Dublin Parking Temporary Rules, 1969.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These rules may be cited as the Dublin Parking Temporary Rules, 1969.
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paragraphs: These rules shall come into operation on the 7th day of May, 1969.
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paragraphs: These rules shall apply to the area comprising the county borough of Dublin.
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paragraphs: The Dublin Parking (Amendment) Temporary Rules, 1968 ( S.I. No. 268 of 1968 ), are hereby repealed.
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paragraphs: (1) In these rules—
" holiday " means any of the following days—
St. Patrick's Day or, if that day 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.
(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.
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paragraphs: A prohibition or restriction on parking indicated by means of a traffic sign or imposed by these rules 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 any 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 SÃ­ochÃ¡na vehicle being used in pursuance of statutory powers or duties,
(e) a vehicle parked 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 merely while goods are being loaded or unloaded in or on to or 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 moved from the public road are carried out on it.
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paragraphs: 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 rules.
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paragraphs: 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 not offered for sale, hire, as a prize or in connection with the sale of tickets, goods or any service,
(b) that no overhaul or repair is effected to it,
(c) that no unnecessary noise is made by it or by anything carried in or on or attached or connected to it,
(d) that it is not drawing another vehicle,
(e) that it has not seating passenger accommodation for more than 12 people other than the driver.
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paragraphs: Nothwithstanding an indication given by means of a traffic sign, a vehicle shall not be parked on the roadway of a public road—
(a) at a road junction or on any part of the roadway within 15 feet of the junction,
(b) during a period when stopping or parking of vehicles on the roadway is prohibited by the Dublin Traffic and Parking Temporary Rules, 1968 ( S.I. No. 242 of 1968 ).
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paragraphs: (1) This rule applies to a place on a public road or part of a public road on which parking is restricted to one hour or more during business hours by means of a traffic sign.
(2) A vehicle which was parked and had left the street where it had been parked shall not be parked again in that street within an hour of the time when it left.
(3) In this rule " business hours " means the period from 8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. on a weekday which is not a holiday.
GIVEN under my hand this 23rd day of April, 1969.
(Signed) MICHAEL J. WYMES,
Commissioner of the Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na.
The Minister for Local Government hereby consents to the making of the foregoing temporary rules.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government, this 30th day of April, 1969.
CAOIMHGHÃ?N Ã BEOLÃ?IN,
Aire Rialtais Ã?itiÃºil.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
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paragraphs: Rule 6 provides that vehicles may in certain circumstances be parked in prohibited places.
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paragraphs: Rule 7 provides that the parking of vehicles on public roads shall be in accordance with any prohibition, restriction or requirement indicated by a traffic sign erected at that place.
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paragraphs: These rules overrule the Dublin Parking Bye-Laws, 1962 (No. 11 of 1963) in so far as the rules effect the Schedules to the said bye-laws.
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paragraphs: These rules shall not apply during the periods of operation of the Dublin Traffic and Parking Temporary Rules, 1968 ( S.I. No. 242 of 1968 ) in respect of the streets or portions of streets to which those rules apply.
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paragraphs: These rules repeal the Dublin Parking (Amendment) Temporary Rules, 1968 ( S.I. No. 268 of 1968 ).