Parking and Parking Facilities Local Law 2021
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Division 1—General 2.1 General prohibitions (a) plant any plant on a verge not permitted under clause 2.6; (b) plant any tree on a verge; (c) damage a lawn unless— (i) the person is the owner or the occupier of the lot abutting that portion of the thoroughfare and the lawn has not been installed or planted by the local government; or (ii) the person is acting under the authority of a written law; (d) place on any footpath any fruit, fruit skins or other substance or fluid (whether vegetable or otherwise, but not water) which may create a hazard for any person using the footpath;
22 April 2021 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1479 (e) unless at the direction of the local government, damage, remove or interfere with any signpost, direction plate, guidepost, notice, shelter, shed, fence or any structure erected on a thoroughfare by the local government or a person acting under the authority of a written law; (f) play or participate in any game or sport so as to cause danger to any person or thing or impede the movement of vehicles or persons on a thoroughfare; or (g) within a mall, arcade or verandah of a shopping centre, ride any bicycle, skateboard, rollerblades or similar device. (2) Clause 2.1(1) does not apply to an activity being undertaken by a person who— (a) is an employee or contractor of the local government and is authorised or engaged to undertake that activity; or (b) is otherwise lawfully authorised to undertake that activity. 2.2 Activities allowed with a permit—general (1) A person shall not, without a permit— (a) dig or otherwise create a trench through or under a kerb or footpath; (b) subject to Division 3 of this Part, throw, place or deposit anything on a verge except for removal by the local government under a bulk rubbish collection, and then only in accordance with the terms and conditions and during the period of time advertised in connection with that collection by the local government; (c) cause any obstruction to a vehicle or a person using a thoroughfare as a thoroughfare; (d) cause any obstruction to a water channel or a water course in a thoroughfare; (e) throw, place or drain offensive, noxious or dangerous fluid onto a thoroughfare; (f) damage a thoroughfare; (g) light any fire or burn anything on a thoroughfare other than in a stove or fireplace provided for that purpose; (h) fell any tree onto a thoroughfare; (i) unless installing, or in order to maintain, a permissible verge treatment— (i) lay pipes under or provide taps on any verge; or (ii) place or install anything on any part of a thoroughfare, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any gravel, stone, flagstone, cement, concrete slabs, blocks, bricks, pebbles, plastic sheeting, kerbing, wood chips, bark or sawdust; (j) provide, erect, install or use in or on any building, structure or land abutting on a thoroughfare any hoist or other thing for use over the thoroughfare; (k) on a public place use anything or do anything so as to create a nuisance; (l) place or cause to be placed on a thoroughfare a bulk rubbish container; or (m) interfere with the soil of, or anything in a thoroughfare or take anything from a thoroughfare. (2) The local government may exempt a person from compliance with subclause (1) on the application of that person. 2.3 No possession and consumption of liquor on thoroughfare (1) A person shall not consume any liquor or have in her or his possession or under her or his control any liquor on a thoroughfare unless— (a) that is permitted under the Liquor Control Act 1988 or under another written law; or (b) the person is doing so in accordance with a permit. (2) Subclause (1) does not apply where the liquor is in a sealed container.