Parking Local Law 2021
3080GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 July 2021
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3080 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 July 2021 3.5 Vehicle not to be removed until fee paid A person shall not remove a vehicle which has been parked in a parking station until the fee associated with parking that vehicle in the parking station has been paid in full. 3.6 Entitlement to receipt A person paying a fee at a parking station is to be entitled to receive a receipt on demand showing the period of parking covered by such payment and the amount of the fee paid. 3.7 Parking ticket to be clearly visible A driver of a vehicle in a parking station which is equipped with a ticket issuing machine shall on purchasing a ticket from the machine for a period of parking, place the ticket inside the vehicle in such a position that the ticket is clearly visible to and the expiry time or time for which the ticket remains valid is able to be read by an authorised person examining the ticket from outside the vehicle. 3.8 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 located against a kerb and marked ‘M/C’; and (b) in such stall other than parked 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 people with disabilities) for twice the length of time allowed, provided that— (a) the driver’s vehicle displays a valid disability parking permit ; (b) a person with disabilities to which that permit relates is either the driver of or a passenger in the vehicle; and (c) any disability permit displayed must be clearly displayed from inside the vehicle in such a position that the permit is clearly visible to, and is able to be read by an authorised person examining the permit from outside 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; or (c) during any period when the parking of vehicles is prohibited by a sign. (2) (a) This subclause applies to a driver if— (i) the driver’s vehicle displays a Disability Parking Permit; and (ii) a disabled person 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 disability parking permit sign relates for twice the period indicated on the sign. (3) A person shall not park a vehicle— (a) in a no parking area; or (b) in a parking area, except in accordance with signs associated with the parking area and with (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 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;