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On Street Parking - What would you change 04/09/2008

Follow a recent meeting with local business organisations, WSCC and WBC offer YOU the chance to make some changes to the location and limits on loading bays and double yellow lines around the town.

This review is happening NOW, so you have a very short time to submit your views and make a real differnce.

These potential changes really could help your business. Do you run a restaurant, but nobody can park within 200 yards of an evening because of double yellow lines - Do those lines need to be double yellow... won't single yellow suffice - This could mean your customers can park right outside your door after 6, with no fear of a penalty.

Do you run a business were the addition of a loading bay would improve the running of your business. Think of the time you'd save.

Give us a list, we'll pass it on and they will look into every suggestion.

Here's the official line we have been asked to share with you.

Opinions on Loading Bays, Loading Bans and Yellow Lines

West Sussex County Council, along with Worthing Borough Council and NCP Services, are carrying out a review of the town centre loading bays, loading bans and yellow lines and want to hear your views. They would like to know:

a) Whether you feel the time restrictions on any of the current loading bays could be relaxed in the evenings so that residents and visitors to the pubs / restaurants can use them and if so, which loading bays?

b) Whether you feel there is a need for additional loading bays and if so, where?

c) Whether you feel any of loading bays could be removed and if so, where?

d) Whether you feel any of the current double yellow lines could be reduced to single yellow lines (or other) so that drivers can park there in the evenings / Sundays, and if so, which ones?

e) Whether you feel there is a need for additional yellow lines anywhere and if so, where and should it be double or single?

f) Whether you feel that some of the yellow lines are unnecessary and if so, which ones and why?

g) Whether you feel the restrictions in some places need to be strengthened to loading bans to prevent any parking there at all and if so, where and why?

h) Whether you feel any of the loading bans are unnecessary and if so, where and why?

Please let us have any comments by returning your thoughts to Worthing First by 5pm Friday 12th September 2008 so that they can be passed to the local authority for sharing with the relevant personnel.

email parking@worthingfirst.org.uk

Dispensations

At a recent meeting with representatives of West Sussex County Council, Worthing Borough Council and NCP Services, some concerns were raised over who is entitled to dispensations. The following guidance explains this:

• * Issued to commercial vehicles and tradespeople such as plumbers, electricians and telephone engineers, allowing parking in permit holder bays, pay & display bays as well as yellow lines (not taxi ranks, disabled bays or loading bays) at or near customer’s properties, providing easy access to tools and equipment.
• * Will have the name or names of roads/address being visited printed on them and may be issued when it is not possible to display Residents’ Visitors Permits e.g. when working at vacant properties. However in other cases it may be more convenient for tradespeople to use Residents’ Visitors Permits if these are available.
• * Should be issued to commercial vehicles and vans but not to private vehicles – thus, proof of commercial insurance will be requested before issuing.
• * Applications may be made in advance as long as the issuing authority is provided with all of the necessary details e.g. location/duration of works/vehicle registration.
• * May typically be issued for legitimate works requiring the use of tools and equipment that cannot easily be removed from the vehicle or where the vehicle itself is needed in order to carry out a function e.g. as a mobile power source for other equipment.
• * The chief criterion in deciding whether a vehicle should be granted exemption is whether it is essential that the vehicle is left on-street (either in a parking bay or on yellow lines) close to a property in order to carry out a particular function.
• * An authority reserves the right to assess each application for exemption on its merits to determine whether an exemption is essential and therefore justified.

What's your views on all that...?

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