COMMENT

RESPONSE

Visitor permit misuse

Council treats and investigates allegations of misuse of parking permits seriously. Misuse of parking permits may result in the withdrawal of all parking permit privileges for life and prosecution for any breaches of the relevant legislation. Please call Assist on 9209 6777 if you witness permit misuse.

Lack of enforcement

Council regularly reviews its parking enforcement practices to keep up with the ever growing demand and changes in technology in order to provide the best possible service to our community. Council’s main focus is on the enforcement of safety related restrictions, such as No Stopping Any Time and Clearway Zones, residential streets and shopping strips. Introduction of new technology such as mobile cameras may be an option towards improving real time data reporting, and improving parking enforcement.

Poor parking etiquette

Marking of parking bays could alleviate this problem. However, because spaces must be line marked in accordance with standards, sometimes this could result in a loss of parking.  Where three small cars could park only two cars can park after line marking is installed. To see the process to request marking of on-street parking places, please follow this link http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/line-marking-parking-spaces.htm  

Neighbours with multiple cars causing congestion

Vehicle ownership in the City of Port Phillip keeps increasing. 81.6% of dwellings now own one or more vehicles (Census 2011). On-street parking is a limited resource within the municipality. Eligible residents can purchase only up to three parking permits per residence. There is a greater demand for car parking permits than the supply of on-street car spaces. Council is working towards lessening the reliance on cars by promoting sustainable transport modes (walking, bike riding and public transport) and installing on-street car share bays.

Off street parking not used for its purpose

One of the objectives of residents paying for car parking permits is to encourage the use of off- street parking.  Utilising off-street parking assists in reducing on-street parking pressure and enables those with no off-street parking to find spaces.

No parking issues 

Some respondents indicated they were not impacted by parking restrictions. These responses did not come from a specific geographical area and were adjacent to other respondents who encounter parking problems. Parking issues are dependent on availability of off street parking facilities and car ownership. Where residents have access to driveways and garages or do not own vehicles their perception of parking issues vary to those with no off-street parking.