause (1), the local government, the CEO or an authorised\nperson may prohibit the use by any other vehicle of that portion of the thoroughfare or parking\nfacility to which the permission relates, for the duration of that permission.\nPART 5—PARKING AND STOPPING GENERALLY\n5.1 No stopping and no parking signs, and yellow edge lines\n(1) A driver shall not stop on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a “no stopping” sign\napplies.\n(2) A driver shall not stop on a length of carriageway or in an area to which a “no parking” sign\napplies, unless the driver is—\n(a) dropping off, or picking up, passengers or goods;\n(b) does not leave the vehicle unattended; and\n(c) completes the dropping off, or picking up, of the passengers or goods within 2 minutes of\nstopping and drives on.\nunattended, in relation to a vehicle, means that the driver has left the vehicle so that the driver\nis more than 3 metres from the closest point of the vehicle.\n(3) A driver shall not stop at the side of a carriageway marked with a continuous yellow edge line.\nPART 6—STOPPING IN ZONES FOR PARTICULAR VEHICLES\n6.1 Stopping in a loading zone\nA person shall not stop a vehicle in a loading zone unless it is—\n(a) a motor vehicle used for commercial or trade purposes engaged in the picking up or setting\ndown of goods; or\n(b) a motor vehicle taking up or setting down passengers,\nbut, in any event, shall 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).\n6.2 Stopping in a taxi zone or a bus zone\n(1) A driver shall not stop in a taxi zone, unless the driver is driving a taxi.\n(2) A driver shall not stop in a bus zone unless the driver is driving a public bus, or a bus of a type\nthat is permitted to stop at the bus zone by information on or with the “bus zone” sign applying to the\nbus zone.\n6.3 Stopping in a mail zone\nA person shall not stop a vehicle in a mail zone.\n6.4 Other limitations in zones\nA person shall not stop a vehicle in a zone to which a traffic sign applies if stopping the vehicle would\nbe contrary to any limitation in respect to classes of persons or vehicles, or specific activities allowed,\nas indicated by additional words on a traffic sign that applies to the zone.\nPART 7—OTHER PLACES WHERE STOPPING IS RESTRICTED\n7.1 Stopping in a shared zone\nA driver shall not stop 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 parking\ncontrol sign applies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place under this local law;\n\n8 December 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4503\n(b) the driver stops in a parking bay and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking bay under\nthis 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\nwaste or garbage.\n7.2 Double parking\n(1) A driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is between any other stopped\nvehicle 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 or in a median strip parking area, in\naccordance with this local law.\n7.3 Stopping near an obstruction\nA driver shall not stop on a carriageway near an obstruction on the carriageway in a position that\nfurther obstructs traffic on the carriageway.\n7.4 Stopping on a bridge or in a tunnel, etc.\n(1) A driver shall not stop a vehicle on a bridge, causeway, ramp or similar structure unless—\n(a) the carriageway is at least as wide on the structure as it is on each of the approaches and a\ntraffic sign does not prohibit stopping or parking; or\n(b) the driver stops at a place on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking\ncontrol sign applies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place under this local law.\n(2) A driver shall not stop a vehicle in a tunnel or underpass unless—\n(a) the carriageway is at least as wide in the tunnel or underpass as it is on each of the\napproaches and a traffic sign does not prohibit stopping or parking; or\n(b) the driver of a motor vehicle stops at a bus stop, or in a bus zone or parking area marked on\nthe carriageway, for the purpose of setting down or taking up passengers.\n7.5 Stopping on crests, curves, etc.\n(1) Subject to subclause (2), a driver shall not stop a vehicle on, or partly on, a carriageway, in any\nposition where it is not visible to the driver of an overtaking vehicle, from a distance of 50 metres\nwithin a built-up area, and from a distance of 150 metres outside a built-up area.\n(2) A driver may stop on a crest or curve on a carriageway that is not in a built-up area if the driver\nstops at a place on the carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking control sign applies and the\ndriver is permitted to stop at that place under this local law.\n7.6 Stopping near a fire hydrant etc\n(1) A driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 1 metre of a fire\nhydrant or fire plug, or of any sign or mark indicating the existence of a fire hydrant or fire plug,\nunless—\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 a taxi, and the driver stops in a taxi zone and does not leave the taxi\nunattended.\n(2) In this clause a driver leaves the vehicle “unattended” if the driver leaves the vehicle so the driver\nis over 3 metres from the closest point of the vehicle.\n7.7 Stopping at or near a bus stop\n(1) A driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 20 metres of the\napproach side of a bus stop, or within 10 metres of the departure side of a bus stop, unless—\n(a) the vehicle is a public bus stopped to take up or set down passengers; or\n(b) the driver stops at a place on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking\ncontrol sign applies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place under this local law.\n(2) In this clause—\n(a) distances are measured in the direction in which the driver is driving; and\n(b) a trailer attached to a public bus is deemed to be a part of the public bus.\n7.8 Stopping on a path, median strip, or traffic island\nThe driver of a vehicle (other than a bicycle or an animal) shall not stop so that any portion of the\nvehicle is on a path, traffic island or median strip, unless the driver stops in an area, to which a sign\napplies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place by the sign.\n7.9 Stopping on verge\n(1) A person shall not—\n(a) stop a vehicle (other than a bicycle);\n(b) stop a commercial vehicle or bus, or a trailer or caravan unattached to a motor vehicle; or\n(c) stop a vehicle during any period when the stopping of vehicles on that verge is prohibited by a\nsign adjacent and referable to that verge,\nso that any portion of it is on a verge.\n\n4504 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 8 December 2020\n(2) Subclause (1)(a) does not apply to the person if he or she is the owner or occupier of the premises\nadjacent to that verge, or is a person authorised by the occupier of those premises to stop the vehicle\nso that any portion of it is on the verge.\n(3) Subclause (1)(b) does not apply to a commercial vehicle when it is being loaded or unloaded with\nreasonable expedition with goods, merchandise or materials collected from or delivered to the\npremises adjacent to the portion of the verge on which the commercial vehicle is parked, provided no\nobstruction is caused to the passage of any vehicle or person using a carriageway or a path.\n7.10 Obstructing access to and from a path, driveway, etc.\n(1) A driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is in front of a path, in a position\nthat obstructs access by vehicles or pedestrians to or from that path, unless—\n(a) the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers; or\n(b) the driver stops in a parking stall and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking stall\nunder this local law.\n(2) A driver shall not stop a vehicle on or across a driveway or other way of access for vehicles\ntravelling to or from adjacent land, unless—\n(a) the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers; or\n(b) the driver stops in a parking stall and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking stall\nunder this local law.\n7.11 Stopping near a letter box\nA driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 3 metres of a public letter\nbox, unless the driver—\n(a) is dropping off, or picking up, passengers or mail; or\n(b) stops at a place on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking control sign\napplies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place under this local law.\n7.12 Stopping on a carriageway—heavy and long vehicles\n(1) A person shall not park a vehicle or any combination of vehicles that, together with any projection\non, or load carried by, the vehicle or combination of vehicles, is 7.5 metres or more in length or\nexceeds a GVM of 4.5 tonnes—\n(a) on a carriageway in a built-up area, for any period exceeding 1 hour, unless engaged in the\npicking up or setting down of goods; or\n(b) on a carriageway outside a built-up area, except on the shoulder of the carriageway, or in a\ntruck bay or other area set aside for the parking of goods vehicles.\n(c) on a thoroughfare in a residential area between the hours of 6.00pm and 6.00am the following\nday; unless an approval has been issued in accordance with the Planning and Development\nAct 2005.\n(2) Nothing in this clause mitigates the limitations or condition imposed by any other clause or by any\nlocal law or traffic sign relating to the parking or stopping of vehicles.\n7.13 Stopping on a carriageway with a bicycle parking sign\nThe driver of a vehicle (other than a bicycle) shall not stop on a length of carriageway to which a\n“bicycle parking” sign applies, unless the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers.\n7.14 Stopping on a carriageway with motor cycle parking sign\nThe driver of a vehicle shall not stop on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a ‘motor cycle\nparking’ sign applies, or an area marked “M/C” unless—\n(a) the vehicle is a motor cycle; or\n(b) the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers.\nPART 8—MISCELLANEOUS\n8.1 Removal of notices on vehicle\nA person, other than the driver of the vehicle or a person acting under the direction of the driver of\nthe vehicle, shall not remove from the vehicle any notice put on the vehicle by an authorised person.\n8.2 Unauthorised signs and defacing of signs\nA person shall not without the authority of the local government—\n(a) mark, set up or exhibit a sign purporting to be or resembling a sign marked, set up or\nexhibited by the local government under this local law;\n(b) remove, deface or misuse a sign or property, set up or exhibited by the local government\nunder this local law or attempt to do any such act; or\n(c) affix a board, sign, placard, notice or other thing to or paint or write upon any part of a sign\nset up or exhibited by the local government under this local law.\n8.3 Signs must be complied with\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 under this local law.\n\n8 December 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4505\n8.4 General provisions about signs\n(1) A sign marked, erected, set up, established or displayed on or near a thoroughfare is, in the\nabsence of evidence to the contrary presumed to be a sign marked, erected, set up, established or\ndisplayed under the authority of this local law.\n(2) The first three letters of any day of the week when used on a sign indicate that day of the week.\n8.5 Special purpose and emergency vehicles\nNotwithstanding anything to the contrary in this local law, the driver of—\n(a) a special purpose vehicle may, only in the course of his or her duties and when it is expedient\nand safe to do so, stop, or park the vehicle in any place, at any time; and\n(b) an emergency vehicle may, in the course of his or her duties and when it is expedient and safe\nto do so or where he or she honestly and reasonably believes that it is expedient and safe to\ndo so, stop, or park the vehicle at any place, at any time.\n8.6 Vehicles not to obstruct a public place\n(1) A person shall not leave a vehicle, or any part of a vehicle, in a public place so that it obstructs the\nuse of any part of that public place without the permission of the local government or unless\nauthorised under any written law.\n(2) A person will not contravene subclause (1) where the vehicle is left for a period not exceeding\n24 hours.\n(3) A vehicle found to be in contravention of subclause (2) may be impounded by an authorised officer.\n(4) The impounding of vehicles and other goods under subclause (3) shall be carried out in accordance\nwith sections 3.37 and 3.48 of the Act and Regulation 29 of the Local Government (Functions and\nGeneral) Regulations 1996.\n8.7 Hindrance of authorised person\nA person shall not in any way obstruct or hinder an authorised person in the execution of his or her\nduties.\n8.8 Causing or attempting to cause damage to Council property\nA person shall not cause or attempt to cause damage to the property of the local government in any\nway.\nPART 9—PENALTIES\n9.1 Offences and penalties\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) An offence against any provision of this local law is a prescribed offence for the purposes of section\n9.16(1) of the Act.\n(3) Any person who commits an offence under this local law shall be liable, upon conviction, to a\npenalty not exceeding $5,000, and if the offence is of a continuing nature, to an additional penalty not\nexceeding $500 for each day or part of a day during which the offence has continued.\n(4) The amount appearing in the final column of Schedule 2 directly opposite a clause specified in that\nSchedule is the modified penalty for an offence against that clause.\n9.2 Form of notices\nFor the purposes of this local law—\n(a) where a vehicle is involved in the commission of an offence, the form of the notice referred to\nin section 9.13 of the Act is that of Form 1 in Schedule 1 of the Local Government (Functions\nand General) Regulations 1996;\n(b) the form of the infringement notice given under section 9.16 of the Act is that of Form 2 in\nSchedule 1 of the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996; and\n(c) the form of the notice referred to in section 9.20 of the Act is that of Form 3 in Schedule 1 of\nthe Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996.\n————\nSCHEDULE 1—PARKING REGION\n[cl. 1.4(1)]\nThe parking region is the whole of the district, but excludes the following portions of the district—\n1. the approach and departure prohibition areas of all existing and future traffic control signal\ninstallations as determined by the Commissioner of Main Roads;\n2. prohibition areas applicable to all existing and future bridges and subways as determined by\nthe Commissioner of Main Roads; and\n3. any road which comes under the control of the Commissioner of Main Roads unless the\ncontrol of parking and parking facilities on that road is carried out subject to the control and\ndirection of the Commissioner of Main Roads or has been delegated by the Commissioner to\nthe local government.\n\n4506 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 8 December 2020\nSCHEDULE 2—PRESCRIBED OFFENCES\n[cl. 9.1(4)]\nLocal Government Act 1995\nCity of Karratha Parking and Parking Facilities Local Law 2019\nOffences and Modified Penalties\nItem\nNo.\nClause\nNo. Description of Offence\nModified\nPenalty\n$\n1 2.3(a),(b) or (c) Unauthorised signs and defacing signs 200\n2 3.2(1)(a) Failure to park parallel to and as close to the kerb as\npracticable in a parking stall 80\n3 3.2(1)(b) Failure to park wholly within parking stall 80\n4 3.2(1)(c) Failure to park in the direction of the movement of traffic in a\nparking stall 80\n5 3.2(4) Failure to park wholly within parking area 80\n6 3.3(1)(a) Causing obstruction in parking station 80\n7 3.3(1)(b) Parking contrary to sign in parking station 80\n8 3.3(1)(c) Parking contrary to directions of authorised person 100\n9 3.3(1)(d) Parking or attempting to park a vehicle in a parking stall\noccupied by another vehicle 85\n10 4.1(1)(a) Parking by vehicles of a different class 85\n11 4.1(1)(b) Parking by persons of a different class 85\n12 4.1(1)(c) Parking during a prohibited period 85\n13 4.1(1)(d) Exceeding the length of time specified by a sign 85\n14 4.1(3)(a) Parking in no parking area 85\n15 4.1(3)(b) Parking contrary to signs or limitations 80\n16 4.1(3)(c) Parking vehicle in motor cycle only area 80\n17 4.1(4) Parking motor cycle in stall not marked “M/C” 80\n18 4.1(5) Parking without permission in an area designated for\n“Authorised Vehicles Only” 100\n19 4.2(2)(a) Stopping a vehicle in a parking area for people with disabilities\nwithout the vehicle displaying a disability parking permit. 500\n20 4.2(2)(b) Stopping a vehicle in a parking area for people with disabilities\nwhen neither the driver nor a passenger of that vehicle is a\nperson with a current Australian Disability Parking Permit. 500\n21 4.3(1)(a) Failure to park on the left of a two-way carriageway 100\n22 4.3(1)(b) Failure to park adjacent to the boundary of carriageway 100\n23 4.3(1)(a) or\n4.3(1)(b) Parking contrary to direction of traffic on carriageway 100\n24 4.3(1)(c) Parking when distance from farther boundary less than\n3 metres 100\n25 4.3(1)(d) Parking closer than 1 metre from another vehicle 80\n26 4.3(1)(e) Parking in a cul-de-sac so as to obstruct the turning of a\nvehicle within the cul-de-sac 100\n27 4.3(1)(f) Parking in a laneway 100\n28 4.3(1)(g) Causing obstruction on carriageway 100\n29 4.4(a) Failure to park parallel 80\n30 4.4(b) Failure to park at approximate right angle 80\n31 4.5(2) Failure to park at an appropriate angle 80\n32 4.6(2)(a) Parking between any other stationary vehicle or vehicles and\nthe centre of the carriageway (double parking) 125\n33 4.6(2)(b) Parking on or adjacent to a median strip 100\n34 4.6(2)(c) Denying access to private drive or right of way 100\n35 4.6(2)(d) Parking beside excavation or obstruction so as to obstruct\ntraffic 100\n36 4.6(2)(e) Parking within 10 metres of traffic island 100\n37 4.6(2)(f) Parking on or over footpath/pedestrian crossing 100\n38 4.6(2)(g) Parking contrary to continuous line markings 100\n39 4.6(2)(h) Parking on intersection 100\n40 4.6(2)(i) Parking within 1 metre of fire hydrant or fire plug 100\n41 4.6(2)(j) Parking within 3 metres of public letter box 100\n\n8 December 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4507\nItem\nNo.\nClause\nNo. Description of Offence\nModified\nPenalty\n$\n42 4.6(2)(k) Parking within 10 metres of intersection 100\n43 4.6(3)(a) or (b) Parking vehicle within 10 metres of departure side of bus stop,\nchildren’s crossing or pedestrian crossing 100\n44 4.6(4)(a) or (b) Parking vehicle within 20 metres of approach side of bus stop,\nchildren’s crossing or pedestrian crossing 100\n45 4.7 Parking contrary to direction of authorised person 150\n46 4.8(2) Removing or interfering with a lawful mark on a tyre 125\n47 4.9(1) or (2) Moving vehicle to avoid time limitation 100\n48 4.10(a) Parking in thoroughfare for purpose of sale 125\n49 4.10(b) Parking unlicensed vehicle in thoroughfare 100\n50 4.10(c) Parking an unattached trailer/caravan on a thoroughfare 100\n51 4.10(d) Parking in thoroughfare for purpose of repairs 125\n52 4.11 Parking on land not in accordance with consent 125\n53 4.12 Driving or parking on reserve 250\n54 5.1(1) Stopping contrary to a “no stopping” sign 100\n55 5.1(2) Parking contrary to a “no parking” sign 100\n56 5.1(3) Stopping within continuous yellow lines 100\n57 6.1 Stopping unlawfully in a loading zone 100\n58 6.2 Stopping unlawfully in a taxi zone or bus zone 100\n59 6.3 Stopping unlawfully in a mail zone 80\n60 6.4 Stopping in a zone contrary to a sign 80\n61 7.1 Stopping in a shared zone 80\n62 7.2(1) Double parking 125\n63 7.3 Stopping near an obstruction 125\n64 7.4 Stopping on a bridge or tunnel 100\n65 7.5 Stopping on crests/curves etc 100\n66 7.6 Stopping near fire hydrant 100\n67 7.7(1) Stopping near bus stop 100\n68 7.8 Stopping on path, median strip or traffic island 100\n69 7.9 Stopping on a verge 100\n70 7.10 Obstructing path, a driveway etc 100\n71 7.11 Stopping near letter box 80\n72 7.12 Stopping a commercial vehicle on a thoroughfare without or in\ncontravention of a permit 85\n73 8.1 Removal of notices from vehicle 100\n74 8.6 Leaving vehicle so as to obstruct a public place 200\n75 8.7 Hindrance of authorised person 200\n76 8.8 Causing damage to local government property 500\n77 All other offences not specified 80\n————\nSCHEDULE 3—DEEMED PARKING STATIONS\n[cl. 4.11(1)(e)]\nParking Station Location\nNumber 1, Airport Lot 15, Bayly Avenue, Gap Ridge\nNumber 2, Centro Lot 50, Welcome Road, Karratha\nNumber 3, TAFE Lot 2598, Dampier Road, Stove Hill\nNumber 4, TAFE Lot 2899, Dampier Road, Stove Hill\n————\nDated 16 November 2020.\nThe Common Seal of the City of Karratha was affixed by authority of a resolution of the Council in\nthe presence of—\nPETER LONG, Mayor.\nCHRIS ADAMS, Chief Executive Officer.\n———————————","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation appears consistent with its original intent as a comprehensive parking regulation for the City of Karratha. It replaces the previous 2010 Shire of Roebourne local law and maintains the standard scope of local government parking controls, including provisions for disability parking, loading zones, and enforcement powers typical of such instruments. No significant scope creep is evident."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-referencing to external legislation (Road Traffic Code 2000, Local Government Act 1995, Road Traffic Act 1974, Local Government (Parking for People with Disabilities) Regulations 2014)","47 defined terms in the interpretation section (clause 1.5), many of which defer to other laws","Numerous conditional exceptions and carve-outs (e.g., clauses 4.6(1)(b), 7.9(2), 7.9(3) creating exceptions to verge parking prohibitions)","Nested subclauses with multiple conditions (e.g., clause 4.1(2) defining 'driver' for disability parking concessions with two nested conditions)","Dual measurement systems for distances (metres from intersections, bus stops, fire hydrants) that vary by context (approach vs departure sides)","Schedule 2 contains 77 specific offence items with varying penalty amounts, creating a detailed penalty matrix","Application clauses that exclude certain areas (state-controlled roads) and allow opt-in agreements for private property"],"plain_english_summary":"This local law sets parking and stopping rules across the City of Karratha (excluding some state roads), governing where, how long, and under what conditions vehicles may park on public roads, parking stations and certain private car parks. It covers special zones, heavy/commercial vehicles, motorcycles and disability permits, and empowers council officers to mark tyres, move vehicles, issue fines and impound obstructing vehicles.\n\nIt affects all drivers, residents, businesses and private car-park owners and aims to keep traffic flowing, protect infrastructure and ensure equitable access."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument repeals the 2010 local law (cl.1.3) and then defines its operational scope: it applies to the whole municipal district subject to the exclusions in Schedule 1 and may be applied to privately owned parking facilities by written agreement (cl.1.4 and Schedule 1). The text does not expressly state whether this represents an expansion or contraction of scope compared with the repealed law, so no definitive change from the predecessor is identifiable from the instrument alone."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive definitions and cross-references to external laws and standards (Road Traffic Code 2000, Road Traffic Act 1974, Local Government Act 1995, Australian Standard 1742.11-2016) — cl.1.5","Multiple delegated discretions for the local government and authorised persons (erecting signs, determining stalls/stations, permitting longer parking, agreements with private owners) — cl.1.9, 2.1, 3.1, 1.4(2)-(4), 4.13","Many detailed, numerical rules and distance-based prohibitions (metres from bus stops, crossings, hydrants, etc.) creating tight compliance obligations — cl.4.6, 4.6(3)-(5), 7.7","Overlap and exceptions between provisions (special purpose and emergency vehicles, disability permit exceptions, bus embayments, marked stalls, parking vs stopping distinctions) requiring interpretive judgment — cl.8.5, 4.2, 4.6(1)(b)","Enforcement mechanisms linked to other legislation (authorised persons’ powers to mark tyres, impoundment procedures under the Act, prescribed offences and infringement notices) — cl.4.8, 8.6(3)-(4), 9.1-9.2","Large schedule of prescribed offences with varied modified penalties creates administrative complexity for issuing and defending infringements — Schedule 2","Application scope rules and exclusions (entire district but with specific exclusions; ability to apply to privately owned facilities by agreement) that affect territorial reach and third-party obligations — cl.1.4, Schedule 1"],"plain_english_summary":"Sets out the City of Karratha’s parking rules: where and how vehicles may stop or park, what traffic signs mean, special zones (loading, taxi, bus, disability), powers for authorised officers to mark, move or impound vehicles, and penalties for breaches. It applies across the municipal district (with listed exclusions) and can be extended by written agreement to private parking facilities. The law matters because it assigns compliance costs and fines to drivers and gives the local government discretion over signage, enforcement and permitted uses of parking areas."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/parking-and-parking-facilities-local-law-2019","history":"/api/acts/parking-and-parking-facilities-local-law-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/parking-and-parking-facilities-local-law-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/parking-and-parking-facilities-local-law-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/parking-and-parking-facilities-local-law-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/parking-and-parking-facilities-local-law-2019/documents"}}