S.I. No. 209/1970:

CARRICK-ON-SHANNON PARKING BYE-LAWS, 1970.

CARRICK-ON-SHANNON PARKING BYE-LAWS, 1970.

ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS.

1. Short title.

2. Area of application.

3. Interpretation.

4. Parking in accordance with traffic signs.

5. Conditions for parking.

6. Limitation on parking during business hours.

7. Places where parking prohibited.

8. Savers.

S.I. No. 209 of 1970.

CARRICK-ON-SHANNON PARKING BYE-LAWS, 1970.

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 council of the county of Leitrim, hereby make the following bye-laws in respect of the area declared under section 2 (6) of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963 (No. 28 of 1963), by the council of the county of Leitrim to be comprised in the town of Carrick-on-Shannon.

1. These bye-laws may be cited as the Carrick-on-Shannon Parking Bye-Laws, 1970.

2. These bye-laws shall apply to the area declared under section 2 (6) of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963 (No. 28 of 1963), by the council of the county of Leitrim to be comprised in the town of Carrick-on-Shannon.

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

"business hours" means the period from 8.30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on a weekday 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.

4. 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.

5. 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 to or connected to it,

( d ) that is it not drawing another vehicle,

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

6. (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.

7. (1) Notwithstanding an indication on 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 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.

8. A prohibition or restriction on parking 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 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.

GIVEN under my hand this 11th day of July, 1970.

MICHAEL J. WYMES,

Commissioner of the Garda Siochána.

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 16th day of September, 1970.

ROBERT MOLLOY,

Aire Rialtais Áitiúil.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

1. Bye-law 4 provides that the parking of vehicles on public roads in the town of Carrick-on-Shannon will be in compliance with the requirements of any traffic sign erected on that street.

2. Bye-law 5 outlines the conditions to be observed when parking a vehicle.

3. Bye-law 6 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.

4. Bye-law 7 provides that vehicles 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.

5. Bye-law 8 outlines the cases in which a vehicle may be parked in a street where a prohibition on parking applies.