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DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN COUNTY COUNCIL

DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN COUNTY COUNCIL PARKING CONTROL BYE-LAWS, 2007

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DUN LAOGHAIRE-RATHDOWN COUNTY COUNCIL PARKING CONTROL BYE-LAWS, 2007

ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS

Part I

Preliminary

1. Citation

2. Commencement

3. Area of Application

4. Interpretation

5. Repeals

Part II

Pay and Display Ticket Parking

6. Parking in Pay and Display ticket parking places

7. Vehicles which may be parked in Pay and Display ticket parking places

8. Obligation to display a valid parking ticket

9. Appropriate parking fees and minimum payment

10. Period of parking in ticket parking place

11. Suspension of paid parking controls on specified days

12. Motorcycles and pedal cycles prohibited from parking in Pay and Display ticket parking

places

13. Designated areas for Motorcycles

14. Interference

15. Non-compliance with Bye-Laws

Part III

Parking Permits for Residents

16. Particulars on Parking Permit

17. Number of parking permits to be issued

18. Permission to park vehicle displaying valid residents parking permit

19. Issue of residents permit to residents of converted houses

20. Display of valid parking permit

21. Issue of, and fee for parking permit

22. Issue of replacement parking permit

23. Return of parking permit

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24. Transfer of parking permit

25. Display of a void parking permit

26. Issue of Residents Parking Permits to non-resident family members

27. Falsified documents

28. Issuing of complimentary parking permits and provisional parking permits

Part IV

Visitors Parking Permits

29. Particulars on Visitors Parking Permit

30. Display of valid Visitors Parking Permit

31. Issue of, and fee for Visitors Parking Permit

32. Disposal of Visitors Parking Permit

Part V

Permission for non-operation of Parking Ticket Machine(s) and/or Pay Parking

Places(s)

33. Application

34. Conditions of Permission

35. Appropriate Fees

36. Issue of Permission

37. Breach of Condition

Part VI

Miscellaneous

38. Non-application of Bye-Laws

39. Disclaimer

40. Continuity of repealed Bye-Laws and Transitional Provisions

41. Guidelines

Appendices

Appendix I Parking Fees

Appendix II Parking Permits

Appendix III Carparks

Appendix IV Guidelines for the Implementation of Pay and Display Parking Control

Schemes.

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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”)

in exercise of the powers vested in it by Section 36 of the Road Traffic Act 1994

and Section 101 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 and having consulted with the

Commissioner of An Garda Síochána hereby makes the following Bye-Laws.

PART I

Preliminary

Citation: 1. These Bye-Laws may be cited as the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

County Council Parking Control Bye-Laws, 2007.

Commencement: 2. These Bye-Laws shall come into operation on the 1st August

2007.

Area of Application: 3. These Bye-Laws apply to the area comprising of the

administrative area of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown delineated with

a blue verge line on Drawing No: TT-155-01-06C.

Interpretation: 4. In these Bye-Laws:

“agent of the Council” means any person employed by Dún

Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council or any other person

authorised by the Council to carry out functions under these

Bye-Laws;

“acceptable evidence” means the following: -

(a) a current insurance certificate which indicates that the

vehicle in respect of which the resident’s parking permit has

been applied for is normally kept at the resident’s address

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in the residential parking permit area to which the permit

relates;

(b) where the applicant is the owner of the vehicle in respect of

which the application for a resident’s parking permit is

being made and the vehicle is insured by his/her employer,

the employer’s insurance certificate and satisfactory

documentary evidence from the employer that the applicant

is in full time employment of the company and that the

specified vehicle is insured by the company, or

(c) where the applicant is not the registered owner of the

vehicle in respect of which the application for a resident’s

parking permit is being made, but has the use of the vehicle

in the course of his or her employment, the employer’s

insurance certificate for the vehicle and satisfactory

documentary evidence from the employer, who is the

registered owner of the vehicle, that the applicant is in the

full time employment of the registered owner and that the

vehicle is normally kept by the applicant at the resident’s

address in the resident’s parking permit zone to which the

permit will relate, and

(d) except in the case of paragraph (c) of this Bye-Law, a

vehicle licensing certificate, registration book and current

tax disc confirming that the resident applying for a

resident’s parking permit is the registered owner of the

vehicle in respect of which the application for a resident’s

parking permit is being made and that the vehicle is

registered at the resident’s address in the residential

parking permit zone to which the permit will relate and

(e) a driving or provisional licence in the name of the resident

applying for the resident’s parking permit and

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(f) current utility bills, financial statements, tenancy agreement

or other documentation, acceptable to the Council,

addressed to the resident at his/her address on the public

road which relates to the parking permit;

(g) The Council may renew a resident’s parking permit on

submission of a completed application form and on payment

of the appropriate fee without submission of ‘acceptable

evidence’;

(h) At any stage prior to the expiry of a resident’s parking

permit the Council may request the person to whom a

permit was issued to produce ‘acceptable evidence’ to

satisfy the Council that they were entitled to be issued with

the permit. Any such request will be made in writing to the

person to whom the permit was issued at the address given

by that person on the application form;

(i) In the event of ‘acceptable evidence’ not being produced to

the Council within one month from the date of the written

request the Council may, at its discretion, deem the

resident’s parking permit to be invalid and cancel the permit

without further notice.

“authorised person” has the meaning assigned to it by

Section 103 (8) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (as inserted by the

Road Traffic Act, 1968);

“buffer area” means an area between two pay parking places;

“carpark” means an area comprising pay parking places

designated especially for parking in which the Council has a

legal, proprietary or equitable interest;

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“converted house” means a building comprising a former

single dwelling house which has been altered or converted so as

to contain within it no more than 4 housing units;

“disabled persons parking permit” means a permit granted

in accordance with Article 43 of the Regulations of 1997 and

1998;

“dwelling” means a building or structure designed and used

for residential purposes, other than an apartment within a

purpose built apartment block;

“goods vehicle” means a vehicle used exclusively for the

carriage of goods or burden in the course of trade or business

and taxed as a goods vehicle;

“Guidelines” are the Guidelines for the Introduction of a Pay

and Display Parking Scheme in an Area, used by the Council to

assess whether or not a particular area is suitable for a Pay and

Display Parking Scheme and which outlines procedures to be

followed by the Council in implementing Pay and Display

Parking in a particular area; These Guidelines are set out in

Appendix IV to these Bye Laws.

“immediate family member” means a spouse, father,

mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, son-in law, daughter-in-

law, niece, nephew, aunt or uncle;

“information plate” means a plate accompanying a traffic

sign which indicates the period during which the restrictions or

prohibition indicated by such traffic sign applies;

“loading bay” means that portion of a road indicated by

means of a traffic sign No. RRM 009 on which a vehicle, other

than a goods vehicle being used for loading or unloading, shall

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not be parked during a period which shall be indicated on an

information plate;

“normal dwelling place” means the housing unit where a

person either lives and resides, or satisfies the Council that

he/she intends to live and reside, overnight for more than 183

days per year;

“operational hours” means the periods of operation indicated

on the appropriate parking ticket machine, or the appropriate

information plate;

“parking fee” means a fee prescribed for the pay parking

place in which the vehicle is parked;

“parking permit” means a resident’s parking permit or visitors

parking permit issued by the Council or its agents for the

purposes of Bye-Law Nos. 16 to 32 and containing the

particulars specified in Bye-Law No. 16 and 29;

“parking ticket machine” means a ticket dispensing machine

(pay and display meters) which is capable of automatically

issuing a pay and display parking ticket when the appropriate

parking fee prescribed by these Bye-Laws is inserted into the

machine;

“pay and display parking ticket” means a parking ticket

which is issued by the County Council by means of a parking

ticket machine and which contains the particulars: -

(a) The words “Comhairle Contae Dhún Laoghaire-Ráth an

Dúin”;

(b) The fee paid in respect of the ticket;

(c) The date and time of issue of the ticket;

(d) The time of expiry of the ticket;

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(e) The pay parking area where the pay and display parking

ticket is valid;

“pay parking area” means an area in the County, which

contains a pay parking place or places;

“pay parking place” means a place, space or bay for the

parking of a vehicle in a pay parking area on a public road or

car park intended for the parking of mechanically propelled

vehicles and where traffic sign number RUS 018 and any one of

the following roadway markings RRM 011, RRM 012, RRM 013

or RRM 014 of the Signs Regulations are provided;

“public road” means a road the responsibility for the

maintenance of which lies on a road authority;

“resident” means a person who is the occupant of a dwelling

or a converted house, other than a purpose built apartment

block, who satisfies the Council that his/her normal dwelling

place is at premises situated within a pay parking area which

relates to the parking permit;

“resident’s parking permit” means a document issued by the

Council or its agents for the purposes of Bye-Laws 16 to 25 and

containing the particulars specified in Bye-Law 16;

“residential parking permit area” means a ticket parking

place on a public road or in Council car park where traffic sign

No RUS 018 together with an accompanying information plate

indicates that parking of vehicles is subject to the exhibition of

a pay and display parking ticket or a residents parking permit;

“the Regulations of 1997 and 1998” means

(i) the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1997 (S.I. 181 of

1997);

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(ii) the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 (S.I.

182 of 1997);

(iii) the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment)

Regulations 1998 (S.I. 274 of 1998);

(iv) the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) (Amendment) (No. 2)

Regulations 1998 (S.I. 441 of 1998);

“the Road Traffic Acts” means the Road Traffic Act 1961 to

2006;

“the Road Traffic Regulations” refers to regulations made

under the Road Traffic Acts;

“ticket parking place” means a place on a public road or in a

car park where traffic sign No RUS 018 together with an

accompanying information plate indicates the parking of

vehicles is subject to the exhibition of a valid pay and display

parking ticket;

“traffic warden” has the meaning assigned to it by Section 2

of the Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act, 1975, as

amended;

“valid coins” means the coins indicated on the appropriate Pay

and Display machine;

“valid pay and display parking ticket” means a pay and

display parking ticket which has not expired, which is valid in

the ticket parking place in which the vehicle is parked and

which is displayed in accordance with Bye-Law 8;

“valid visitor parking permit” means a visitor parking permit

which has not expired, and is displayed in accordance with Bye-

Law No. 8;

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“vehicle” means: -

(a) a passenger vehicle with passenger accommodation for not

more than twelve persons excluding the driver and not

drawing a trailer or other vehicle;

(e) a goods vehicle whose unladen weight does not exceed

three tonnes and not drawing a trailer or other vehicle;

“visitor” means one who visits, calls on, or makes a stay with

the resident or is engaged by the resident to carry out works on

the dwelling;

“visitor parking permit” means a visitor parking permit

issued by the County Council, its agents or authorised officers

only containing the particulars in Bye-Law No. 29.

Repeals: 5. Subject to Bye-Law 40, the 2006 Bye-Laws are hereby

repealed.

PART II Pay and Display Ticket Parking

Parking in pay 6. The following provisions shall apply during operational

and display ticket hours to parking of a vehicle in a ticket parking place: -

parking places:

(a) subject to paragraph (2) of this Bye-Law, a vehicle which is

parked in a ticket parking place during operational hours

shall, where parking bays are provided at that ticket

parking place, be parked within the area comprising a

parking bay;

(b) a vehicle which had been parked in a ticket parking place

for the maximum period permitted in that ticket parking

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place, as indicated on the appropriate pay and display ticket

parking machine or information plate, shall not be parked

again in a ticket parking place on the public road in which

that ticket parking place is situated until at least one hour

has elapsed since the vehicle was last parked in that ticket

parking place;

(c) a vehicle shall not be parked in a buffer area;

(d) a vehicle parked in a ticket parking place at a time which is

not during operational hours, must be removed from the

ticket parking place when a period of operational hours

commences, unless at such commencement and during the

remainder of the period of parking, a valid pay and display

parking ticket is exhibited in the interior of the vehicle in

accordance with Bye-Law 8(a), (b) and (c) of these Bye-

Laws and these Bye Laws should apply from the

commencement of such parking;

(e) a person shall not park or cause to be parked in a pay

parking place a vehicle in such a position that it, or any

portion of it, extends from one parking place to another;

(f) a person shall not overhaul or carry out repairs to a vehicle

while it is parked in a pay parking place, save where it is

necessary in order to enable the vehicle to be removed

from the pay parking place;

(g) a vehicle, while parked in a pay parking place, shall not be

used for the sale of goods in or from the vehicle or as an

office; nor shall any such vehicle be offered or displayed for

sale or for hire or as a prize. A person shall not make any

unnecessary noise by means of, or in relation to, a vehicle

while it is parked in a pay parking place, or by means of

any equipment, fitting or instruments fitted to or carried on

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the vehicle or any loud speaker or radio in anyway

connected to the vehicle.

Vehicles which 7. Mechanically propelled vehicles only, of the following classes,

may be parked in may be parked in a ticket parking place during operational

pay and display hours: -

ticket parking place:

(a) a passenger vehicle with passenger accommodation for not

more that twelve persons excluding the driver and not

drawing a trailer or other vehicle;

(b) a goods vehicle whose unlade weight does not exceed 3

tonnes and not drawing a trailer or other vehicle;

Obligation to 8. (a) A valid pay and display parking ticket, parking permit, or

display a valid disabled persons parking permit must be displayed as

parking ticket: specified in this Bye-Law in the interior of a vehicle lawfully

parked in a ticket parking place during operational hours;

(b) The valid pay and display parking ticket, parking permit, or

disabled parking permit shall be displayed on the front

dashboard of the vehicle or inside the front window of the

vehicle so that a person outside the vehicle looking

at/through the front window can see the ticket or permit

and ascertain when the parking ticket/permit ceased or will

cease to be valid;

(c) The Pay and Display parking ticket, parking permit, or

disabled card shall be exhibited in accordance with

paragraph (b) of this Bye-Law for so long as the vehicle is

parked in that ticket parking place.

Appropriate parking 9. (a) The fees payable are shown on the appropriate parking

fees and minimum ticket machine, and as set out in Appendix 1 of these

payment: Bye-Laws;

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(b) A pay and display parking ticket shall be purchased from an

appropriate pay and display parking ticket machine;

(c) The payment fee for a pay and display parking ticket shall

be payable by means of any combination of valid coins, or,

where the facility is provided, by payment card or by

mobile phone payment. The method/methods of payment

will be indicated on the pay and display parking ticket

machine;

(d) Where applicable, payment by payment card shall be made

by inserting the payment card into the parking ticket

machine and following the instructions on the parking ticket

machine in order to obtain a valid pay and display parking

ticket;

(e) Where applicable, payment by mobile phone shall be made

by connecting to a pre-registered site and following the

instructions on the phone or the parking ticket machine in

order to obtain a valid pay and display parking ticket;

(f) The valid pay and display parking ticket shall be displayed

immediately on parking provided that, where a vehicle is

parked at a time not during operational hours, the valid pay

and display parking ticket shall be displayed in accordance

with Bye-Law 8 at the commencement of operational hours;

Period of parking 10. A vehicle parked in a ticket-parking place during operational

in ticket parking hours shall not be so parked for a period longer than the

place: maximum period for which parking is permitted on that day in

that ticket parking place as indicated on the appropriate parking

ticket machine or information plate located on the public road

or car park in which the vehicle is parked or located on an

adjacent public road, where indicated by a sign;

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Suspension of 11. Paid parking controls shall not apply in any ticket parking

paid parking place on the following days: -

controls on

specified days: New Year’s Day 1st January

St. Patrick’s Day 17th March

Easter Sunday Variable

Easter Monday Variable

May Public Holiday 1st Monday in May

June Public Holiday 1st Monday in June

August Public Holiday 1st Monday in August

October Public Holiday Last Monday in October

Christmas Day 25th December

St. Stephen’s Day 26th December

Motorcycles and 12. A motorcycle, with or without a sidecar, shall not

pedal cycles be parked during operational hours in a ticket parking

prohibited from place, other than a designated parking area for motorcycles.

parking in pay and

display ticket parking places:

Designated areas 13. Motorcycles, with or without a sidecar, may park in areas which

for Motorcycles: may be designated by the Council for this type of vehicle.

Interference: 14. (a) No person shall insert any coin, article, or object, other

than the coins specified, for the purchase of a pay and

display parking ticket in a parking ticket machine, or

interfere in any other way with a parking ticket machine;

(b) No person other than an agent of the Council, a member of

An Garda Síochána, an authorised person or a traffic

warden shall interfere in any way with a hood, sign or other

device placed on a parking ticket machine;

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(c) Where a vehicle is parked in a pay parking place on a day

and during a period which is indicated on an information

plate a person shall not interfere with, alter or deface a

valid pay and display parking ticket or parking permit

exhibited in the vehicle;

(d) An agent of the Council, authorised officer or traffic warden

shall not be interfered with in any way while performing

his/her duties under these Bye-Laws.

Non-compliance 15. Any person in breach of these Bye-Laws shall be guilty of an

with Bye-Laws: offence and shall be subject to a fine as prescribed by the Road

Traffic Acts and the Road Traffic Regulations.

PART III

Parking Permits For Residents

Particulars on 16. A valid residents parking permit shall contain the following

parking permit: particulars: -

(a) the words ‘Comhairle Contae Dhún Laoghaire - Ráth an

Dúin’;

(b) the make, model and registration number of the vehicle in

respect of which it is issued;

(c) the pay parking area to which it relates;

(d) the date of expiry;

(e) the signature of the person issuing it.

Number of parking 17. In any one year, the Council shall, on application by a resident,

permits to be issued: issue one parking permit per resident’s car within its own pay

parking area, subject to production of acceptable evidence by

the resident up to an upper limit of four residents parking

permits per dwelling.

Permission to park 18. The display in accordance with Bye-Law 8 of a valid resident’s

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vehicle displaying parking permit on a vehicle in respect of which the parking

valid residents permit was issued shall permit the owner of the vehicle (or

parking permit: any person using it with his/her consent) to park it without

limitation as to duration, unless otherwise stated on the

information plate, in the residential parking permit area to

which the permit relates.

Issue of residents 19. Where a building comprises a converted house containing no

permit to residents more than four housing units the total number of residents’

of converted houses: parking permits that may be held concurrently by residents of

housing units in that building shall be four subject to the limit of

one residents’ parking permit per housing unit and subject to

production of acceptable evidence.

Display of valid 20. A valid parking permit shall be so displayed in the interior of

parking permit: the vehicle in respect of which it is issued that it can be read

from outside the vehicle in accordance with Bye-Law 8.

Issue of, and fee for 21. (a) A parking permit may be issued by the Council or its agents

parking permit: only, in respect of the parking of a vehicle in a pay parking

area;

(b) The fee for each parking permit shall be as indicated in the

attached Appendix 2;

(c) A parking permit shall be valid for the periods as set out in

Appendix 2 from the first day of the month of issue in

respect of that vehicle and for the pay parking area to

which the permit relates;

(d) The renewal of a parking permit shall be the responsibility

of the applicant.

Issue of 22. Where evidence is submitted that a resident’s parking permit

replacement parking has been lost, destroyed or stolen the Council or its agents shall

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permit: issue a replacement to the owner on payment of a fee as

indicated in Appendix II, subject to production of acceptable

evidence by the owner and such replacement permit shall be

substituted for the original permit and the original permit shall

be void.

Return of 23. Where, during the period to which a parking permit relates,

parking permit: the holder ceases to reside within the pay parking area to which

the parking permit relates, or ceases to be an owner by

disposing of the vehicle to which the permit relates, he/she shall

return forthwith the parking permit to the Council or its agents,

and such permit shall be void.

Transfer of 24. If the holder of a parking permit for a vehicle replaces

parking permit: that vehicle with another, he/she shall be entitled, following the

surrender of the original parking permit, to receive a parking

permit, subject to production of acceptable evidence in respect

of the new vehicle, which shall be valid up to the expiry date of

the original parking permit.

Display of a void 25. It shall be an offence to display a void or expired parking

parking permit: permit.

Issue of Residents 26. A residents parking permit (with a maximum of two vehicle

parking permits registration numbers on the permit) may be issued for up to

to non-resident family two non resident immediate family members who act as

members: voluntary carers for a resident whose normal dwelling place is in

a pay parking area in respect of which the Council issues

residents permits and who requires on-going daily care for a

chronic illness. The residents parking permit shall be issued

annually subject to submission of the immediate family

member(s) insurance certificate and written confirmation from

the resident’s doctor that the resident requires on-going daily

care for a chronic illness.

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Falsified documents: 27. Where a resident or applicant submits falsified documentation

to support his/her application for a resident’s parking permit or

for a visitors parking permit/permits the Council may, at its

absolute discretion, decide not to issue a resident’s parking

permit or a visitor parking permit/permits to that

applicant/resident.

Issuing of 28. The Council may issue complimentary and provisional parking

complimentary permits which when correctly displayed in a vehicle, will enable

parking permits and that vehicle to be parked in any ticket parking place, to which

provisional parking these Bye-Laws relate, without displaying a valid pay and

permits: display parking ticket, resident’s parking permit or visitor

parking permit, provided that the vehicle is otherwise legally

parked, and subject to compliance with the conditions set out

on the complimentary parking permit.

PART IV

Visitors Parking Permits

Particulars on 29. A visitor-parking permit shall contain the following particulars: -

visitor parking

permit: (a) the words ‘Comhairle Contae Dhún Laoghaire-Ráth an Dúin’

(b) the words ‘visitor parking permit’, and

(c) the pay parking area to which it relates;

(d) indicates the year, month, day and hour of the

commencement of a period of the parking of the vehicle.

Display of valid 30. The display, in accordance with Bye-Law 8, of a valid visitor

visitor parking parking permit on a vehicle, shall permit the owner of the

permit: vehicle (or any person using it with his/her consent) to park it

continuously on the date indicated on the displayed visitor

parking permit in a pay parking area on a public road to which

it relates, provided the parking permit

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(a) has been marked in ball point pen as appropriate to the

particular type of parking permit so as to indicate clearly

the year, month and day in the month of the

commencement of a period of parking of the vehicle in

which the parking permit is exhibited in accordance with

these Bye-Laws;

(b) Where the visitors permit is by way of scratch permit, the

separate panels on the parking permit shall be scratched as

appropriate at the commencement of the parking indicating

clearly the year, month, day in the month, and, where

applicable, hour of the day and (to the nearest following

five-minute period) minute of the hour when the parking

commences;

(c) indicates no other year, month or day in the month;

(d) indicates that the vehicle is so parked on the date indicated

on the displayed visitors parking permit;

(e) has been issued in respect of the pay parking area in which

the vehicle is parked.

Issue of, and fee for 31. (a) Visitor parking permits may be issued by the Council or

visitor parking permit: its agents to each resident, subject to production of

acceptable evidence in a pay parking area in respect of the

parking of vehicles which are not normally kept in that area

and which require to be parked temporarily in a pay parking

place in that area;

(b) The fee for each visitor-parking permit shall be as indicated

in Appendix II;

(c) A visitor-parking permit shall only be valid for use in the

pay parking area on a public road to which the visitors

permit relates.

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Disposal of visitor 32. It shall be an offence for a resident to sell or otherwise

parking permit: dispose of a visitor permit to a person other than a visitor as

defined in these Bye-Laws.

PART V

Permission For Non-Operation Of

Parking Ticket Machine(s) And/Or Pay Parking Place(s)

Application: 33. Application for permission for the non-operation of a parking

ticket machine(s) or a pay parking place(s) must be made in

writing for the following:

(a) placement of a skip;

(b) placement of a cherry picker;

(c) placement of a crane;

(d) placement of vehicle over 3 tonnes;

(e) filming purposes and/or associated vehicles;

(f) utilities works and/or vehicles;

(g) opening of access to the public road; and

(h) any other circumstances at the discretion of the

Transportation Department of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

County Council.

Conditions of 34. The permission, if granted, shall be subject to any conditions

permission: which will be specified in writing by the Council, including the

payment of a fee/fees by the person requesting the permission.

Appropriate fees: 35. The appropriate fees payable for permission shall be as agreed

in the particular circumstances.

Issue of Permission: 36. The permission, if granted, will issue in writing together with

notification to the appropriate enforcement agency of the

details of the permission.

Breach of Condition: 37. It shall be an offence to breach a condition specified in writing

in the permission.

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PART VI

Miscellaneous

Non-application 38. Bye-Law 8 of these Bye-Laws shall not apply to: -

of Bye-Laws:

(a) a vehicle being used in connection with the removal of an

obstruction to traffic, the removal of a vehicle pursuant to

Section 97 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961, as amended, the

immobilisation and release of vehicles, the maintenance,

improvement or reconstruction of a public road, the

provision, alteration or repair of a main drain, sewer, pipe

or apparatus for the supply of gas, oil, water or electricity

or of a telephone line or the provision of a traffic sign;

(b) a fire brigade vehicle, an ambulance or a vehicle being

used by a traffic warden, an authorised person or a

member of An Garda Síochána or the Defence Forces in

the performance of his/her duties;

(c) a vehicle in which a valid disabled persons permit is

displayed and to whom that permit was granted, if the

permit is prominently displayed on the vehicle when that

vehicle is parked in a pay parking place, on a day and

during a period which is indicated on an authorised

information plate accompanying traffic sign number RUS

018 and any one of the following roadway markings RRM

011, RRM 012, RRM 013 or RRM 014 of the Signs

Regulations are provided;

(d) where a vehicle being parked in a pay parking place during

business hours is a goods vehicle parked while goods are

being actively loaded in or on to it or unloaded from it,

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Bye-Law 8 shall not apply until the expiration of 20

minutes after the commencement of the parking.

Disclaimer: 39. In accordance with Section 36(13) of the Road Traffic Act,

1994, the performance by the County Council or its agents of

their functions under these Bye-Laws shall not render the

Council subject to any liability in respect of loss of or damage to

any vehicle in a parking place or the contents of such vehicle.

Continuity of 40. (a) Nothing in Bye-Law 5 shall affect the validity of anything

repealed Bye-Laws done under the 2006 Bye-Laws. Any actions taken under

and Transitional the 2006 Bye-Laws or any other thing done shall not be

Provisions: invalidated by any repeal of the said Bye-Laws but shall, if

in force immediately before the said repeal was effected,

have effect as if made or done under the 2006 Bye-Laws

unless otherwise provided;

(b) The continuity of the operation of the law relating to

matters provided for in the repealed 2006 Bye-Laws shall

not be affected by the substitution of these Bye-Laws for

the said 2006 Bye-Laws and –

(i) so much of any other Bye-Law, act or document as

refers, whether expressly or by implication, to, or to

things done or falling to be done under or for the

purposes of, any provision of these Bye-Laws, shall, if

and so far as the nature of the subject matter of the

other Bye-Law, act or document permits, be construed

as including, in relation to the times, years or periods,

circumstances or purposes in relation to which the

corresponding provision in the repealed 2006 Bye-Laws

has or had effect, a reference to, or, as the case may

be, things done or falling to be done under or for the

purposes of, that corresponding provision;

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(ii) so much of any other Bye-Law, act or document

(whether repealed, passed or made after the

commencement of these Bye-Laws) as refers, whether

expressly or by implication, to, or to things done or

falling to be done under or for the purposes of, any

provision of these Bye-Laws, shall, if and so far as the

nature of the subject matter of the other Bye-Law, act

or document permits, be construed as including, in

relation to the times, years or periods, circumstances

or purposes in relation to which the corresponding

provision in the repealed 2006 Bye-Laws has or had

effect, a reference to, or, as the case may be, things

done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of,

that corresponding provision.

Guidelines: 41. The Council shall observe the Guidelines for the Introduction of

a Pay and Display Parking Scheme in an Area set out in

Appendix IV of these Bye-Laws.

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APPENDIX I

PARKING TICKET FEES

PUBLIC ROADS

Tariff

Appropriate Parking Fee

Max Stay

Zone A Coloured blue on Drawing TT-155-01-06C

0.20c per 6 minutes €2.00 per hour

10 hours unless otherwise stated on information plate

Zone B Coloured green on Drawing TT-155-01-06C

0.15c per 6 minutes €1.50 per hour €5.00 per day

10 hours unless otherwise stated on information plate

Zone C Coloured pink on drawing TT-155-01-06C

0.10c per six minutes €1.00 per hour €3.00 per day

10 hours unless otherwise stated on information plate

Zone D All other areas not coloured blue, green or pink on Drawing TT-155-01-06C

0.10c per six minutes €1.00 per hour €5.00 per day

10 hours unless otherwise stated on information plate

CAR PARKS

Tariff

Appropriate Parking Fee

Max Stay

Zone A 0.10c per six minutes €1 per hour €5 per day

10 hours

Zone B 0.10c per six minutes €1.00 per hour €5.00 per day

10 hours

Zone C

€1.00 per hour €5.00 per day

10 hours

Zone D Zone D is comprised of Salthill Dart Station carpark and Westpier carparks

0.10c per six minutes €1.00 per hour €3.00 per day

10 hours

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APPENDIX II

RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT

€40.00 per permit per annum. €75.00 per permit for two years. Visitor Parking Permit €1.50 each.

Replacement Permit €10.00 per permit.

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APPENDIX III

The following carparks are subject to these Bye Laws:-

Blackrock

Dart Station

Bath Place

Georges/Avenue/Carysfort Avenue

Temple Road

Dalkey

Dart Station

St. Patricks Avenue, behind Dalkey Library

Dún Laoghaire

Windsor Terrace

Clarinda Park East

Clarinda Park West

Cow Shed, Glasthule

Eden Park, Glasthule

Dundrum

Sandyford Road

Monkstown

Salthill Dart Station

West Pier Carparks

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APPENDIX 1V

COMHAIRLE CONTAE DHÚN LAOGHAIRE - RÁTH AN DÚIN DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN COUNTY COUNCIL

GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF

PAY AND DISPLAY

PARKING CONTROL SCHEMES

Transportation Department County Hall

June 2007

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1. Guidelines for the Implementation of Pay and Display Parking Control Schemes

The purpose of these Guidelines is to outline the procedures that will be followed by the Council in making a decision on the implementation of Pay and Display parking controls on any public road in the county or in any car park owned or managed by the Council. 2. Rationale for Pay and Display Parking Controls

The main reasons for implementing Pay and Display parking controls are as follows: • To manage car parking within the County more effectively in areas where there is

evidence of excess demand for the available spaces, • To increase turnover of parking spaces both on-street and in off-street car parks in

areas that are designated as towns and villages in order to facilitate motorists who park for short durations at the expense of those who park for extended periods,

• To improve the prospects of residents accessing parking at or near their homes, • To promote the use of alternative modes of travel (e.g. public transport, cycling and

walking), • To discourage extraneous parking in residential areas which has a detrimental impact

on the quality of life of residents and • To generate revenue for the Council which can be used to fund expenditure by the

Council in the roads/traffic area. 3. Demand for Pay and Display Parking Controls

The demand for the implementation of Pay and Display parking control schemes usually arises from one or other of the following sources: • Retail/commercial interests who want to improve turnover and the utilisation of

parking spaces in retail areas, • Residents who are concerned that parking is impinging on their enjoyment of their

property and who are experiencing difficulty in accessing parking at or near their homes due to the volume of extraneous parking and

• Members of the public, Council staff and An Garda Síochána who are concerned at the

adverse road safety implications of uncontrolled car parking at certain locations. 4. Procedure for the Implementation Pay and Display Parking Controls in a

Particular Location

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Every request for the implementation of Pay and Display parking controls will be assessed by the Transportation Department prior to a report being brought to the relevant Area Committee. The assessment will consider the following factors: • The nature and extent of the parking problem in the area and the difficulty residents

have in accessing parking. A traffic parking survey will usually be undertaken, • Whether the implementation of Pay and Display parking controls is considered

appropriate in seeking to overcome the problems identified, • The scope/need for other traffic management measures to address any problems

identified, • The suitability of the area and its capacity to accommodate a Pay and Display parking

control scheme. • The optimal operating hours/days for any Pay and Display parking control scheme, the

appropriate tariff and the maximum time limit that should be applied.

The matter will be considered by the Traffic Advisory Group, which includes representatives of An Garda Síochána. A report will then be presented to the Area Committee for decision. Where it is proposed to introduce Pay and Display parking controls in primarily residential areas then the following procedures will be followed prior to a report being submitted to the area Committee: • All residents in the area, recommended for a Pay and Display parking control scheme,

listed on the current Register of Electors, except residents of buildings consisting of more that 4 housing units, will receive a survey paper together with a prepaid envelope returnable to the Council for the purposes of carrying out a survey to ascertain the residents’ preference in relation to the proposed introduction of Pay and Display parking controls,

• Residents will also receive a drawing showing the details of the proposed Pay and

Display Scheme in their particular area. The drawing will identify the location of parking bays, together with any other traffic management measures proposed The Council reserves the right to implement other traffic management measures (e.g. double yellow lines, single yellow lines etc.) which is considers appropriate irrespective of the views of residents.

The following will be brought to the Area Committee in which the proposed Scheme is located.

Traffic/parking Survey of the Area Details of the Scheme The results of the survey of residents Any other relevant information

The Area Committee, having regard to all the information provided in relation to the Scheme, will determine whether or not the proposed Pay and Display Parking Scheme is introduced. A Report will be brought to the monthly Council meeting for approval.

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Present when the Seal of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council was affixed hereto: This day of 2007 __________________________________ Cathaoirleach na Chomhairle Contae Dhún Laoghaire-Ráth an Dúin __________________________________ Approved Officer __________________________________ County Council Official County Hall, Dún Laoghaire SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED By the said In the presence of:-

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