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S.I. No. 79/1966 - Carrick-On-Suir Parking Bye-Laws, 1966.
S.I. No. 79 of 1966.
CARRICK-ON-SUIR PARKING BYE-LAWS, 1966.
WHEREAS the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána has, before making the bye-laws hereinafter set forth, consulted the Council of the urban district of Carrick-on-Suir in regard thereto :
NOW, I, WILLIAM P. QUINN, Commissioner of the Garda Síchána, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 90 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961), and with the consent of the Minister for Local Government, hereby make the following Bye-Laws in respect of the area comprising the urban district of Carrick-on-Suir :—
1. These bye-laws may be cited as the Carrick-on-Suir Parking Bye-Laws, 1966.
Every mention in these bye-laws of the name of a street or other place shall be construed as referring to the street or place in the urban district of Carrick-on-Suir which is known (whether by official naming or by popular usage) by that name.
3.—(1) (a) In the several streets named in column (2) of the First Schedule to those bye-laws, any place delimited in column (3) of the said Schedule opposite the mention in the said column (2) of such streets shall be a parking place.
(c) Where a parking place mentioned in the said First Schedule includes a street junction and traffic signs marking traffic lanes are provided on the roadway of the street containing the parking place at an approach to the junction, the following spaces shall be deemed to be excluded from the parking place—
provided that this subparagraph shall not apply where—
(B) traffic signs marking traffic lanes are not provided on the roadway of the street containing the parking place at, or at an approach to the street junction on the side on which the parking is situate.
(2)The following provisions shall apply to the parking places mentioned in the First Schedule to these bye-laws :—
(a) a vehicle shall be placed in a parking place in the position specified in column (4) of the said Schedule opposite the mention of the parking place in column (3) of that Schedule, provided that, in a parking place which has a kerb adjacent thereto a bicycle without a side-car may be parked parallel to the kerb if no part of the bicycle projects over the roadway more than 18 inches from the kerb ;
(b) where the said Schedule requires vehicles in a parking place to be parked in single line by the kerb and parallel thereto or with rear or front to the kerb, no vehicle shall be parked more than eighteen inches from the kerb;
(c) a vehicle, while parked in a parking place, shall not be offered or displayed for sale or for hire or as a prize;
(d) a vehicle shall be placed in a parking place so that—
(ii) no part of the vehicle is within an area deemed by these bye-laws to be excluded from the parking place; provided that portion of the vehicle or an attachment thereto may project over a footway but not so as to interfere with the free movement of pedestrians on the footway;
(e) (i) no person shall overhaul or execute repairs to a vehicle while it is parked in a parking place;
(f) neither the driver of a vehicle which is parked in a parking place nor any other person shall make any unnecessary noise by means of or in relation to the vehicle or the engine or any equipment, fittings or instruments fitted to or carried on the vehicle or any loudspeaker in or on or in any way connected with the vehicle;
(g) the driver of a vehicle which is parked in or being brought into or removed from a parking place shall comply with any traffic sign relating to such parking place and with all directions given to him by a member of the Garda Síchána in uniform in relation to the parking of the vehicle in the parking place or the bringing of the vehicle into or the removal of the vehicle from the parking place, and in particular, a direction to change the position of the vehicle in the parking place;
(h) a member of the Garda Síchána in uniform may require the driver of a vehicle to remove it from a parking place in order to ease the flow of traffic or to afford access to premises, and the driver shall comply with any such requirement;
(i) notwithstanding any other provision of this bye-law restricting the classes of vehicles which may be parked in a parking place or the conditions subject to which a vehicle may be parked in a parking place, a vehicle may be parked in a parking place in the following circumstances—
4 Parking restrictions in portions of certain streets.
4.—(1) No person shall park a vehicle (other than a bicycle without a side-car) for any period during the relevant hours in any portion of a street mentioned in column (3) of Part 1 of the Second Schedule to these bye-laws.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this bye-law a vehicle may be parked in any portion of a street mentioned in column (3) of Part 1 of the Second Schedule to these bye-laws in the following circumstances—
5 Parking prohibition in portions of certain streets at specified times
5.—(1) No person shall park a vehicle (other than a bicycle without a side-car) for any period at any time in any street or portion of a street mentioned in column (3) of Part 2 of the Second Schedule to these bye-laws.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this bye-law a vehicle may be parked in any street or portion of a street mentioned in column (3) of Part 2 of the said Schedule in the following circumstances—
6 Temporary restrictions on parking in certain streets
6.—(1) In respect of an occasion on which, because of an event which is likely to attract a large number of persons or because of constructional work in progress in the vicinity or some similar circumstance, traffic in a particular street is likely to encounter unusual difficulties and in a case where it is necessary to take urgent measures in order to deal with traffic congestion in a particular street caused by the parking of vehicles, an authorised officer may, by notice in writing addressed to the road authority responsible for the maintenance of that street, direct that for a specified period a specified street or portion of a street shall be deemed to be included in Part 1 of the Second Schedule to these bye-laws in respect of such days and times as may be specified in the direction.
(a) traffic signs shall be provided by the road authority concerned indicating the street or portion of a street to which the direction applies and shall, where necessary, be accompanied by informative notices indicating the days and times in respect of which the direction applies;
(b) so long as the said traffic signs (and informative notices, if any) are provided these bye-laws shall apply to the said street or portion of a street as if it were included in the said Schedule in respect of the days and times specified in the direction, and as if the words "during the relevant hours" in bye-law 4 of these bye-laws did not apply thereto by virtue of that bye-law.
(3) In this bye-law "authorised officer" means an officer of the Garda Síochána authorised by the Commissioner under subsection (19) of section 95 of the act.
7.—(1) The following provisions shall apply and have effect in relation to the parking of vehicles in streets at places which are not parking places:—
(b) no person shall park a vehicle (other than a bicycle without a side-car) at or near a street junction (where traffic signs marking traffic lanes are provided on the roadway of the street at an approach to the street junction) in such a position that the vehicle or any part of it is on the street junction or a space extending from that point of any such traffic sign furthest from the street junction to the street junction, provided that the restriction on parking imposed by this subparagraph shall not apply to the parking of a vehicle in a road inset;
it shall be so parked that the distance between the portion of the vehicle nearest to the edge of the roadway and the edge is not more than 18 inches;
(h) where pedestrian lights are provided, no person shall park a vehicle (other than a pedal bicycle) within thirty feet of the pedestrian lights, provided that the restriction on parking imposed by this subparagraph shall not apply to a vehicle which is halted merely while passengers are entering or leaving it or while goods are being loaded into or on to the vehicle from premises or unloaded from the vehicle into premises being (in each case) premises fronting or adjacent to the pedestrian lights;
(i) save with the consent of the occupier of the premises referred to in this subparagraph no person shall park a vehicle so as to obstruct an entrance to premises specially designed to afford access to mechanically propelled vehicles or animal-drawn vehicles;
(j) a person shall not park a vehicle (other than a bicycle without a side-car) on a stretch of roadway having not more than two traffic lanes and on the centre of which there is provided a continuous white line of the type authorised by Article 12 of the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962;
(k) no person shall park a vehicle (except a pedal cycle) on a a cycle track;
(2) The restrictions on parking imposed by subparagraphs (g) and (h) of paragraph (1) of this bye-law shall, in a street where traffic is permitted to proceed in both directions, apply (as regards each approach to the pedestrian crossing or pedestrian lights) only to the side of the street in which traffic approaching the pedestrian crossingor pedestrian lights is required to proceed, and in a street where traffic is required to proceed in one direction only the said restrictions on parking shall apply only to the side of the pedestrian crossing or pedestrian lights from which traffic is required to approach the crossing or lights.
(3) The restriction on parking imposed by subparagraphs (g) and (h) of paragraph (1) of this bye-law shall not apply to the parking of a vehicle on a service road where the pedestrian crossing or pedestrian lights is not or are not (as the case may be) provided on the service road.
(4) Subparagraph (l) of paragraph (I) of this bye-law shall not apply in a case where, while parked or within a reasonable time before the parking, the vehicle had been damaged in an accident or had had a breakdown and in order to enable the vehicle to be moved from the public road it was necessary to carry out the repairs.
8. For the purposes of bye-law 10 of the Omnibus (Stopping Places and Stands) General Bye-Laws, 1962 ( S.I. No. 122 of 1962 ), (which prohibits, subject to exceptions, the parking of a vehicle other than an omnibus within markings provided under subsection (9) of section 86 of the act, in the vicinity of a stopping place or stand) the periods during which a vehicle may be parked within such markings while goods are being loaded into or on to the vehicle or unloaded from the vehicle shall be all periods.
(a) a street service vehicle standing for hire in an appointed stand, or an omnibus standing in a stand or stopping place for omnibuses directed (in each case) by notice under section 85 of the act,
PARKING PLACES FOR UNLIMITED PERIODS.
Position of Vehicle in Parking Place
On both sides of the roadway.
In single line by the kerb and parallel thereto.
Greenside South.
Kickham Street.
On the east side of the roadway between the junction with Pearse Square and the junction with Greenside South.
On the west side of the roadway from a point opposite the junction with Pearse Square to the junction with John Street.
On the north side of the roadway from a point 30 yards east of the junction with West Gate to the junction with New Street.
On the south side of the roadway between the junction with Bridge Street and the junction with Barrack Lane.
On the west side of the roadway.
On the east side of the roadway from the junction with Pill Road to a point opposite the junction with William Street.
Greystone Street.
North side, from a point 24 yards west of its junction with Kickham Street to its junction with O'Mahony Avenue.
West side, from its junction with Greystone Street to a point opposite its junction with Pearse Square.
East side, from its junction with West Gate to its junction with Pearse Square.
South side, from Castle Street to Dillon Bridge.
East side, from a point opposite its junction with William Street to its junction with Castle Street.
North side, from its junction with West Gate to a point 30 yards east of that junction.
GIVEN under my hand this Fifth day of February, 1966.
WHEREAS in pursuance of section 6 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961), the Commissioner has submitted the foregoing bye-laws to the Minister for Local Government;
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government, this 13th day of April, 1966.
1. The First Schedule delimits parking places.
2. Part 1 of the Second Schedule delimits portions of streets in which parking of vehicles is prohibited during the relevant hours except while taking up or setting down passengers or loading or unloading goods.
3. Part 2 of the Second Schedule delimits portions of streets in which parking of vehicles is prohibited at any time except while taking up or setting down passengers or loading or unloading goods.
4. Bye-Law 8 provides that vehicles may be parked in the vicinity of an Omnibus Stopping Place or Stand at all periods while goods are being loaded into or on to the vehicle or unloaded from the vehicle.