Parking Places Act 1974 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Parking Places
6A. Layout, etc., of parking lots in private parking places
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The owner or occupier of —
any land or premises on which any private parking place is, on or after 8 May 2018, provided; or
any land or premises on which any development (within the meaning of the Planning Act 1998) is or is to be carried out and in respect of which —
written permission is granted on or after 8 May 2018; or
an application for approval of a proposal or plan for the provision of parking lots is pending on that date,must provide and maintain the private parking place provided or to be provided on the land or premises only in accordance with the applicable requirements for parking places.
In subsection (1), “applicable requirement for parking places”, for any land or premises mentioned in that subsection, means any of the requirements as to layout, arrangement, dimensions, area and number of parking lots, or to the design of parking facilities for a private parking place on the land or premises, which —
design of parking facilities
“design of parking facilities”, for any parking place, means the design of the physical features, plant or like equipment necessary for the parking or manoeuvring of vehicles in the parking place or both, and includes circulation aisles and access ramps;
are specified in the proposal or plan for the provision of parking lots in the private parking place last approved (or deemed approved) by the Authority; or
are specified in the last waiver granted (or deemed granted) under section 6B in relation to the private parking place.
The Authority may, in respect of a proposal or plan for the provision of parking lots in a private parking place, approve the proposal or plan in accordance with rules made (or deemed made) under section 22 or, subject to those rules, after having regard to, and giving such weight as the Authority considers appropriate to, all of the following matters:
the proximity and accessibility of the land or premises to other forms of public passenger transport facilities; (b)the availability of other parking places in the vicinity of the land or premises;
traffic flow around the land or premises and the road capacity;
access to roads, public streets, private footways and public paths;
such other matters and evidence as may be relevant.
The Authority may, by an infringement notice, require the owner or occupier of the land or premises mentioned in subsection (1) to carry out such works to the land or premises or any part of it, and to take such other measures specified in the notice, as the Authority thinks fit to rectify any contravention of that subsection.
A person who contravenes or fails to comply with an infringement notice under subsection (4) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $30,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine of $500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
In this section, a reference to a proposal or plan for the provision of parking lots in a private parking place includes a reference to a proposal or plan to change —
private parking place
“private parking place” means any land or premises or part thereof owned or occupied by any person other than the Government and used for the parking or housing of —(a)one or more motor vehicles other than heavy vehicles; (b)one or more heavy vehicles, whether or not in addition to any motor vehicle which is not a heavy vehicle; or(c)one or more bicycles, power-assisted bicycles or personal mobility devices or a combination of such vehicles,but does not include any parking place provided under section 4;
the number of parking lots in the private parking place; (b)the layout, arrangement, dimensions or area of any parking lot in the private parking place; or
the design of parking facilities in that private parking place,and change includes the making of a material change in the use as a parking lot.