Standing Orders Amendment Local Law 2017
2386GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 May 2017
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2386 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 May 2017 (b) parking stations; (c) permitted time and conditions of parking in parking bays and parking stations which may vary with the locality; (d) permitted classes of vehicles which may park in parking bays and parking stations; (e) permitted classes of persons who may park in specified parking bays or parking stations; and (f) the manner of parking in parking bays and parking stations. (2) Where the local government makes a determination under subclause (1) it shall erect signs to give effect to the determination. 3.2 Vehicles to be within parking bay on thoroughfare (1) Subject to subclause (2), a person must not park a vehicle in a parking bay in a thoroughfare otherwise than— (a) where the parking bay is set out parallel to the kerb—parallel to and as close to the kerb as is practicable; (b) wholly within the bay; and (c) headed in the direction of the movement of traffic on the side of the thoroughfare in which the bay is situated. (2) If a vehicle is too long or too wide to fit completely within a single parking bay then the person parking the vehicle must do so within the minimum number of parking bays needed to park that vehicle. (3) A person must not park a vehicle partly within and partly outside a parking area. 3.3 Parking in a parking station (1) This clause does not apply to a person who parks a vehicle, or who permits a vehicle to remain parked, in a parking station in accordance with the terms of an Alternative Method of Payment under clause 1.11. (2) If a parking station has an authorised person on duty, a person must not park a vehicle, or permit a vehicle to remain parked, in the parking station during any period for which a fee is payable unless the appropriate fee is paid when demanded by the authorised person. (3) If a parking station is equipped with a ticket issuing machine, a person must not park a vehicle, or permit a vehicle to remain parked, in the parking station during any period for which a fee is payable unless— (a) the appropriate fee is inserted in the ticket issuing machine or the required payment is made in such other form as may be permitted; (b) the ticket issued from the ticket issuing machine is placed inside the vehicle in a position where— (i) it is clearly visible to; and (ii) the expiry time on the ticket is able to be read by, an authorised person examining the ticket from outside the vehicle; and (c) the ticket is not an expired ticket. (4) For the purposes of clause 3.3(3)(c), a ticket is an expired ticket if the expiry time printed on the ticket has passed, or if the period printed on the ticket during which the ticket remains valid has ended. 3.4 Suspension of parking station restrictions The local government may determine that clause 3.3 is not to apply during the period, in relation to a particular parking station, specified in the resolution. 3.5 Vehicle not to be removed until fee paid A person must not remove a vehicle which has been parked in a parking station until the appropriate fee has been paid for the period during which the vehicle has been parked. 3.6 Entitlement to receipt A person paying a fee at a parking station is entitled to receive a receipt on demand showing the period of parking covered by the payment. 3.7 Parking prohibitions and restrictions (1) A person must 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 the vehicle to move the vehicle; or (d) park or attempt to park a vehicle in a parking bay in which another vehicle is parked but this paragraph does not prevent the parking of a motor cycle and a bicycle together in a bay marked ‘M/C’, if the bicycle is parked in accordance with subclause (3).