Parking Local Law 2020
6GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 January 2021
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6 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 January 2021 (b) 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; Council means the Council of the local government; disability parking permit has the meaning given in the Local Government (Parking for People with Disabilities) Regulations 2014; 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 in the Code; footpath has the meaning given in the Code; GVM (which stands for ‘gross vehicle mass’), in relation to a vehicle, has the meaning given in the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012; 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 Busselton; mail zone has the meaning given in the Code; median strip has the meaning given in the Code; motor cycle has the meaning given in 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 in the Code; no parking sign means a sign with— (a) the words ‘no parking’ in red letters on a white background; or (b) 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 in the Code; no stopping sign means a sign with— (a) the words ‘no stopping’ or ‘no standing’ in red letters on a white background; or (b) the letter ‘S’ within a red annulus and a red diagonal line across it on a white background; occupier has the meaning given in the Act; owner— (a) where used in relation to a vehicle licensed under the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012, means the person in whose name the vehicle has been registered under that 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 has the meaning given in the Code; parking area has the meaning given in the Code; parking facilities— (a) means land, buildings, shelters, parking stations, parking stalls and other facilities open to the public generally for the parking of vehicles with or without charge; and (b) includes 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 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 with or without charge; pedestrian crossing has the meaning given in 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; (c) which is an ‘otherwise unvested facility’ within the meaning of section 3.53 of the Act; Road Traffic Act means the Road Traffic Act 1974; Schedule means a Schedule to this local law;