CITY OF KARRATHA
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PARKING AND PARKING
FACILITIES LOCAL LAW 2019
8 December 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4493
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995
CITY OF KARRATHA
PARKING AND PARKING FACILITIES LOCAL LAW 2019
CONTENTS
PART 1—PRELIMINARY
1.1 Citation
1.2 Commencement
1.3 Repeal
1.4 Application
1.5 Interpretation
1.6 Application of particular definitions
1.7 Classes of vehicles
1.8 Parts of thoroughfares to which signs apply
1.9 Powers of Local Government
PART 2—SIGNS
2.1 Erection of signs
2.2 Compliance with signs
2.3 Unauthorised signs and defacing of signs
2.4 General provisions about signs
2.5 Application of this local law to pre-existing signs
2.6 Part of thoroughfare to which sign applies
PART 3—PARKING STALLS AND PARKING STATIONS
3.1 Determination of parking stalls and parking stations
3.2 Vehicles to be within parking stall on thoroughfare
3.3 Parking prohibitions and restrictions
PART 4—PARKING GENERALLY
4.1 Restrictions on parking in particular areas
4.2 Parking vehicle on a carriageway
4.3 When parallel and right-angled parking apply
4.4 When angle parking applies
4.5 General prohibitions on parking
4.6 Authorised person may order vehicle on thoroughfare to be moved
4.7 Authorised person may mark tyres
4.8 No movement of vehicles to avoid time limitation
4.9 No parking of vehicles exposed for sale and in other circumstances
4.10 Parking on private land
4.11 Parking on reserves
4.12 Suspension of parking limitations for urgent, essential or official duties
PART 5—PARKING AND STOPPING GENERALLY
5.1 No stopping and no parking signs, and yellow edge lines
PART 6—STOPPING IN ZONES FOR PARTICULAR VEHICLES
6.1 Stopping in a loading zone
6.2 Stopping in a taxi zone or a bus zone
6.3 Stopping in a mail zone
6.4 Other limitations in zones
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PART 7—OTHER PLACES WHERE STOPPING IS RESTRICTED
7.1 Stopping in a shared zone
7.2 Double parking
7.3 Stopping near an obstruction
7.4 Stopping on a bridge or in a tunnel, etc.
7.5 Stopping on crests, curves. etc.
7.6 Stopping near a fire hydrant etc.
7.7 Stopping at or near a bus stop
7.8 Stopping on a path, median strip, or traffic island
7.9 Stopping on verge
7.10 Obstructing access to and from a path, driveway, etc.
7.11 Stopping near a letter box
7.12 Stopping on a carriageway—heavy and long vehicles
7.13 Stopping on carriageway with a bicycle parking sign
7.14 Stopping on a carriageway with motor cycle parking sign
PART 8—MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Removal of notices from vehicle
8.2 Unauthorised signs and defacing of signs
8.3 Signs must be complied with
8.4 General provisions about signs
8.5 Special purpose and emergency vehicles
8.6 Vehicles not to obstruct a public place
8.7 Hindrance of authorised person
8.8 Causing or attempting to cause damage to Council property
PART 9—PENALTIES
9.1 Offences and penalties
9.2 Form of notices
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1—PARKING REGION
SCHEDULE 2—PRESCRIBED OFFENCES
SCHEDULE 3—DEEMED PARKING STATIONS
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995
CITY OF KARRATHA
PARKING AND PARKING FACILITIES LOCAL LAW 2019
Under the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and under all other powers enabling
it, the Council of the City of Karratha resolved on 16 November 2020 to make the following local law.
PART 1—PRELIMINARY
1.1 Citation
This local law may be cited as the City of Karratha Parking and Parking Facilities Local Law 2019.
1.3 Commencement
This local law comes into operation 14 days after the date of publication in the Government Gazette.
1.3 Repeal
The Shire of Roebourne Parking and Parking Facilities Local Law 2010 published in the Government
Gazette on 30 July 2010 and as amended on 15 April 2011 are repealed.
1.4 Application
(1) Subject to subclause (2), this local law applies to the parking region as described in Schedule 1.
(2) The local government may enter into an agreement in writing with the owner or occupier of a
parking facility or a parking station that is not owned or occupied by the local government for the
application of this local law to the facility or station.
(3) The agreement referred to in subclause (2) may be made in such terms and conditions as the
parties may agree.
(4) This local law does not apply to a parking facility or a parking station that is not occupied by the
local government, unless the local government and the owner or occupier of that facility or station
have agreed in writing that this local law will apply to that facility or station.
(5) The provisions of Parts 3, 4 and 5 do not apply to a bicycle parked at a bicycle rail or bicycle rack.
1.5 Interpretation
In this local law unless the context otherwise requires—
Act means the Local Government Act 1995;
Australian Standard 1742.11-2016 means an Australian Standard published by Standards
Australia and as amended from time to time;
authorised person means a person appointed by the local government under section 9.10 of the
Act, to perform any of the functions of an authorised person under this local law;
authorised vehicle means a vehicle authorised by the local government, CEO, authorised
person or by any written law to park on a thoroughfare or parking facility;
bicycle has the meaning given to it by the Code;
bicycle path has the meaning given to it by the Code;
bus has the meaning given to it by the Code;
bus embayment has the meaning given to it by the Code;
bus stop has the meaning given to it by the Code;
bus zone has the meaning given to it by the Code;
caravan means a vehicle that is fitted or designed to allow human habitation and which is
drawn by another vehicle, or which is capable of self-propulsion;
carriageway means a portion of thoroughfare that is improved, designed or ordinarily used for
vehicular traffic and includes the shoulders, and areas, including embayments, at the side or
centre of the carriageway, used for the stopping or parking of vehicles; and where a
thoroughfare has two or more of those portions divided by a median strip, the expression
means each of those portions, separately;
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centre in relation to a carriageway, means a line or a series of lines, marks or other indications—
(a) for a two-way carriageway—placed so as to delineate vehicular traffic travelling in
different directions; or
(b) in the absence of any such lines, marks or other indications—the middle of the main,
travelled portion of the carriageway;
children’s crossing has the meaning given to it by the Code;
CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the local government;
Code means the Road Traffic Code 2000;
commercial vehicle means a motor vehicle constructed for the conveyance of goods or
merchandise, or for the conveyance of materials used in any trade, business, industry or work
whatsoever, other than a motor vehicle for the conveyance of passengers, and includes any
motor vehicle that is designed primarily for the carriage of persons, but which has been fitted
or adapted for the conveyance of the goods, merchandise or materials referred to, and is in
fact used for that purpose;
cul-de-sac means a carriageway closed at one end that has the same entry and exit point;
disability parking permit means a current document issued by the National Disability Service
(ACN 008 445 485), consisting of—
(a) an Australian Disability Parking Permit; and
(b) an ACROD Parking Program Card;
display means to place in a prominent place inside the vehicle on the front passenger’s side,
preferably on the dashboard, in order that the text may readily be seen and read from outside
the vehicle;
district means the district of the local government;
driver means any person driving or in control of a vehicle;
edge line for a carriageway means a line marked along the carriageway at or near the far left or
the far right of the carriageway;
emergency vehicle has the meaning given to it by the Code;
fire hydrant means an upright pipe with a spout, nozzle or other outlet for drawing water from a
main or service pipe in case of fire or other emergency;
footpath has the meaning given to it by the Code;
GVM (which stands for gross vehicle mass) has the meaning given to it by the Code;
kerb means any structure, mark, marking, or device to delineate or indicate the edge of a
carriageway;
laneway means a narrow carriageway generally situated at the rear of a lot, the purpose of
which is to service the lots adjacent to it and not as a general thoroughfare for through traffic;
Loading Zone means a parking stall which is set aside for use by commercial vehicles if there is
a sign referable to that stall marked “Loading Zone”;
local government means the City of Karratha;
mail zone has the meaning given to it by the Code;
median strip has the meaning given to it by the Code;
motorcycle has the meaning given to it by the Code;
motor vehicle means a self-propelled vehicle that is not operated on rails; and the expression
includes a trailer, semi-trailer or caravan while attached to a motor vehicle, but does not
include a power assisted pedal cycle;
no parking area has the meaning given to it by the Code;
no parking sign means a sign with the words “no parking” in red letters on a white background,
or the letter “P” within a red annulus and a red diagonal line across it on a white background;
no stopping area has the meaning given to it by the Code;
no stopping sign means a sign with the words “no stopping” or “no standing” in red letters on a
white background or the letter “S” within a red annulus and a red diagonal line across it on a
white background;
obstruct means to prevent or impede or to make difficult the normal passage of any vehicle,
wheelchair, perambulator or pedestrian and obstruction shall have the corresponding
meaning;
occupier has the meaning given to it by the Act;
owner—
(a) where used in relation to a vehicle licensed under the Road Traffic Act, means the person
in whose name the vehicle has been registered under that Road Traffic Act;
(b) where used in relation to any other vehicle, means the person who owns, or is entitled to
possession of that vehicle; and
(c) where used in relation to land, has the meaning given to it by the Act;
park, in relation to a vehicle, means to permit a vehicle, whether attended or not by any person,
to remain stationary except for the purpose of—
(a) avoiding conflict with other traffic; or
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(b) complying with the provisions of any law; or
(c) taking up or setting down persons or goods (maximum of 2 minutes);
parking area has the meaning given to it by the Code;
parking facilities includes land, buildings, shelters, parking stalls and other facilities open to
the public generally for the parking of vehicles and signs, notices and facilities used in
connection with the parking of vehicles;
parking region means the area described in Schedule 1;
parking stall means a section or part of a thoroughfare or of a parking station which is marked
or defined by painted lines, metallic studs, coloured bricks or pavers or similar devices for the
purpose of indicating where a vehicle may be parked;
parking station means any land, or structure provided for the purpose of accommodating
vehicles;
pedestrian crossing has the meaning given to it by the Code;
public place means any place to which the public has access whether or not that place is on
private property;
reserve means any land—
(a) which belongs to the local government;
(b) of which the local government is the management body under the Land Administration
Act 1997; or
(c) which is an “otherwise unvested facility” within section 3.53 of the Act;
Road Traffic Act means the Road Traffic Act 1974;
Schedule means a Schedule to this local law;
shared zone has the meaning given to it by the Code;
sign includes a traffic sign, inscription, road marking, mark, structure or device on which may be
shown words, numbers, expressions or symbols, and which is placed on or near a
thoroughfare or within a parking station or reserve for the purpose of prohibiting, regulating,
guiding, directing or restricting the parking of vehicles;
special purpose vehicle has the meaning given to it by the Code;
Standards Australia means Standards Australia Limited ACN 087 326 690;
stop in relation to a vehicle means to stop a vehicle and permit it to remain stationary, except for
the purposes of avoiding conflict with other traffic or of complying with the provisions of any
law;
symbol includes, but is not limited to, any symbol specified by Australian Standard 1742.11-2016
and any symbol specified from time to time by Standards Australia for use in the regulation
of parking;
taxi has the meaning given to it by the Code;
taxi zone has the meaning given to it by the Code;
thoroughfare has the meaning given to it by the Act;
traffic island has the meaning given to it by the Code;
trailer means any vehicle without motive power of its own, designed for attachment to a motor
vehicle for the purpose of being towed, but does not include the rear portion of an articulated
vehicle, or a side car;
vehicle has the meaning given to it by the Code; and
verge means the portion of a thoroughfare which lies between the boundary of a carriageway and
the adjacent property line but does not include a footpath.
1.6 Application of particular definitions
(1) For the purposes of the application of the definitions ‘no parking area’ and ‘parking area’ an arrow
inscribed on a traffic sign erected at an angle to the boundary of the carriageway is deemed to be
pointing in the direction in which it would point, if the signs were turned at an angle of less than
90 degrees until parallel with the boundary.
(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, where a term is used, but not defined, in this local law, and
that term is defined in the Road Traffic Act or in the Code, then the term shall have the meaning
given to it in that Act or the Code.
(3) A reference to a word or expression inscribed on a sign includes a reference to a symbol depicting
the word or expression.
1.7 Classes of vehicles
For the purpose of this local law, vehicles are divided into classes as follows—
(a) buses;
(b) commercial vehicles;
(c) motorcycles and bicycles;
(d) taxis; and
(e) all other vehicles.
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1.8 Part of thoroughfares to which signs applies
Where under this local law the parking of vehicles in a thoroughfare is controlled by a sign, the sign
shall be read as applying to that part of the thoroughfare which—
(a) lies beyond the sign;
(b) lies between the sign and the next sign beyond that sign; and
(c) is on that side of the thoroughfare nearest to the sign.
1.9 Powers of the Local Government
The local government may, by resolution, prohibit or regulate by signs or otherwise, the stopping or
parking of any vehicle or any class of vehicles in any part of the parking region but must do so
consistently with the provisions of this local law.
PART 2—SIGNS
2.1 Erection of signs
The local government may erect a sign for the purposes of this local law on any land, building or other
structure within the parking region.
2.2 Compliance with signs
(1) A person shall comply with the direction on every sign displayed, marked, placed or erected
pursuant to this local law.
(2) An inscription or symbol on a sign operates and has effect according to its tenor and a person
contravening the direction on a sign commits an offence under this local law.
2.3 Unauthorised signs and defacing of signs
A person shall not without the approval of the local government—
(a) display, mark, set up or exhibit a sign purporting to be or resembling a sign marked, set up or
exhibited by the local government under this local law;
(b) remove, deface or misuse a sign or property set up or exhibited by the local government under
this local law or attempt to do any such act; or
(c) affix a board, sign, placard, notice or other thing to, or paint or write upon any part of a sign
set up or exhibited by the local government under this local law.
2.4 General provisions about signs
(1) A sign marked, erected, set up, established or displayed on or near a thoroughfare or in a parking
station is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, deemed to be a sign marked, erected, set up,
established or displayed under the authority of this local law.
(2) The first 3 letters of any day of the week when used on a sign indicate that day of the week.
2.5 Application of this local law to pre-existing signs
A sign that—
(a) was erected by the local government or the Commissioner of Main Roads prior to the coming
into operation of this local law; and
(b) relates to the parking of vehicles within the parking region,
shall be deemed for the purposes of this local law to have been erected by the local government under
the authority of this local law.
2.6 Part of thoroughfare to which sign applies
Where under this local law the parking of vehicles in a thoroughfare is controlled by a sign, the sign
shall be read as applying to that part of the thoroughfare which—
(a) lies beyond the sign;
(b) lies between the sign and the next sign beyond that sign; and
(c) is on that side of the thoroughfare nearest to the sign.
PART 3—PARKING STALLS AND PARKING STATIONS
3.1 Determination of parking stalls and parking stations
(1) The local government may by resolution constitute, determine and vary—
(a) parking stalls;
(b) parking stations;
(c) permitted time and conditions of parking in parking stalls and parking stations which may
vary with the locality;
(d) permitted classes of vehicles which may park in parking stalls and parking stations;
(e) permitted classes of persons who may park in specified parking stalls or parking stations; and
(f) the manner of parking in parking stalls and parking stations.
(2) Where the local government makes a determination under subsection (1) it shall erect signs to give
effect to the determination.
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3.2 Vehicles to be within parking stall on thoroughfare
(1) Subject to subclause (2), (3) and (4), a person shall not park a vehicle in a parking stall in a
thoroughfare otherwise than—
(a) parallel to and as close to the kerb as is practicable;
(b) wholly within the stall; and
(c) headed in the direction of the movement of traffic on the side of the thoroughfare in which the
stall is situated.
(2) Subject to subclause (3) where a parking stall in a thoroughfare is set out otherwise than parallel
to the kerb, then a person must park a vehicle in that stall wholly within it.
(3) If a vehicle is too long or too wide to fit completely within a single parking stall then the person
parking the vehicle shall do so within the minimum number of parking stalls needed to park that
vehicle.
(4) A person shall not park a vehicle partly within and partly outside a parking area.
3.3 Parking prohibitions and restrictions
(1) A person shall not—
(a) park a vehicle so as to obstruct an entrance to, or an exit from a parking station, or an access
way within a parking station;
(b) except with the permission of the local government or an authorised person park a vehicle on
any part of a parking station contrary to a sign referable to that part;
(c) permit a vehicle to park on any part of a parking station, if an authorised person directs the
driver of such vehicle to move the vehicle; or
(d) park or attempt to park a vehicle in a parking stall in which another vehicle is parked but
this paragraph does not prevent the parking of a motorcycle and a bicycle together in a stall
marked “M/C”, if the bicycle is parked in accordance with subclause (2).
(2) No person shall park any bicycle—
(a) in a parking stall other than in a stall marked “M/C”; and
(b) in such stall other than against the kerb.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subclause (1)(b) a driver may park a vehicle in a permissive
parking stall or station (except in a parking area for persons with a disability) for twice the length of
time allowed, provided that—
(a) the driver’s vehicle displays a disability parking permit; and
(b) a person with a disability to which that disability parking permit relates is either the driver
of or a passenger in the vehicle.
PART 4—PARKING GENERALLY
4.1 Restrictions on parking in particular areas
(1) Subject to subclause (2), a person shall not park a vehicle in a thoroughfare or part of a
thoroughfare, or part of a parking station—
(a) if by a sign it is set apart for the parking of vehicles of a different class;
(b) if by a sign it is set apart for the parking of vehicles by persons of a different class;
(c) during any period when the parking of vehicles is prohibited by a sign; or
(d) by exceeding the length of time specified by a sign.
(2) (a) In subclause (2)(b) driver means a driver where—
(i) the driver’s vehicle displays a disability parking permit; and
(ii) a person with a disability to which the disability parking permit relates is either the
driver of the vehicle or a passenger in the vehicle.
(b) The driver may park a vehicle in a thoroughfare or a part of a thoroughfare or part of a
parking station, except in a thoroughfare or a part of a thoroughfare or part of a parking
station to which a disabled parking sign relates for twice the period indicated on the sign.
(3) A person shall not park a vehicle—
(a) in a no parking area;
(b) in a parking area, except in accordance with both the signs associated with the parking area
and with this local law;
(c) in a stall marked “M/C” unless it is a motorcycle without a sidecar or a trailer, or it is a
bicycle.
(4) A person shall not park a motorcycle without a sidecar or a trailer, or a bicycle in a parking stall
unless the stall is marked “M/C”.
(5) A person shall not, without the prior permission of the local government, the CEO, or an
authorised person, park a vehicle in an area designated by a sign stating “Authorised Vehicles Only”.
4.2 Stopping in a parking area for people with disabilities
(1) In this clause, unless the contrary intention appears—
authorised vehicle means a vehicle—
(a) used by the holder of a disability parking permit; and
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(b) identified in accordance with regulation 6 of the Local Government (Parking for People
with Disabilities) Regulations 2014;
disability parking permit means a current document issued by the National Disability Service
(ACN 008 445 485), consisting of—
(a) an Australian Disability Parking Permit; and
(b) an ACROD Parking Program Card.
(2) A vehicle shall not stop in a parking area for people with disabilities unless—
(a) the vehicle displays an ACROD Program Card; and
(b) either the driver or a passenger of that vehicle possess a current Australian Disability
Parking Permit.
(3) In this clause, a parking area for people with disabilities is a parking stall—
(a) to which a parking control sign of the kind referred to in regulation 3 paragraphs (i) and (k) of
the definition of that term in the Road Traffic Code 2000 applies; and
(b) a people with disabilities symbol (as depicted in the Road Traffic Code 2000
regulation 171(2)), clearly marked on the ground within the limits of the permit parking.
4.3 Parking vehicle on a carriageway
(1) A person parking a vehicle on a carriageway other than in a parking stall shall park it—
(a) in the case of a two-way carriageway, so that it is as near as practicable to and parallel with,
the left boundary of the carriageway and headed in the direction of the movement of traffic on
the side of the thoroughfare on which the vehicle is parked;
(b) in the case of a one-way carriageway, so that it is as near as practicable to and parallel with
either boundary of the carriageway and headed in the direction of the movement of traffic on
the side of the thoroughfare on which the vehicle is parked;
(c) so that at least 3 metres of the width of the carriageway lies between the vehicle and the
farther boundary of the carriageway, or any continuous line or median strip, or between the
vehicle and a vehicle parked on the farther side of the carriageway;
(d) so that the front and the rear of the vehicle respectively is not less than 1 metre from any
other vehicle, except a motorcycle without a trailer, or a bicycle parked in accordance with
this local law;
(e) in a cul-de-sac so as not to obstruct the turning of vehicles within the cul-de-sac;
(f) in a laneway so as to not obstruct any vehicle on the carriageway; and
(g) so that it does not obstruct any vehicle on the carriageway,
unless otherwise indicated on a sign or markings on the carriageway.
(2) In this clause, ‘continuous dividing line’ means—
(a) a single continuous dividing line only;
(b) a single continuous dividing line to the left or right of a broken dividing line; or
(c) 2 parallel continuous dividing lines.
4.4 When parallel and right-angled parking apply
Where a traffic sign associated with a parking area is not inscribed with the words “angle parking” (or
with an equivalent symbol depicting this purpose), then unless a sign associated with the parking
area indicates, or marks on the carriageway indicate, that vehicles have to park in a different
position, where the parking area is—
(a) adjacent to the boundary of a carriageway, a person parking a vehicle in the parking area
shall park it as near as practicable to and parallel with that boundary; and
(b) at or near the centre of the carriageway, a person parking a vehicle in that parking area shall
park it at approximately right angles to the centre of the carriageway.
4.5 When angle parking applies
(1) This clause does not apply to—
(a) a passenger vehicle or a commercial vehicle with a mass including any load, of over 3 tonnes;
or
(b) a person parking either a motor cycle without a trailer or a bicycle.
(2) Where a sign associated with a parking area is inscribed with the words “angle parking” (or with
an equivalent symbol depicting this purpose), a person parking a vehicle in the area shall park the
vehicle at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the centre of the carriageway unless otherwise
indicated by the inscription on the parking sign or by marks on the carriageway.
4.6 General prohibitions on parking
(1) (a) This clause does not apply to a vehicle parked in a parking stall nor to a bicycle in a bicycle
rack.
(b) Subclauses (2)(c), (e) and (g) do not apply to a vehicle which parks in a bus embayment.
(2) Subject to any law relating to intersections with traffic control signals a person shall not park a
vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is—
(a) between any other stationary vehicles and the centre of the carriageway;
(b) on or adjacent to a median strip;
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(c) obstructing a right of way, private drive or carriageway or so close as to deny a vehicle
reasonable access to or egress from the right of way, private drive or carriageway;
(d) alongside or opposite any excavation, works, hoarding, scaffolding or obstruction on the
carriageway, if the vehicle would obstruct traffic;
(e) on or within 10 metres of any portion of a carriageway bounded by a traffic island;
(f) on, over or across any footpath or pedestrian crossing;
(g) between the boundaries of a carriageway and any double longitudinal line consisting of two
continuous lines or between a double longitudinal line consisting of a continuous line and a
broken or dotted line and the boundary of a carriageway nearer to the continuous line, unless
there is a distance of at least 3 metres clear between the vehicle and the double longitudinal
line;
(h) on an intersection, except adjacent to a carriageway boundary that is not broken by an
intersecting carriageway;
(i) within 1 metre of a fire hydrant or fire plug, or of any sign or mark indicating the existence of
a fire hydrant or fire plug;
(j) within 3 metres of a public letter pillar box, unless the vehicle is being used for the purposes
of collecting postal articles from the pillar box; or
(k) within 10 metres of the nearer property line of any thoroughfare intersecting the
thoroughfare on the side on which the vehicle is parked,
unless a sign or markings on the carriageway indicate otherwise.
(3) A person shall not park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 10 metres of the
departure side of—
(a) a sign inscribed with the words “Bus Stop” or “Hail Bus Here” (or with equivalent symbols
depicting these purposes) unless the vehicle is a bus stopped to take up or set down
passengers; or
(b) a children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing.
(4) A person shall not park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 20 metres of the
approach side of—
(a) a sign inscribed with the words “Bus Stop” or “Hail Bus Here” (or with equivalent symbols
depicting these purposes) unless the vehicle is a bus stopped to take up or set down
passengers;
(b) a children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing.
(5) A person shall not park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 20 metres of either
the approach side or the departure side of the nearest rail of a railway level crossing.
4.7 Authorised person may order vehicle on thoroughfare to be moved
The driver of a vehicle shall not park that vehicle on any part of a thoroughfare in contravention of
this local law after an authorised person has directed the driver to move it.
4.8 Authorised person may mark tyres
(1) An authorised person may mark the tyres of a vehicle parked in a parking facility with chalk or
any other non-indelible substance for a purpose connected with or arising out of his or her duties or
powers.
(2) A person shall not remove a mark made by an authorised person so that the purpose of the
affixing of such a mark is defeated or likely to be defeated.
4.9 No movement of vehicles to avoid time limitation
(1) Where the parking of vehicles in a parking facility is permitted for a limited time, a person shall
not move a vehicle within the parking facility so that the total time of parking exceeds the maximum
time allowed for parking in the parking facility.
(2) Where the parking of vehicles in a thoroughfare is permitted for a limited time, a person shall not
move a vehicle along that thoroughfare so that the total time of parking exceeds the maximum time
permitted, unless the vehicle has first been removed from the thoroughfare for at least 2 hours.
4.10 No parking of vehicles exposed for sale and in other circumstances
A person shall not park a vehicle on any portion of a thoroughfare—
(a) for the purpose of exposing it for sale;
(b) if that vehicle is not licensed under the Road Traffic Act;
(c) if that vehicle is a trailer or a caravan unattached to a motor vehicle; or
(d) for the purpose of effecting repairs to it, other than the minimum repairs necessary to enable
the vehicle to be moved to a place other than a thoroughfare.
4.11 Parking on private land
(1) In this clause a reference to “land” does not include land—
(a) which belongs to the local government;
(b) of which the local government is the management body under the Land Administration
Act 1997;
(c) which is an “otherwise unvested facility” within section 3.53 of the Act;
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(d) which is the subject of an agreement referred to in clause 1.4(2); or
(e) which is identified in Schedule 3.
(2) A person shall not park a vehicle on land without the consent of the owner or occupier of the land
on which the vehicle is parked.
(3) Where the owner or occupier of the land, by a sign referable to that land or otherwise, consents to
the parking of vehicles of a specified class or classes on the land for a limited period, a person shall
not park a vehicle on the land otherwise than in accordance with the consent.
4.12 Parking on reserves
No person other than an employee of the local government in the course of his or her duties or a
person authorised by the local government shall drive or park a vehicle upon or over any portion of a
reserve other than upon an area specifically set aside for that purpose.
4.13 Suspension of parking limitations for urgent, essential or official duties
(1) Where by a sign the parking of vehicles is permitted for a limited time on a portion of a
thoroughfare or parking facility, the local government, the CEO or an authorised person may, subject
to the Code, permit a person to park a vehicle in that portion of the thoroughfare or parking facility
for longer than the permitted time in order that the person may carry out urgent, essential or official
duties.
(2) Where permission is granted under subclause (1), the local government, the CEO or an authorised
person may prohibit the use by any other vehicle of that portion of the thoroughfare or parking
facility to which the permission relates, for the duration of that permission.
PART 5—PARKING AND STOPPING GENERALLY
5.1 No stopping and no parking signs, and yellow edge lines
(1) A driver shall not stop on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a “no stopping” sign
applies.
(2) A driver shall not stop on a length of carriageway or in an area to which a “no parking” sign
applies, unless the driver is—
(a) dropping off, or picking up, passengers or goods;
(b) does not leave the vehicle unattended; and
(c) completes the dropping off, or picking up, of the passengers or goods within 2 minutes of
stopping and drives on.
unattended, in relation to a vehicle, means that the driver has left the vehicle so that the driver
is more than 3 metres from the closest point of the vehicle.
(3) A driver shall not stop at the side of a carriageway marked with a continuous yellow edge line.
PART 6—STOPPING IN ZONES FOR PARTICULAR VEHICLES
6.1 Stopping in a loading zone
A person shall not stop a vehicle in a loading zone unless it is—
(a) a motor vehicle used for commercial or trade purposes engaged in the picking up or setting
down of goods; or
(b) a motor vehicle taking up or setting down passengers,
but, in any event, shall not remain in that loading zone—
(c) for longer than a time indicated on the “loading zone” sign; or
(d) longer than 30 minutes (if no time is indicated on the sign).
6.2 Stopping in a taxi zone or a bus zone
(1) A driver shall not stop in a taxi zone, unless the driver is driving a taxi.
(2) A driver shall not stop in a bus zone unless the driver is driving a public bus, or a bus of a type
that is permitted to stop at the bus zone by information on or with the “bus zone” sign applying to the
bus zone.
6.3 Stopping in a mail zone
A person shall not stop a vehicle in a mail zone.
6.4 Other limitations in zones
A person shall not stop a vehicle in a zone to which a traffic sign applies if stopping the vehicle would
be contrary to any limitation in respect to classes of persons or vehicles, or specific activities allowed,
as indicated by additional words on a traffic sign that applies to the zone.
PART 7—OTHER PLACES WHERE STOPPING IS RESTRICTED
7.1 Stopping in a shared zone
A driver shall not stop in a shared zone unless—
(a) the driver stops at a place on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking
control sign applies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place under this local law;
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(b) the driver stops in a parking bay and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking bay under
this local law;
(c) the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers or goods; or
(d) the driver is engaged in door-to-door delivery or collection of goods, or in the collection of
waste or garbage.
7.2 Double parking
(1) A driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is between any other stopped
vehicle and the centre of the carriageway.
(2) This clause does not apply to—
(a) a driver stopped in traffic; or
(b) a driver angle parking on the side of the carriageway or in a median strip parking area, in
accordance with this local law.
7.3 Stopping near an obstruction
A driver shall not stop on a carriageway near an obstruction on the carriageway in a position that
further obstructs traffic on the carriageway.
7.4 Stopping on a bridge or in a tunnel, etc.
(1) A driver shall not stop a vehicle on a bridge, causeway, ramp or similar structure unless—
(a) the carriageway is at least as wide on the structure as it is on each of the approaches and a
traffic sign does not prohibit stopping or parking; or
(b) the driver stops at a place on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking
control sign applies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place under this local law.
(2) A driver shall not stop a vehicle in a tunnel or underpass unless—
(a) the carriageway is at least as wide in the tunnel or underpass as it is on each of the
approaches and a traffic sign does not prohibit stopping or parking; or
(b) the driver of a motor vehicle stops at a bus stop, or in a bus zone or parking area marked on
the carriageway, for the purpose of setting down or taking up passengers.
7.5 Stopping on crests, curves, etc.
(1) Subject to subclause (2), a driver shall not stop a vehicle on, or partly on, a carriageway, in any
position where it is not visible to the driver of an overtaking vehicle, from a distance of 50 metres
within a built-up area, and from a distance of 150 metres outside a built-up area.
(2) A driver may stop on a crest or curve on a carriageway that is not in a built-up area if the driver
stops at a place on the carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking control sign applies and the
driver is permitted to stop at that place under this local law.
7.6 Stopping near a fire hydrant etc
(1) A driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 1 metre of a fire
hydrant or fire plug, or of any sign or mark indicating the existence of a fire hydrant or fire plug,
unless—
(a) the driver is driving a public bus, and the driver stops in a bus zone or at a bus stop and does
not leave the bus unattended; or
(b) the driver is driving a taxi, and the driver stops in a taxi zone and does not leave the taxi
unattended.
(2) In this clause a driver leaves the vehicle “unattended” if the driver leaves the vehicle so the driver
is over 3 metres from the closest point of the vehicle.
7.7 Stopping at or near a bus stop
(1) A driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 20 metres of the
approach side of a bus stop, or within 10 metres of the departure side of a bus stop, unless—
(a) the vehicle is a public bus stopped to take up or set down passengers; or
(b) the driver stops at a place on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking
control sign applies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place under this local law.
(2) In this clause—
(a) distances are measured in the direction in which the driver is driving; and
(b) a trailer attached to a public bus is deemed to be a part of the public bus.
7.8 Stopping on a path, median strip, or traffic island
The driver of a vehicle (other than a bicycle or an animal) shall not stop so that any portion of the
vehicle is on a path, traffic island or median strip, unless the driver stops in an area, to which a sign
applies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place by the sign.
7.9 Stopping on verge
(1) A person shall not—
(a) stop a vehicle (other than a bicycle);
(b) stop a commercial vehicle or bus, or a trailer or caravan unattached to a motor vehicle; or
(c) stop a vehicle during any period when the stopping of vehicles on that verge is prohibited by a
sign adjacent and referable to that verge,
so that any portion of it is on a verge.
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(2) Subclause (1)(a) does not apply to the person if he or she is the owner or occupier of the premises
adjacent to that verge, or is a person authorised by the occupier of those premises to stop the vehicle
so that any portion of it is on the verge.
(3) Subclause (1)(b) does not apply to a commercial vehicle when it is being loaded or unloaded with
reasonable expedition with goods, merchandise or materials collected from or delivered to the
premises adjacent to the portion of the verge on which the commercial vehicle is parked, provided no
obstruction is caused to the passage of any vehicle or person using a carriageway or a path.
7.10 Obstructing access to and from a path, driveway, etc.
(1) A driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is in front of a path, in a position
that obstructs access by vehicles or pedestrians to or from that path, unless—
(a) the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers; or
(b) the driver stops in a parking stall and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking stall
under this local law.
(2) A driver shall not stop a vehicle on or across a driveway or other way of access for vehicles
travelling to or from adjacent land, unless—
(a) the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers; or
(b) the driver stops in a parking stall and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking stall
under this local law.
7.11 Stopping near a letter box
A driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 3 metres of a public letter
box, unless the driver—
(a) is dropping off, or picking up, passengers or mail; or
(b) stops at a place on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking control sign
applies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place under this local law.
7.12 Stopping on a carriageway—heavy and long vehicles
(1) A person shall not park a vehicle or any combination of vehicles that, together with any projection
on, or load carried by, the vehicle or combination of vehicles, is 7.5 metres or more in length or
exceeds a GVM of 4.5 tonnes—
(a) on a carriageway in a built-up area, for any period exceeding 1 hour, unless engaged in the
picking up or setting down of goods; or
(b) on a carriageway outside a built-up area, except on the shoulder of the carriageway, or in a
truck bay or other area set aside for the parking of goods vehicles.
(c) on a thoroughfare in a residential area between the hours of 6.00pm and 6.00am the following
day; unless an approval has been issued in accordance with the Planning and Development
Act 2005.
(2) Nothing in this clause mitigates the limitations or condition imposed by any other clause or by any
local law or traffic sign relating to the parking or stopping of vehicles.
7.13 Stopping on a carriageway with a bicycle parking sign
The driver of a vehicle (other than a bicycle) shall not stop on a length of carriageway to which a
“bicycle parking” sign applies, unless the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers.
7.14 Stopping on a carriageway with motor cycle parking sign
The driver of a vehicle shall not stop on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a ‘motor cycle
parking’ sign applies, or an area marked “M/C” unless—
(a) the vehicle is a motor cycle; or
(b) the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers.
PART 8—MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Removal of notices on vehicle
A person, other than the driver of the vehicle or a person acting under the direction of the driver of
the vehicle, shall not remove from the vehicle any notice put on the vehicle by an authorised person.
8.2 Unauthorised signs and defacing of signs
A person shall not without the authority of the local government—
(a) mark, set up or exhibit a sign purporting to be or resembling a sign marked, set up or
exhibited by the local government under this local law;
(b) remove, deface or misuse a sign or property, set up or exhibited by the local government
under this local law or attempt to do any such act; or
(c) affix a board, sign, placard, notice or other thing to or paint or write upon any part of a sign
set up or exhibited by the local government under this local law.
8.3 Signs must be complied with
An inscription or symbol on a sign operates and has effect according to its tenor and a person
contravening the direction on a sign commits an offence under this local law.
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8.4 General provisions about signs
(1) A sign marked, erected, set up, established or displayed on or near a thoroughfare is, in the
absence of evidence to the contrary presumed to be a sign marked, erected, set up, established or
displayed under the authority of this local law.
(2) The first three letters of any day of the week when used on a sign indicate that day of the week.
8.5 Special purpose and emergency vehicles
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this local law, the driver of—
(a) a special purpose vehicle may, only in the course of his or her duties and when it is expedient
and safe to do so, stop, or park the vehicle in any place, at any time; and
(b) an emergency vehicle may, in the course of his or her duties and when it is expedient and safe
to do so or where he or she honestly and reasonably believes that it is expedient and safe to
do so, stop, or park the vehicle at any place, at any time.
8.6 Vehicles not to obstruct a public place
(1) A person shall not leave a vehicle, or any part of a vehicle, in a public place so that it obstructs the
use of any part of that public place without the permission of the local government or unless
authorised under any written law.
(2) A person will not contravene subclause (1) where the vehicle is left for a period not exceeding
24 hours.
(3) A vehicle found to be in contravention of subclause (2) may be impounded by an authorised officer.
(4) The impounding of vehicles and other goods under subclause (3) shall be carried out in accordance
with sections 3.37 and 3.48 of the Act and Regulation 29 of the Local Government (Functions and
General) Regulations 1996.
8.7 Hindrance of authorised person
A person shall not in any way obstruct or hinder an authorised person in the execution of his or her
duties.
8.8 Causing or attempting to cause damage to Council property
A person shall not cause or attempt to cause damage to the property of the local government in any
way.
PART 9—PENALTIES
9.1 Offences and penalties
(1) Any person who fails to do anything required or directed to be done under this local law, or who
does anything which under this local law that person is prohibited from doing, commits an offence.
(2) An offence against any provision of this local law is a prescribed offence for the purposes of section
9.16(1) of the Act.
(3) Any person who commits an offence under this local law shall be liable, upon conviction, to a
penalty not exceeding $5,000, and if the offence is of a continuing nature, to an additional penalty not
exceeding $500 for each day or part of a day during which the offence has continued.
(4) The amount appearing in the final column of Schedule 2 directly opposite a clause specified in that
Schedule is the modified penalty for an offence against that clause.
9.2 Form of notices
For the purposes of this local law—
(a) where a vehicle is involved in the commission of an offence, the form of the notice referred to
in section 9.13 of the Act is that of Form 1 in Schedule 1 of the Local Government (Functions
and General) Regulations 1996;
(b) the form of the infringement notice given under section 9.16 of the Act is that of Form 2 in
Schedule 1 of the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996; and
(c) the form of the notice referred to in section 9.20 of the Act is that of Form 3 in Schedule 1 of
the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996.
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SCHEDULE 1—PARKING REGION
[cl. 1.4(1)]
The parking region is the whole of the district, but excludes the following portions of the district—
the approach and departure prohibition areas of all existing and future traffic control signal
installations as determined by the Commissioner of Main Roads;
prohibition areas applicable to all existing and future bridges and subways as determined by
the Commissioner of Main Roads; and
any road which comes under the control of the Commissioner of Main Roads unless the
control of parking and parking facilities on that road is carried out subject to the control and
direction of the Commissioner of Main Roads or has been delegated by the Commissioner to
the local government.
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SCHEDULE 2—PRESCRIBED OFFENCES
[cl. 9.1(4)]
Local Government Act 1995
City of Karratha Parking and Parking Facilities Local Law 2019
Offences and Modified Penalties
Item
No.
Clause
No. Description of Offence
Modified
Penalty
$
1 2.3(a),(b) or (c) Unauthorised signs and defacing signs 200
2 3.2(1)(a) Failure to park parallel to and as close to the kerb as
practicable in a parking stall 80
3 3.2(1)(b) Failure to park wholly within parking stall 80
4 3.2(1)(c) Failure to park in the direction of the movement of traffic in a
parking stall 80
5 3.2(4) Failure to park wholly within parking area 80
6 3.3(1)(a) Causing obstruction in parking station 80
7 3.3(1)(b) Parking contrary to sign in parking station 80
8 3.3(1)(c) Parking contrary to directions of authorised person 100
9 3.3(1)(d) Parking or attempting to park a vehicle in a parking stall
occupied by another vehicle 85
10 4.1(1)(a) Parking by vehicles of a different class 85
11 4.1(1)(b) Parking by persons of a different class 85
12 4.1(1)(c) Parking during a prohibited period 85
13 4.1(1)(d) Exceeding the length of time specified by a sign 85
14 4.1(3)(a) Parking in no parking area 85
15 4.1(3)(b) Parking contrary to signs or limitations 80
16 4.1(3)(c) Parking vehicle in motor cycle only area 80
17 4.1(4) Parking motor cycle in stall not marked “M/C” 80
18 4.1(5) Parking without permission in an area designated for
“Authorised Vehicles Only” 100
19 4.2(2)(a) Stopping a vehicle in a parking area for people with disabilities
without the vehicle displaying a disability parking permit. 500
20 4.2(2)(b) Stopping a vehicle in a parking area for people with disabilities
when neither the driver nor a passenger of that vehicle is a
person with a current Australian Disability Parking Permit. 500
21 4.3(1)(a) Failure to park on the left of a two-way carriageway 100
22 4.3(1)(b) Failure to park adjacent to the boundary of carriageway 100
23 4.3(1)(a) or
4.3(1)(b) Parking contrary to direction of traffic on carriageway 100
24 4.3(1)(c) Parking when distance from farther boundary less than
3 metres 100
25 4.3(1)(d) Parking closer than 1 metre from another vehicle 80
26 4.3(1)(e) Parking in a cul-de-sac so as to obstruct the turning of a
vehicle within the cul-de-sac 100
27 4.3(1)(f) Parking in a laneway 100
28 4.3(1)(g) Causing obstruction on carriageway 100
29 4.4(a) Failure to park parallel 80
30 4.4(b) Failure to park at approximate right angle 80
31 4.5(2) Failure to park at an appropriate angle 80
32 4.6(2)(a) Parking between any other stationary vehicle or vehicles and
the centre of the carriageway (double parking) 125
33 4.6(2)(b) Parking on or adjacent to a median strip 100
34 4.6(2)(c) Denying access to private drive or right of way 100
35 4.6(2)(d) Parking beside excavation or obstruction so as to obstruct
traffic 100
36 4.6(2)(e) Parking within 10 metres of traffic island 100
37 4.6(2)(f) Parking on or over footpath/pedestrian crossing 100
38 4.6(2)(g) Parking contrary to continuous line markings 100
39 4.6(2)(h) Parking on intersection 100
40 4.6(2)(i) Parking within 1 metre of fire hydrant or fire plug 100
41 4.6(2)(j) Parking within 3 metres of public letter box 100
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Item
No.
Clause
No. Description of Offence
Modified
Penalty
$
42 4.6(2)(k) Parking within 10 metres of intersection 100
43 4.6(3)(a) or (b) Parking vehicle within 10 metres of departure side of bus stop,
children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing 100
44 4.6(4)(a) or (b) Parking vehicle within 20 metres of approach side of bus stop,
children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing 100
45 4.7 Parking contrary to direction of authorised person 150
46 4.8(2) Removing or interfering with a lawful mark on a tyre 125
47 4.9(1) or (2) Moving vehicle to avoid time limitation 100
48 4.10(a) Parking in thoroughfare for purpose of sale 125
49 4.10(b) Parking unlicensed vehicle in thoroughfare 100
50 4.10(c) Parking an unattached trailer/caravan on a thoroughfare 100
51 4.10(d) Parking in thoroughfare for purpose of repairs 125
52 4.11 Parking on land not in accordance with consent 125
53 4.12 Driving or parking on reserve 250
54 5.1(1) Stopping contrary to a “no stopping” sign 100
55 5.1(2) Parking contrary to a “no parking” sign 100
56 5.1(3) Stopping within continuous yellow lines 100
57 6.1 Stopping unlawfully in a loading zone 100
58 6.2 Stopping unlawfully in a taxi zone or bus zone 100
59 6.3 Stopping unlawfully in a mail zone 80
60 6.4 Stopping in a zone contrary to a sign 80
61 7.1 Stopping in a shared zone 80
62 7.2(1) Double parking 125
63 7.3 Stopping near an obstruction 125
64 7.4 Stopping on a bridge or tunnel 100
65 7.5 Stopping on crests/curves etc 100
66 7.6 Stopping near fire hydrant 100
67 7.7(1) Stopping near bus stop 100
68 7.8 Stopping on path, median strip or traffic island 100
69 7.9 Stopping on a verge 100
70 7.10 Obstructing path, a driveway etc 100
71 7.11 Stopping near letter box 80
72 7.12 Stopping a commercial vehicle on a thoroughfare without or in
contravention of a permit 85
73 8.1 Removal of notices from vehicle 100
74 8.6 Leaving vehicle so as to obstruct a public place 200
75 8.7 Hindrance of authorised person 200
76 8.8 Causing damage to local government property 500
77 All other offences not specified 80
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SCHEDULE 3—DEEMED PARKING STATIONS
[cl. 4.11(1)(e)]
Parking Station Location
Number 1, Airport Lot 15, Bayly Avenue, Gap Ridge
Number 2, Centro Lot 50, Welcome Road, Karratha
Number 3, TAFE Lot 2598, Dampier Road, Stove Hill
Number 4, TAFE Lot 2899, Dampier Road, Stove Hill
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Dated 16 November 2020.
The Common Seal of the City of Karratha was affixed by authority of a resolution of the Council in
the presence of—
PETER LONG, Mayor.
CHRIS ADAMS, Chief Executive Officer.
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