560GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1 May 2025

560 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1 May 2025 6.7 Obligations of owner or occupier An owner or occupier who installs or maintains a permissible verge treatment must— (a) keep the permissible verge treatment in a good and tidy condition and ensure, where the verge treatment is a garden or lawn, that a footpath on the verge and a carriageway adjoining the verge is not obstructed by the verge treatment; (b) not place any obstruction on or around the verge treatment; and (c) not disturb a footpath on the verge. 6.8 Notice to owner or occupier The CEO may give a notice in writing to the owner or the occupier of a lot abutting on a verge to make good, within the time specified in the notice, any breach of a provision of this Part. 6.9 Transitional provision “former provisions” means the local law of the local government which permitted certain types of verge treatments, whether with or without the consent of the local government, and which was repealed by this local law. (2) A verge treatment which— (a) was installed prior to the commencement day; and (b) on the commencement day is a type of verge treatment which was permitted under and complied with the former provisions, is to be taken to be a permissible verge treatment for so long as the verge treatment remains of the same type and continues to comply with the former provisions. 6.10 Power to carry out public works on verge Where the local government or an authority empowered to do so under a written law disturbs a verge, the local government or the authority— (a) is not liable to compensate any person for that disturbance; (b) may backfill with sand, if necessary, any garden or lawn; and (c) is not liable to replace or restore any— (i) verge treatment and, in particular, any plant or any acceptable material or other hard surface; or (ii) sprinklers, pipes or other reticulation equipment. 6.11 Assignment of numbers The local government may assign a number to a lot in the district and may assign another number to the lot instead of that previously assigned. 6.12 Public place—Item 4(1) of Division 1, Schedule 3.1 of Act The following places are specified as a public place for the purpose of item 4(1) of Division 1 of Schedule 3.1 of the Act— a public place, as that term is defined in clause 1.4. 6.13 Signs (1) A local government may erect a sign in a street specifying any conditions of use which apply to that street. (2) A person must comply with a sign erected under subclause (1). (3) A condition of use specified on a sign erected under subclause (1) is to be for the purpose of giving notice of the effect of a provision of this local law. 6.14 Transitional Where a sign erected in a street has been erected under a local law of the local government repealed by this local law, then on and from the commencement day, it is to be taken to be a sign erected under clause 6.13 if— (a) the sign specifies a condition of use relating to the street which gives notice of the effect of a provision of this local law; and (b) the condition of use specified is not inconsistent with any provision of this local law. 6.15 No driving on closed street (1) A person must not drive or take a vehicle on a closed street unless— (a) it is in accordance with any limits or exceptions specified in the order made under section 3.50 of the Act; or (b) the person has first obtained a permit. “closed street” means a thoroughfare wholly or partially closed under section 3.50 or 3.50A of the Act.

1 May 2025 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 561 6.16 Notice to redirect or repair sprinkler Where a lawn or a garden is being watered with a sprinkler which is on the lawn or the garden, in a manner which causes or may cause an inconvenience or obstruction to any person using a street, the CEO may give a notice to the owner or the occupier of the land abutting on the lawn or the garden, requiring the owner or the occupier or both to move or alter the direction of the sprinkler or other watering equipment. 6.17 Hazardous plants (1) Where a plant in a garden creates or may create a hazard for any person using a street, the CEO may give a notice to the owner or the occupier of the land abutting on the garden to remove, cut, move or otherwise deal with that plant so as to remove the hazard. (2) Subclause (1) does not apply where the plant was planted by the local government. 6.18 Notice to repair damage to street Where any portion of a street has been damaged, the CEO may by notice to the person who caused the damage order the person to repair or replace that portion of the street to the satisfaction of the local government. 6.19 Notice to remove thing unlawfully placed on street Where any thing is placed on a street in contravention of this local law, the CEO may by notice in writing to the owner or the occupier of the property which abuts on that portion of the street where the thing has been placed, or any other person who may be responsible for the thing being so placed, require the relevant person to remove the thing.