parking brochure - City of Whyalla - SA.Gov.au

EXPIATION NOTICE
Expiation notice issued giving
28 days to pay. – Refer to
“Your Choices”, failure to carry
out any of your choices before
the due date has expired, a
reminder notice will be issued.
REMINDER NOTICE
Additional fees are incurred
when a reminder notice is
issued. A $30.00 reminder
notice fee and a $11.00 motor
vehicle search fee is applied
to the notice. Therefore an
extra $41.00 will be incurred.
21 days are given to pay the
reminder notice which
includes the original expiation
fee, reminder notice and motor
vehicle search fee. Refer to
“Your Choices”, failure to carry
out any of your choices before
the due date has expired on
the reminder notice, a court
certificate will be issued.
COURT CERTIFICATE
When a court certificate is
issued by the Magistrate’s
Court, court fees are added
onto the amount owing, eg
minimum court fees are
$143.00. Once a court
certificate is issued you can
only make payment to the
Court House, failure to make
payment will result in further
penalties issued by the
Magistrate’s Court, eg -loosing
your drivers licence, unable to
register vehicles etc.
YOUR CHOICES ARE:
⇒ Pay expiation before the due date on the
notice has expired, or
⇒ Write to the City Manager with mitigating
circumstances requesting the notice to
be reviewed. This must be completed
before the due date on the notice has
expired, or
⇒ Organise part-payments with the
Magistrate Court to pay the expiation fee
off. (only if the Expiation fee or fees is
$50.00 or more) This must be arranged
before the due date on the notice
expires, or
⇒ Take the matter to court to have the
Magistrate decide on the outcome. This
also must be arranged before the due
date on the notice has expired.
Rules & Regulations
For further information please contact Council’s
Senior Legislation Compliance Officer
Mr Ronald Versteegh
phone 8640 3444 or email ronald.versteegh@whyalla.sa.gov.au

167 No Stopping Signs
A driver must not stop on a road or in an area to which a
“No Stopping” sign applies.
169 No stopping on a road with
a yellow edge line
A driver must not stop at the side of a road marked with a continuous yellow
edge line.
NOTE:
You must not stop or park your vehicle in any area
where a “No Stopping” sign or a continuous yellow
edge line applies, even to pick up or let out passengers
or goods.
203 Disabled Parking Zones
(1) A driver must not stop in a parking area for people with disabilities
unless:
(a) the driver's vehicle displays a current parking permit for people with
disabilities; and
(b) the driver complies with the conditions of use of the permit.
194 Stopping near a fire hydrant
A driver must not stop within 1 metre of a fire hydrant, fire hydrant indicator,
or fire plug indicator.
(fire hydrant means an upright pipe with a spout,
nozzle or other outlet for drawing water from a main
or service pipe in case of fire or other emergency).
Some Other Offences
170(2) Stopping within 20 metres of intersection with traffic lights
171(1) Stopping on or near children’s crossing 20 metres approach 10
metres depart
172(1) Stopping on or near pedestrian crossing (except at intersection)
20 metres approach & 10 metres depart
175(1) Stopping on or near level crossing 20 metres approach & 20
metres depart
181(1) Stopping in works zone
182(1) Stopping in taxi zone
183(1) Stopping in bus zone
185(1) Stopping in permit zone
187(2) Stopping in bicycle lane
190(1) Stopping in or within 10 metres of a safety zone
192(1) Stopping on bridge, causeway, ramp or similar structure
199(1) Stopping near postbox 3 metres approach 3 metres depart
201 Stopping on road with “bicycle parking” sign
202 Stopping on road with “motor bike parking” sign
205 Parking longer than indicated where ”permissive parking” sign
applies
207(2) Failing to pay fee, etc, for parking where fees payable
210(1) Failing to park in accordance with rule – angle parking
211(1) Parking on road, etc. where ”park in bays only” sign applies
211(2) Parking in parking bays – failing to park vehicle wholly within
one parking bay
211(3) Parking in parking bays –failing to park long or wide vehicle in
minimum number of parking bays needed to park vehicle

200 Stopping on roads - heavy and
long vehicles
(1) The driver of a heavy vehicle, or long vehicle, must not stop on a road
in a built-up area for longer than 1 hour.
(Heavy vehicle means a vehicle
with a GVM of 4.5 tonnes or
more.
long vehicle means a vehicle
that, together with any load or
projection, is 7.5 metres long, or
longer.)
168 No Parking Signs
1) The driver of a vehicle must not stop on a road or in an area to which a
no parking sign applies, unless the driver:
(a) is dropping off, or picking up, passengers or goods; and
(b) does not leave the vehicle unattended; and
(c) completes the dropping off, or picking up, of the passengers or
goods, and drives on, as soon as possible and, in any case, within the
required time (which is 2 minutes) after stopping.
(2) For this rule, a driver leaves a vehicle unattended if the driver leaves
the vehicle so that the driver is over 3 metres from the closest point of
the vehicle.
170 Stopping in or near an
intersection
A driver must not stop on a road within 10 metres from the nearest point of an
intersecting road at an intersection without traffic lights.
195 Stopping at or near a bus stop
A driver (except the driver of a public bus) must not stop at a bus stop sign,
or on the road, within 20 metres before a bus stop sign on the road that
indicates the bus stop, and 10 metres after the bus stop sign.
197 Stopping on a path, dividing
strip or nature strip
A driver must not stop on a bicycle path, footpath, shared path or dividing
strip, or a nature strip adjacent to a road. The footpath is generally adjacent
a road between the kerb or edge of a road and the adjacent property
boundary line.
189 Double Parking
A driver must not stop on a road:
(a) if the road is a two-way road — between the centre of the road and
another vehicle that is parked at the side of the road; or
(b) if the road is a one-way road — between the far side
of the road and another vehicle that is parked at the
side of the road.

198 Obstructing access to and
from a footpath, driveway etc
(1) A driver must not stop on a road in a position that obstructs access by
vehicles or pedestrians to or from a footpath ramp or a similar way of
access to a footpath, or a bicycle path or passageway:
(2) A driver must not stop on or across a driveway or other way of access
for vehicles travelling to or from adjacent land.
208 Parallel Parking
Unless there are signs or markings on the road to indicate some other
method, you must park parallel to the edge of the road and footpath.
The rules are:
(a) Park your vehicle so that it is facing in the same direction as the moving
traffic;
(b) On a two-way road, park your vehicle parallel to and as near as
practicable to the left edge of the road;
(c) On a one-way road, park parallel to and as near as practicable to the
left or right edge of the road;
179 Stopping in a loading zone
1) A driver must not stop in a loading zone unless the driver is driving:
(a) a commercial vehicle that is dropping off, or picking up, goods
(d) Where parking bays are marked on the road, leave your vehicle entirely
within a single bay, unless the vehicle is too wide or long to fit
completely within the bay;
(e) Where there are no parking bays, leave at least one metre between
your vehicle and the vehicles in front and behind.
(b) a vehicle, other than a commercial vehicle, that is dropping off,
picking up, goods that are difficult to handle because of their weight
or size
(In this regulation, “commercial vehicle” means a motor
vehicle constructed solely or mainly for the carriage of
goods (including a vehicle commonly called a utility, but
excluding a vehicle of the kind commonly called a station
wagon or station sedan).
2) A driver who is permitted to stop in a loading zone must not stay
continuously in the zone for longer than 30 minutes.
208(6) White Line
If the road has a continuous dividing line or a dividing strip, the driver must
position the vehicle at least 3 metres from any dividing line or dividing strip,
unless otherwise indicated by information on or with a parking control sign.