S.I. No. 170/1969:

DUBLIN PARKING BYE-LAWS, 1969.

DUBLIN PARKING BYE-LAWS, 1969.

ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS

PART I

1. Short title.

2. Interpretation.

3. Area of application.

4. Non-application of parking prohibitions.

5. Revocation.

PART II

6. Parking in accordance with traffic signs.

7. Conditions for parking.

8. Prohibition on offering for sale or hire on public road.

9. Places where parking prohibited.

10. Prohibition on re-parking in same place.

11. Compliance with direction by member of the Garda Síochána.

12. Overriding parking prohibition on clearways.

PART III

PARKING METER PROVISIONS

13. Definition of buffer area.

14. Parking in meter parking places.

15. Parking in loading bays.

16. Motor cycles and pedal cycles not to park in meter parking places and loading bays.

S.I. No. 170 of 1969.

DUBLIN PARKING BYE-LAWS, 1969.

I, MICHAEL J. WYMES, Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 90 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) (as amended by section 6 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968)), with the consent of the Minister for Local Government and after consultation with the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, the council of the county of Dublin, the corporation of Dun Laoghaire and the commissioners of the town of Balbriggan, hereby make the following bye-laws in respect of the area comprising the county borough of Dublin, the borough of Dun Laoghaire, the county of Dublin and the town of Balbriggan :

PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. These bye-laws may be cited as the Dublin Parking Bye-Laws, 1969.

2. (1) In these bye-laws--

" business hours " means the period from 8 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. on a weekday which is not a Saturday or a holiday;

" the Dublin area " means the area comprising the county borough of Dublin, the borough of Dun Laoghaire, the county of Dublin and the town of Balbriggan;

" goods vehicle " means a vehicle used exclusively for carrying goods;

" holiday " means any of the following days--

St. Patrick's Day or, if that is a Sunday, the next day,

Good Friday,

Easter Monday,

the first Monday in June,

the first Monday in August,

Christmas Day or, if that is a Sunday, the 27th day of December,

St. Stephen's Day or, if that is a Sunday, the next day,

any day appointed under the Public Holidays Act, 1924 (No. 56 of 1924), to be a bank holiday in addition to or instead of one of the above seven days;

" meter parking place " means a place on a public road where the parking of vehicles is subject to the payment of fees by means of parking meters;

" parking bay " has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2 of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1964 ( S.I. No. 56 of 1964 );

" street " means a public road.

(2) A reference to the loading or unloading of goods shall be construed as including the supplying of fuel or oil for the operation of the vehicle.

3. These bye-laws apply to the Dublin area.

4. A prohibition or restriction on parking on a roadway indicated by means of a traffic sign or imposed by these bye-laws shall not apply to--

(a) a street service vehicle lawfully standing for hire,

(b) an omnibus lawfully stopped,

(c) a vehicle being used in connection with the removal of an obstruction to traffic, the repair, maintenance or reconstruction of a public road, or the provision, alteration or repair of a telegraph line, telephone line, sewer, main, pipe or apparatus relating to the supply of gas, water or electricity,

(d) a fire engine, ambulance or Garda Síochána vehicle being used in pursuance of statutory powers or duties,

(e) a vehicle parked either because the driver is unable to proceed because of circumstances outside his control or because he parked in order to avoid an accident,

(f) a vehicle parked (other than in a meter parking place or a loading bay) merely while goods are being loaded in or on to or unloaded from it,

(g) a vehicle parked while a passenger is entering or leaving it,

(h) a vehicle which has either been damaged in an accident or had a breakdown and has been parked while such repairs as will enable it to be removed from the public road are carried out to it,

(i) a pedal cycle (other than in a meter parking place or a loading bay).

5. The Dublin Parking Bye-lawS, 1962 ( S.I. No. 11 of 1963 ) are hereby revoked.

PART II GENERAL PARKING PROVISIONS

6. Parking of vehicles on public roads shall be in accordance with any prohibition, restriction or requirement indicated by means of traffic signs, except as otherwise provided by these bye-laws.

7. Where on a public road parking is permitted or restricted by means of a traffic sign, a vehicle may be parked only if it complies with the following conditions--

(a) that it is a mechanically propelled vehicle,

(b) that it is not offered as a prize or used as an office or in connection with the sale of tickets, goods or any service,

(c) that no overhaul or repair is effected to it,

(d) that no unnecessary noise is made by it or by anything carried in or on or attached or connected to it,

(e) that it is not drawing another vehicle,

(f) that it has not seating passenger accommodation for more than 12 people other than the driver.

8. A vehicle shall not be offered for sale or hire on a public road.

9. (1) A vehicle shall not be parked on a public road in any of the following places--

(a) the roadway at a road junction together with the roadway within 15 feet of the junction,

(b) a stretch of roadway having less than three traffic lanes and having along its centre an authorised continuous white line or more than one such line,

(c) a footway, whether the vehicle is so parked wholly or partly.

(2) Paragraph (1) (b) shall not apply to a motor-cycle (or similar vehicle) without a sidecar.

(3) Paragraph (1) (c) shall not apply to a pedal cycle which does not interfere with the free movement of pedestrians on the footway.

10. (1) This bye-law applies during business hours to a place on a public road where there is a traffic sign indicating a limitation on parking of one hour.

(2) A vehicle which was parked and had left the place in the street where it had been parked shall not be parked again in that street within one hour of the time when it left.

11. A driver or other person in charge of a vehicle shall comply with a direction given to him by a member of the Garda Síochána in uniform in relation to the parking of the vehicle or its removal from the place where it is parked.

12. (1) Notwithstanding an indication on a traffic sign permitting parking, a vehicle shall not be parked on a public road during a period when stopping or parking of vehicles on the roadway for any purpose is prohibited by bye-laws or temporary rules made under the Road Traffic Act, 1961 , in relation to a clearway.

(2) In this bye-law " clearway " means a street or portion of a street on which there is a total prohibition on stopping or parking of vehicles for a specified period of a day.

PART III PARKING METER PROVISIONS

13. In this Part--

" buffer area " has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2 of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1964 ( S.I. No. 56 of 1964 ).

14. (1) The following provisions shall apply during business hours to the parking of a vehicle in a meter parking place :

(a) subject to paragraph (2), a vehicle shall be parked only in a parking bay and in the position specified by the traffic sign relating to the parking bay;

(b) a vehicle shall not (unless exempted) be parked for a period longer than 2 hours, unless the parking meter for the parking bay is out of order;

(c) a vehicle which had been parked in a meter parking place shall not be parked again in the street containing that meter parking place until at least an hour after the vehicle had last vacated that meter parking place;

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

(e) a vehicle parked at a time not during business hours shall be removed when a period of business hours commences, unless the appropriate fee in respect of the appropriate parking bay is paid at such commencement;

(f) a person parking a goods vehicle for the purpose of loading or unloading goods may do so for a period not exceeding 30 minutes without paying the appropriate fee in respect of the meter parking place.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) (a), a vehicle parked at a parking bay during business hours may project into an adjoining buffer area if the length of the vehicle prevents its being parked wholly in accordance with paragraph (1) (a).

(3) This bye-law shall not apply to a parking bay when the parking meter for that bay is temporarily suspended from operation under section 90 (3) (b) (viii) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 .

15. (1) This bye-law applies during business hours.

(2) A vehicle other than a goods vehicle being used for loading or unloading shall not be parked in a loading bay.

(3) Subject to paragraph (2) a goods vehicle being used for loading or unloading and parked in a loading bay shall not be so parked for longer than 30 minutes.

(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), a member of the Garda Síochána in uniform or an authorised person may permit the parking of a goods vehicle in a loading bay for loading or unloading purposes for a period longer than 30 minutes.

In this bye-law--

(5) " authorised person " has the same meaning as in section 103 (8) (inserted by the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968) ) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961);

" loading bay " means a place so indicated by a traffic sign.

16. Motor cycles and pedal cycles shall not be parked during business hours in meter parking places and loading bays.

GIVEN under my hand this 30th day of June, 1969.

MICHAEL J. WYMES,

Commissioner of the Garda Síochána.

The Minister for Local Government hereby consents to the making of the foregoing bye-laws.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government, this 5th day of September, 1969.

CAOIMHGHÍN Ó BEOLÁIN,

Aire Rialtais Áitiúil.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

1. These bye-laws repeal the Dublin Parking Bye-laws, 1962 ( S.I. No. 11 of 1963 ).

2. Bye-law 4 outlines the cases in which a vehicle may be parked in a street where a prohibition on parking applies. This provision also includes the parking at a stand or stopping place for omnibuses while merely loading or unloading goods as provided under section 10 of the Omnibus (Stopping Places and Stands) General Bye-Laws, 1962 ( S.I. No. 122 of 1962 ).

3. Bye-Law 6 provides that the parking of a vehicle on a public road will be in compliance with the requirements of any traffic sign erected at that place.

4. Bye-Law 7 outlines the conditions to be observed when parking a vehicle.

5. Bye-Law 9 provides that a vehicle will not be parked within fifteen feet of a street junction or on a roadway having a continuous white line and not more than two traffic lanes or on a footway.

6. Part III of these bye-laws relates to meter parking places and loading bays and the conditions to be observed when parking in such places.