Shire of Northam Cat Local Law 2019
3836GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 October 2019
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3836 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 October 2019 crossover means an area of the verge, constructed and used for the purpose of enabling a vehicle to access the adjacent property; disability parking permit has the meaning given in the Local Government (Parking for People with Disabilities) Regulations 2014; driver has the meaning given to it in the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008; eating area means an area in which tables, chairs and other structures are provided for the purpose of the supply of food and beverages to a member of the public or the consumption of food and beverages by a member of the public; edge line has the meaning given to it by the Code; emergency vehicle has the meaning given to it by the Code; fire hydrant has the meaning given to it by the Code; fee means the prescribed amount of legal tender that the local government may impose and determine from time to time for the stopping or parking of a vehicle under and in accordance with sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Act; 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 Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008; heavy vehicle has the meaning given to it by the Code; intersection has the meaning given to it by the Code; keep clear marking 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; length of carriageway means the same side of the road between intersections on that side of the road; loading zone has the meaning given to it by the Code; long vehicle means a vehicle or any combination of vehicles that, together with any projection or combination of vehicles is 7.5 metres or more in length; mail zone has the meaning given to it by the Code; median strip has the meaning given to it by the Code; metered space means a section or part of a metered zone that is adjacent to a parking meter and that is marked or defined by painted lines or by metallic studs or similar devices for the purpose of indicating where a vehicle may be parked on payment of a fee or charge; metered zone means any thoroughfare or reserve, or part of any thoroughfare or reserve, in which parking meters regulate the parking of vehicles; motorcycle has the meaning given to it by the Code; motor vehicle has the meaning given to it by the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008; nature strip has the meaning given to it by the Code; 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, hinder, or impede the normal passage of any vehicle, wheelchair, perambulator or pedestrian and ‘obstruction’ has a corresponding meaning; occupier has the meaning given to it by the Act; owner means— (a) where used in relation to a vehicle licensed under the Road Traffic Act 1974, means the person in whose name the vehicle has been registered under that Road Traffic Act 1974; (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; painted island has the meaning given to it by the Code; park has the meaning given to it by the Code; parking area has the meaning given to it by the Code; parking bay means a section or part of a carriageway 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;