S.I. No. 257/1974:

LIMERICK PARKING TEMPORARY RULES, 1974.

LIMERICK PARKING TEMPORARY RULES, 1974.

I, PATRICK MALONE, Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 90 (7) 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)), and with the consent of the Minister for Local Government, hereby make the following temporary rules in respect of the area comprising the county borough of Limerick:--

1. These rules may be cited as the Limerick Parking Temporary Rules, 1974.

2. These rules shall come into operation on the 29th day of August, 1974.

3. These rules shall apply to the area comprising the county borough of Limerick.

4. (1) In these rules--

"business hours" means the period from 8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. on a weekday which is not a holiday;

"holiday" means Good Friday or any day that is a public holiday for the purposes of the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973 (No. 25 of 1973).

(2) A reference in these rules 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. 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 supplying 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 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.

6. Parking of vehicles on public roads shall be in accordance with any prohibition, restriction or requirement indicated by means of a traffic sign, except as otherwise provided by these rules.

7. 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,

( f ) that it is not being painted by spraying.

8. (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 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.

9. A vehicle which is parked on a public road on which there is a parking limitation of one hour or more indicated by means of a traffic sign shall not, after the vehicle leaves the place where it had been parked, be parked again within one hour of leaving on that road or, where the parking limitation relates to part of the road only, on that part.

10. (1) Where the parking of a vehicle with front or rear to the edge of a roadway is permitted, a vehicle so parked shall not be more than 18 inches from the edge.

(2) Where the parking of a vehicle otherwise than with front or rear to the edge of a roadway is permitted, a vehicle shall not be parked more than 18 inches from the edge.

GIVEN under my hand this 25th day of July, 1974.

PATRICK MALONE,

Commissioner of the

Garda Síochána.

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 19th day

of August, 1974.

JAMES TULLY,

Minister for Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

1. Rule 5 provides that vehicles may in certain circumstances be parked in prohibited places.

2. Rule 6 provides that the parking of vehicles on public roads ment indicated by means of a traffic sign erected at that place.

3. Rule 8 provides that a vehicle will not be parked within shall be in accordance with any prohibition, restriction or require fifteen feet of a street junction.

4. Rule 9 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.

5. Rule 10 provides that vehicles shall not be parked more than 18 inches from the edge of a roadway.

6. These rules operate in lieu of Limerick Parking Bye-Laws, 1963 ( S.I. No. 62 of 1963 ) in so far as the rules affect the said bye-laws.