Part 2METERED ZONES

PART 2—METERED ZONES 2.1 Determination of metered zones (1) The local government may constitute, determine and indicate by signs, metered bays and metered zones. (2) In respect of metered bays and metered zones the local government may determine, and may indicate by signs— (a) permitted times and conditions of parking depending on and varying with the locality; (b) classes of vehicles which are permitted to park; (c) the amount payable for parking; and (d) the manner of parking.

5 May 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2385 (3) Where the local government makes a determination under subclauses (1) and (2) it shall erect signs to give effect to the determination. 2.2 Parking fee to be paid Subject to clause 2.5, a person must not park a vehicle in a metered bay unless the appropriate fee as indicated by a sign on the ticket issuing machine referable to the bay is inserted into the ticket issuing machine or is otherwise paid under clause 1.11. 2.3 Limitation on parking in metered bay The payment of the fee under clause 2.2 entitles a person to park the vehicle in a metered bay for the period shown on the ticket issuing machine, except where, at any time during that period, parking in that bay is prohibited under this local law (such as by a sign that applies to that bay). 2.4 No parking when meter is expired Subject to clause 2.5, a person must not, during the hours when a fee is payable to park the vehicle in a metered bay— (a) leave the vehicle in the metered bay; or (b) permit the vehicle to remain parked in the metered bay, when the ticket issuing machine referable to that metered bay exhibits the sign ‘Expired’ or a negative time. 2.5 Suspension of requirement to pay fee The local government may from time to time declare that clauses 2.2 and 2.4 are not to apply during the period specified in the resolution. 2.6 Vehicles to be within metered bay (1) Subject to subclause (2), a person must not park a vehicle in a metered bay in a thoroughfare otherwise than— (a) wholly within the metered bay; and (b) where the metered bay is set out parallel to the kerb—parallel to and as close to the kerb as practicable. (2) If a vehicle is too long or too wide to fit completely within a single metered bay then the person parking the vehicle must do so within the minimum number of metered bays needed to park that vehicle. (3) A person must not park a vehicle partly within and partly outside a metered zone. 2.7 Permitted insertions in ticket issuing machines (1) A person must not insert into a ticket issuing machine anything other than the designations of coins or banknotes or such other permitted form of payment indicated by a sign on the ticket issuing machine. (2) The insertion of a coin or banknote into any ticket issuing machine, or the making of payment in such other form as may be permitted, must be effected only in accordance with the instructions printed on that particular meter. 2.8 Parking ticket to be clearly visible (1) This clause does not apply to a person who parks a vehicle in a metered zone in accordance with the terms of an Alternative Method of Payment under clause 1.11. (2) A driver of a vehicle left parked in a metered zone which is regulated by a ticket issuing machine must, on purchasing a ticket from the ticket issuing machine for a period of parking— (a) place the ticket inside the vehicle in a position where— (i) the ticket 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 (b) ensure that, for the purpose of the ticket being displayed in the vehicle, or otherwise being used for the purposes of this local law, the ticket is not damaged, defaced or altered. 2.9 One vehicle per metered bay A person must not park or attempt to park a vehicle in a metered bay in which another vehicle is parking or has parked. 2.10 No parking when hood on meter Despite any other provision of this local law and despite any other sign or notice, a person must not park a vehicle in a metered bay if the ticket issuing machine referable to the metered bay has a hood marked ‘No Parking’, ‘Reserved Parking’ or ‘Temporary Bus Stand’ or an equivalent symbol depicting one or more of these purposes, except with the permission of the local government or an authorised person.