Parking Local Law 2020
220GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 14 January 2021
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220 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 14 January 2021 11.26 Special event parking (1) The local government may, by use of signs, set aside any area for any period specified on the signs for the parking of vehicles by persons attending a special event. (2) A driver must not park or stop a vehicle in a parking station or area set aside under subclause (1) during the period for which it is set aside unless a ticket purchased from or issued by the local government in respect of the special event is clearly visible to and is able to be read by an authorised person from outside the vehicle. (3) During the period referred to in subclause (1) any prohibition or parking restriction indicated by a sign as applying to that parking station or parking area does not apply. 11.27 No stopping and no parking signs (1) A driver must not stop on a length of carriageway or in an area to which a no stopping sign applies. (2) A driver must 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; and (b) does not leave the vehicle unattended; and (c) completes the dropping off or picking up the passengers or goods within 2 minutes of stopping and drives on. (3) In this clause, 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. (4) A driver must not stop at the side of a carriageway marked with a continuous yellow edge line. 11.28 Stopping in a loading zone A driver must not stop in a loading zone unless— (a) actively picking up or setting down passengers; or (b) the vehicle is a commercial vehicle engaged in the picking up or setting down of goods and does not remain— (i) for longer than a time indicated on the loading zone sign; or (ii) longer than 30 minutes, if no time is indicated on the sign. 11.29 Stopping in a taxi, bus or mail zone (1) A driver must not stop in a taxi zone, unless the driver is driving an on-demand vehicle. (2) A driver must 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. (3) A driver must not stop a vehicle in a mail zone. 11.30 Other limitations in zones A driver must not stop in a zone to which a sign applies if stopping the vehicle would be contrary to any limitation in respect to class of vehicles or class of persons, or specific activities allowed, as indicated by additional words on a sign that applies to the zone. 11.31 Stopping in a shared zone A driver must not stop in a shared zone unless the driver— (a) 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; or law; or (c) is dropping off or picking up passengers or goods; or (d) is engaged in door to door delivery or collection of goods, or in the collection of waste or garbage. 11.32 Stopping in a designated lane A driver must not stop a vehicle in— (a) a bus lane; or (b) a transit lane; or (c) a truck lane; or (d) a bicycle lane, unless the vehicle is a public bus or on-demand vehicle, and the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers. 11.33 Double parking (1) A driver must 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 vehicle— (a) stopped in traffic; or (b) parked in a parking bay; or