S.I. No. 38/1973:

BALLYHAUNIS PARKING BYE-LAWS, 1972.

BALLYHAUNIS PARKING BYE-LAWS, 1972.

ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS.

1. Short title.

2. Area of application.

3. Parking in accordance with traffic signs.

4. Conditions for parking.

5. Places where parking prohibited.

6. Savers.

S.I. No. 38 of 1973.

BALLYHAUNIS PARKING BYE-LAWS, 1972.

I, MICHAEL J. WYMES, Commissioner of the Gárda 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 Mayo, 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 Mayo to be comprised in the town of Ballyhaunis :

1. These bye-laws may be cited as the Ballyhaunis Parking Bye-Laws, 1972.

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 Mayo to be comprised in the town of Ballyhaunis.

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

4. 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 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.

5. (1) Notwithstanding an indication by means 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 having alone 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.

6. 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 Síochána vehicle being used in pursuance of statutory powers or duties,

( d ) 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,

( e ) a vehicle parked merely while goods are being loaded or unloaded in or on to or from it or while fuel or oil for its operation is being supplied to 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.

GIVEN under my hand this 8th day of August, 1972.

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, this9th day of February, 1973.

ROBERT MOLLOY,

Aire Rialtais Áitiúil.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

1. Bye-law 3 provides that the parking of vehicles on public roads in the town of Ballyhaunis will be in compliance with any traffic sign erected on that street.

2. Bye-law 4 outlines the conditions to be observed when parking a vehicle.

3. Bye-law 5 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.

4. Bye-law 6 outlines the cases in which a vehicle may be parked in a street where a prohibition on parking applies.