Sligo Traffic and Parking Bye-Laws, 1972.
Statutory Instruments
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paragraphs: Short title.
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paragraphs: Area of application.
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paragraphs: Revocation.
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paragraphs: Interpretation.
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paragraphs: Parking in accordance with traffic signs.
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paragraphs: Conditions for parking.
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paragraphs: Limitation on parking at edge of road.
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paragraphs: Limitation on parking during business hours.
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paragraphs: Places where parking prohibited.
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paragraphs: Savers.
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paragraphs: Specifying or prohibiting direction of traffic.
S.I. No. 154 of 1972.
SLIGO TRAFFIC AND PARKING BYE-LAWS, 1972.
I MICHAEL J. WYMES, Commissioner of the Garda Siochana in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 89 and 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 Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Sligo, hereby make the following bye-laws in respect of the area comprising the borough of Sligo :—
1 Short title
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paragraphs: These bye-laws may be cited as the Sligo Traffic and Parking Bye-Laws, 1972.
2 Area of application
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paragraphs: These bye-laws apply to the area comprising the borough of Sligo.
3 Revocations
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paragraphs: The Sligo Traffic (Parking and Waiting) Bye-laws, 1948 ( S.I. No. 437 of 1948 ), the Sligo Traffic (Parking and Waiting) Bye-laws, 1948 (Amendment) Bye-laws, 1951 ( S.I. No. 361 of 1951 ), and the Sligo Traffic (Parking and Waiting) Bye-laws, 1948 (Amendment) Bye-laws, 1956 ( S.I. No. 54 of 1956 ), are hereby revoked.
4 Interpretation
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paragraphs: (1) In these bye-laws—
" business hours " means the period from 8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. on a weekday which is not a holiday or a Wednesday, and the period from 8.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on a Wednesday which is not a holiday ;
" 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 :
" street " means a public road.
(2) A reference in these bye-laws to the loading or unloading of goods shall be construed as including the supplying of fuel or oil for the operation of the vehicle.
5 Parking in accordance with traffic signs
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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 bye-laws.
6 Conditions for parking
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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.
7 Limitation on parking at edge of road
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paragraphs: Where on a public road parking is permitted or restricted at the edge of the road by means of a traffic sign a vehicle may be parked only if it is parked within eighteen inches of that edge.
8 Limitation on parking during business hours
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paragraphs: (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 or more.
(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.
9 Place where parking prohibited
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paragraphs: (1) Notwithstanding an indication by measn of a traffic sign, 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 fifteen feet of the junction,
(b) a stretch of roadway having less than three traffic lanes and and having along its centre an authorised continuous white line or more than one such line.
(2) Paragraph (1) (b) shall not apply to a pedal cycle or to a motor cycle without a side-car.
10 Savers.
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paragraphs: A prohibition or restriction on parking indicated by means of a traffic sign or imposed by these bye-laws shall not apply to—
(a) an omnibus lawfully stopped,
(b) 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,
(c) a fire engine, ambulance or Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na vehicle being used in pursuance of statutory powers or duties,
(d) 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,
(e) a vehicle parked merely while goods are being loaded or unloaded in or on to or from it,
(f) a vehicle parked while a passenger is entering or leaving it,
(g) 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.
11 Specifying or prohibiting direction of traffic.
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paragraphs: Where a traffic sign specifies the course to be taken by traffic in a street or prohibits entry into a street by a particular direction, the requirements of that sign shall be complied with.
GIVEN under my hand this 20th day of April, 1972.
MICHAEL J. WYMES,
Commissioner of the Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na.
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 19th day of June, 1972.
ROBERT MOLLOY,
Aire Rialtais Ã?itiÃºil.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
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paragraphs: These bye-laws revoke the Sligo Traffic (Parking and Waiting) Bye-Laws, 1948, ( S.I. No. 437 of 1948 ), the Sligo Traffic (Parking and Waiting) Bye-Laws, 1948 (Amendment) Bye-Laws, 1951, ( S.I. No. 361 of 1951 ) and the Sligo Traffic (Parking and Waiting) Bye-Laws, 1948 (Amendment) Bye-Laws, 1956 ( S.I. No. 54 of 1956 ).
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paragraphs: Bye-law 5 provides that the parking of vehicles on public roads in the borough of Sligo will be in compliance with any traffic sign erected on that road.
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paragraphs: Bye-law 6 outlines the conditions to be observed when parking a vehicle.
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paragraphs: Bye-law 7 provides that a vehicle parked on a roadway shall not be parked more than eighteen inches from the edge of such roadway.
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paragraphs: Bye-law 8 provides that where there is any limitation on parking, a vehicle may not be parked in that street within one hour of the time from which it was removed therefrom.
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paragraphs: Bye-law 9 provides that vehicles will not be parked within fifteen feet of a street junction or on a roadway having a continuous white line and less than three traffic lanes.
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paragraphs: Bye-law 10 outlines the cases in which a vehicle may be parked in a street where a prohibition on parking applies.
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paragraphs: Bye-law 11 provides that a driver shall comply with any prohibition, restriction or requirement indicated by means of a traffic sign.