Double parking
The Traffic Management Act 2004 enables
authorities with civil parking enforcement power to enforce
contraventions of double parking in Special Enforcement Areas.
Ashford borough is a Special Enforcement Area,
and the council has decided that, in certain circumstances,
enforcement action will be taken against vehicles that are ’double
parked’.
What is double parking?
Section 85 of The Traffic Management Act 2004
stipulates that in a Special Parking Area, double parking applies
when a vehicle is parked on any part of the carriageway (road) and
no part of the vehicle is within 50cm of the edge of the
carriageway (kerbline)
Exceptions to this parking restriction
are:
1. Where
the vehicle is parked wholly within a designated parking place or
part of the carriageway where parking is specifically
authorised.
2. Where
the vehicle is being used by the emergency services
3. Where
(a) the vehicle is being used for the purpose of delivering,
collecting, loading or unloading of goods, and such action cannot
reasonably be carried out without the vehicle concerned being
double parked for no longer than necessary and for no more than 20
minutes.
4. The
vehicle is being used in connection with any building, demolition
or excavation work; the collection of waste; removing an
obstruction to traffic; road signing or lighting work; maintenance
of water supply and sewers.
It is the Council’s intention to start taking
action against vehicles that are inappropriately double parked from
29th September.
How much is the penalty?
Double parking is a contravention for which a
Penalty Charge Notice can be issued. Penalties are currently set at
£70 (£35 if paid within the 14 day period that a 50% discount is
allowed)
This webpage was updated on
10/11/2011