S.I. No. 16/1967 - Loughrea Traffic and Parking Bye-Laws, 1966.

S.I. No. 16 of 1967.

LOUGHREA TRAFFIC AND PARKING BYE-LAWS, 1966.

WHEREAS the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána has, before making the bye-laws hereinafter set forth, consulted the Town Commissioners of the town of Loughrea in regard thereto :

NOW, I, WILLIAM P. QUINN, Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 89 and 90 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961), and with the consent of the Minister for Local Government, hereby make the following bye-laws in respect of the area comprising the town of Loughrea :—

1 Short title.

1. These bye-laws may be cited as the Loughrea Traffic and Parking Bye-Laws, 1966.

2 Interpretation.

2. In these bye-laws—

" the Act " means the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961);

" cycle track " means a part of a road designed for use only by pedal cycles and in respect of which there is a traffic sign indicating that it is a cycle track;

" holiday " means any of the following days—

St. Patrick's Day or, if it falls on a Sunday, the following Monday,

Good Friday,

Easter Monday,

Christmas Day or, if it falls on a Sunday, the 27th of December,

St. Stephen's Day or, if it falls on a Sunday, the following Monday,

or, whenever a day is appointed under the Public Holidays Act, 1924 (No. 56 of 1924), to be a bank holiday instead of any of those days, the day so appointed;

" pedestrian crossing " means a crossing for pedestrians on a roadway, which is indicated by means of traffic signs of a type authorised by Article 9 of the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962, as amended by Article 3 of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1966 ( S.I. No. 233 of 1966 );

" pedestrian lights " means either of the types of mechanical signals authorised by Article 14 of the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962;

" the relevant hours " means—

(a) on a weekday other than Wednesday, the period from 8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.,

(b) on a Wednesday, the period from 8.30 a.m. to 1 p.m.;

" road inset " means part of a roadway specially inset in the footway or road verge so as to afford parking space for vehicles on a part of the roadway other than that normally used by traffic passing along that roadway;

" service road " means a road which is—

(a) parallel to a road (in these bye-laws called a " through road ") designed or intended to carry traffic going through a particular area or between two particular places, and

(b) constructed for traffic serving only a line of shops or houses set back from the through road;

" street " means a public road;

" traffic lights " means any of the types of mechanical signals authorised by Article 13 of the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962;

" traffic sign " has the meaning assigned to it by section 95 of the act;

" weekday " means any day other than a Sunday or a holiday;

a reference to goods being loaded into a vehicle shall be construed as including the supplying of fuel or oil for the operation of the vehicle.

3 Parking Places.

3. (1) (a) In the several streets named in column (2) of the First and Second Schedules to these bye-laws, any place delimited in column (3) of the said Schedules opposite the mention in the said column (2) of such streets shall be a parking place.

(b) Where premises fronting on a parking place mentioned in the said First and Second Schedules have an entrance specially designed to afford access for mechanically propelled vehicles or animal-drawn vehicles, the portion of the street from which access to that entrance is obtainable shall be deemed to be excluded from the parking place.

(c) Where a parking place mentioned in the said First or Second Schedules includes a street junction and traffic signs marking traffic lanes are provided on the roadwayof the street containing the parking place at an approach to the junction, the following spaces shall be deemed to be excluded from the parking place—

(i) the street junction, and

(ii) a space extending from that point of any such traffic sign furthest from the street junction to the street junction :

provided that this subparagraph shall not apply where—

(A) the street entering the street containing the parking place does not enter it on the side on which the parking place is situate, and

(B) traffic signs marking traffic lanes are not provided on the roadway of the street containing the parking place at, or at an approach to the street junction on the side on which the parking place is situate.

(d) If traffic lights are provided the space between the traffic lights and roadway markings of the type authorised by Article 12 (h) of the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962, as amended by Article 3 of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1964 ( S.I. No. 56 of 1964 ), shall be deemed to be excluded from the parking places mentioned in the said First and Second Schedules.

(2) The following provisions shall apply to the parking places mentioned in the First Schedule to these bye-laws : —

(a) vehicles of the following classes shall not be parked in a parking place—

(i) any vehicle drawing another vehicle,

(ii) a vehicle having seating passenger accommodation for more than eight persons exclusive of the driver;

(b) a vehicle shall be placed in a parking place in the position specified in column (4) of the said Schedule opposite the mention of the parking place in column (3) of that Schedule; provided that, in a parking place which has a kerb adjacent thereto a bicycle without a side-car may be parked parallel to the kerb if no part of the bicycle projects over the roadway more than 18 inches from the kerb;

(c) where the said Schedule requires vehicles in a parking place to be parked in single line by the kerb and parallel thereto or with rear or front to the kerb, no vehicle shall be parked more than eighteen inches from the kerb.

(3) The following provisions shall apply to the parking places mentioned in the Second Schedule to these bye-laws : —

(a) a vehicle (other than a bicycle without a side-car) shall not be parked in a parking place during the relevant hours for a continuous period which exceeds one hour;

(b) a vehicle which has been parked in and removed from a parking place during the relevant hours shall not be parked again in that parking place during the relevant hours within one hour after the time at which it was so removed therefrom;

(c) a bicycle without a side-car shall be parked parallel to the kerb and so that no part of the bicycle projects over the roadway more than eighteen inches from the kerb; provided that a bicycle without a side-car, if it cannot be so parked, may be parked on the roadway with its rear to the kerb and not more than eighteen inches from the kerb;

(d) a vehicle other than a vehicle referred to in subparagraph (c) shall be parked on the roadway in single line by and parallel to, but not more than eighteen inches from the kerb;

(e) where a parking place includes any of the following spaces, the space or spaces (as the case may be) shall be deemed to be excluded from the parking place : —

(i) a pedestrian crossing and the space within thirty feet thereof;

(ii) if pedestrian lights are provided, the space within thirty feet of the pedestrian lights;

provided that, in a street where traffic is permitted to proceed in both directions, clauses (i) and (ii) shall apply (as regards each approach to the pedestrian crossing or pedestrian lights) only to the side of the street on which traffic approaching the pedestrian crossing or pedestrian lights is required to proceed, and that in a street where trafficis required to proceed in one direction only clauses (i) and (ii) shall apply only to the side of the pedestrian crossing or pedestrian lights from which traffic is required to approach the crossing or lights.

(4) The following provisions shall apply to the parking places mentioned in the First and Second Schedules to these bye-laws : —

(a) a vehicle, while parked in a parking place, shall not be offered or displayed for sale or for hire or as a prize;

(b) a vehicle shall be placed in a parking place so that—

(i) the whole of the vehicle is within the limits of the parking place, and

(ii) no part of the vehicle is within an area deemed by these bye-laws to be excluded from the parking place; provided that portion of the vehicle or an attachment thereto may project over a footway but not so as to interfere with the free movement of pedestrians on the footway;

(ii) it shall be a good defence to a charge of contravention of clause (i) to show that while parked or within a reasonable time before the parking the vehicle had been damaged in an accident or had had a breakdown and that in order to enable it to be moved from the public road it was necessary to carry out the repairs;

(d) neither the driver of a vehicle which is parked in a parking place nor any other person shall make any unnecessary noise by means of or in relation to the vehicle or the engine or any equipment, fittings or instruments fitted to or carried on the vehicle or any loudspeaker in or on or in any way connected with the vehicle;

(e) the driver of a vehicle which is parked in or being brought into or removed from a parking place shall comply with any traffic sign relating to such parking place and with all directions given to him by a member of the Garda Síochána in uniform in relation to the parking of the vehicle in the parking place or the bringing of the vehicle into or the removal of the vehicle from the parking place, and in particular, a direction to change the position of the vehicle in the parking place;

(f) a member of the Garda Síochána in uniform may require the driver of a vehicle to remove it from a parking place in order to ease the flow of traffic or to afford access to premises, and the driver shall comply with any such requirement;

(g) notwithstanding any other provision of this bye-law restricting the classes of vehicles which may be parked in a parking place or the conditions subject to which a vehicle may be parked in a parking place, a vehicle may be parked in a parking place in the following circumstances—

(i) where the vehicle is halted merely while passengers are entering it or leaving it, or

(ii) where the vehicle is halted merely while goods are being loaded into or on to the vehicle from premises, or unloaded from the vehicle into premises, being (in each case) premises fronting on or adjacent to the place where the vehicle is parked.

4 Parking restrictions in portions of certain streets.

4. (1) No person shall park a vehicle (other than a bicycle without a side-car) for any period during the relevant hours in any portion of a street mentioned in column (3) of Part 1 of the Third Schedule to these bye-laws.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) a vehicle may be parked in any portion of a street mentioned in column (3) of Part I of the Third Schedule to these bye-laws in the following circumstances—

(a) where the vehicle is halted merely while passengers are entering it or leaving it, or

(b) where the vehicle is halted merely while goods are being loaded into or on to the vehicle from premises or unloaded from the vehicle into premises, being (in each case) premises fronting on or adjacent to the place where the vehicle is parked.

5 Parking prohibition in portions of certain streets at specified times.

5. (1) No person shall park a vehicle (other than a bicycle without a side-car) for any period at any time in any street or portion of a street mentioned in column (3) of Part 2 of the Third Schedule to these bye-laws.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) a vehicle may be parked in any street or portion of a street mentioned in column (3) of Part 2 of the said Schedule in the following circumstances—

(a) where the vehicle is halted merely while passengers are entering it or leaving it, or

6 Temporary restrictions on parking in certain streets.

6. (1) In respect of an occasion on which, because of an event which is likely to attract a large number of persons or because of constructional work in progress in the vicinity or some similar circumstance, traffic in a particular street is likely to encounter unusual difficulties and in a case where it is necessary to take urgent measures in order to deal with traffic congestion in a particular street caused by the parking of vehicles, an authorised officer may, by notice in writing addressed to the road authority responsible for the maintenance of that street, direct that for a specified period a specified portion of that street shall be deemed to be included in Part I of the Third Schedule to these bye-laws in respect of such days and times as may be specified in the direction.

(2) On the giving of a direction under this bye-law the following provisions shall apply :

(a) traffic signs shall be provided by the road authority concerned indicating the portion of a street to which the direction applies and shall, where necessary, be accompanied by informative notices indicating the days and times in respect of which the direction applies;

(b) so long as the said traffic signs (and informative notices, if any) are provided these bye-laws shall apply to the said portion of a street as if it were included in Part I of the said Schedule in respect of the days and times specified in the direction, and as if the words " during the relevant hours " in bye-law 4 of these bye-laws did not apply thereto by virtue of that bye-law.

(3) In this bye-law " authorised officer " means an officer of the Garda Síochána authorised by the Commissioner under section 95 (19) of the Act.

7 General restrictions on parking.

7. (1) The following provisions shall apply and have effect in relation to the parking of vehicles in streets at places which are not parking places : —

(a) no person shall park a vehicle in a place or position or in such manner as will obstruct, delay or interfere with the entrance to or exit from a fire brigade station or ambulance station maintained by a local authority;

(b) no person shall park a vehicle (other than a bicycle without a side-car) at or near a street junction (where traffic signs marking traffic lanes are provided on the roadway of the street at an approach to the street junction) in such a position that the vehicle or any part of it is on the street junction or a space extending from that point of any such traffic sign furthest from the street junction to the street junction; provided that the restriction on parking imposed by this sub-paragraph shall not apply to the parking of a vehicle in a road inset;

(c) no person shall park a vehicle in a street in such a place, position or manner that there is not sufficient space for the full movement of the normal flow of vehicular traffic through the street;

(d) where a vehicle is parked on the roadway—it shall be so parked that the distance between the portion of the vehicle nearest to the edge of the roadway and the edge is not more than 18 inches;

(e) a pedal bicycle may be parked on a footway provided that it does not interfere with the free movement of pedestrians on the footway;

(f) no person shall park a vehicle on a pedestrian crossing;

(g) no person shall park a vehicle (other than a pedal bicycle) within thirty feet of a pedestrian crossing;

(h) where pedestrian lights are provided, no person shall park a vehicle (other than a pedal bicycle) within thirty feet of the pedestrian lights; provided that the restriction on parking imposed by this subparagraph shall not apply to a vehicle which is halted merely while the passengers are entering it or leaving it or while goods are being loaded into or on to the vehicle from premises or unloaded from the vehicle into premises, being (in each case) premises fronting on or adjacent to the pedestrian lights;

(i) save with the consent of the occupier of the premises referred to in this subparagraph, no person shall park a vehicle so as to obstruct an entrance to premises specially designed to afford access to mechanically propelled or animal-drawn vehicles;

(j) a person shall not park a vehicle (other than a bicycle without a side-car) on a stretch of roadway having not more than two traffic lanes and on the centre of which there is provided a continuous white line of the type authorised by Article 12 of the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962;

(k) no person shall park a vehicle (except a pedal cycle) on a cycle track;

(l) a person shall not overhaul or execute repairs to a vehicle which is parked in a street;

(m) neither the driver of a vehicle which is parked nor any other person shall make any unnecessary noise by means of or in relation to the vehicle or the engine or any equipment, fittings or instruments fitted to or carried on the vehicle or any loudspeaker in or on or in any way connected with the vehicle;

(n) the driver or other person in charge of a vehicle shall comply immediately with all directions given to him by a member of the Garda Síochána in uniform in relation to the parking of the vehicle or the removal of the vehicle from the place where it is parked;

(o) no person shall park a vehicle (other than a pedal bicycle) between traffic lights and roadway markings of the type authorised by Article 12 (h) of the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962, as amended by Article 3 of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1964 ( S.I. No. 56 of 1964 .

(2) The restrictions on parking imposed by paragraph (1) (g) and paragraph (1) (h) shall, in a street where traffic is permitted to proceed in both directions, apply (as regards each approach to the pedestrian crossing or pedestrian lights) only to the side of the street on which traffic approaching the pedestrian crossing or pedestrian lights is required to proceed, and in a street where traffic is required to proceed in one direction only the said restrictions on parking shall apply only to the side of the pedestrian crossing or pedestrian lights from which traffic is required to approach the crossing or lights.

(3) The restrictions on parking imposed by paragraph 1 (g) and paragraph (1) (h) shall not apply to the parking of a vehicle on a service road where a pedestrian crossing or pedestrian lights is not or are not (as the case may be) provided on the service road.

(4) Paragraph (1) (l) shall not apply in a case where, while parked or within a reasonable time before the parking, the vehicle had been damaged in an accident or had had a breakdown and in order to enable the vehicle to be moved from the public road it was necessary to carry out the repairs.

8 Parking at Bus Stops and Stands.

8. For the purpose of bye-law 10 of the Omnibus (Stopping Places and Stands) General Bye-Laws, 1962 ( S.I. No. 122 of 1962 ) (which prohibits, subject to exceptions, the parking of a vehicle other than an omnibus within markings provided under section 86 (9) of the Act, in the vicinity of a stopping place or stand), the periods during which a vehicle may be parked within such markings while goods are being loaded into or on to the vehicle or unloaded from the vehicle shall be all periods.

9 One-way streets.

9. Traffic on a street mentioned in column (2) of the Fourth Schedule to these bye-laws shall proceed in the direction mentioned in column (3) of that Schedule opposite the mention in the said column (2) of that street and in no other direction.

10 Savers.

10. (1) The provisions of these bye-laws restricting parking shall be construed and shall operate as restrictions additional to and not in substitution for any restriction, limitation or prohibition of parking for the time being imposed by law, and nothing in these bye-laws shall be construed or operate so as to create or confer any right to park a vehicle.

(2) Articles 4 to 7 shall not apply to—

(a) a street service vehicle standing for hire in an appointed stand, or an omnibus standing in a stand or stopping place for omnibuses directed (in each case) by notice under section 85 of the act,

(b) any vehicle which is being used in connection with—

(i) the removal of any obstruction to traffic,

(ii) the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of any street or part of a street,

(iii) the provision, alteration or repair of any sewer or of any main, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricity, or of any telegraphic or telephonic line,

(c) a fire engine or ambulance or any vehicle in the service of the Garda Síochána while being used in pursuance of statutory powers or duties, or

(d) any vehicle parked because the driver is prevented from proceeding by circumstances beyond his control or because such parking is necessary in order to avoid an accident.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

PARKING PLACES FOR UNLIMITED PERIODS.

Ref. No.	Name of Street	Limits of Parking Place	Position of Vehicles in Parking Place.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
1.	Athenry Road	On the east side of the roadway from the junction with Link Road to the eastern pier of entrance gate to house now occupied by Dr. Dyar.	In single line by the kerb and parallel thereto.
2.	Castle Street	On the west side of the roadway from a point 23 yards south of E.S.B. standard No. 18 to the junction with Barrack Street.	In single line by the kerb and parallel thereto, facing south.
3.	Dolphin Street	On the north side of the roadway between E.S.B. standard No. 85 and the junction with Abbey Street.	In single line by the kerb and parallel thereto.
4.	Kelly's Street	On the east side of the roadway between E.S.B. standard No. 67 and junction with Main Street.	In single line by the kerb and parallel thereto, facing north.
5.	King's Street.	On the east side of the roadway between E.S.B. standard No. 88 and the junction with Barrack Street.	In single line by the kerb and parallel thereto.
6.	King's Street	On the west side of the roadway between a point opposite E.S.B. standard No. 88 and junction with Barrack Street.	In single line by the edge of the roadway and parallel thereto.
7.	Pigott's Street	On the east side of the roadway from a point 17 yards south of the junction with Bride Street to the junction with Barrack Street.	In single line by the kerb and parallel thereto.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

PARKING PLACES WHERE PARKING IS LIMITED TO ONE HOUR.

Ref. No.	Name of Street	Limits of Parking Place.
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	Dunkellin Street	On the north side of the roadway between Telegraph Pole No. 7 (Kilchreest) and its junction with Mob Hill.
2.	Main Street	On the north side of the roadway between a point opposite the western boundary wall of the National Bank building and Telegraph Pole No. 3 (Kilcrickle).
3.	Main Street	On the south side of the roadway between a point opposite the western boundary wall of the National Bank building and its junction with Church Street.
4.	Station Road	On both sides of the roadway from its junction with Bride Street to its junction with The Walk.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

STREETS OR PORTIONS OF STREETS IN WHICH PARKING IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT WHILE TAKING UP OR SETTING DOWN PASSENGERS OR LOADING OR UNLOADING GOODS.

PART I.

DURING THE RELEVANT HOURS.

Ref. No.	Name of Street	Portion of Street
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	Abbey Street	East side, from a point 34 yards north of the junction with Main Street to the entrance to The Walk.
2.	Bride Street	South side, between the junction with Pigott's Street and a point opposite Telegraph Pole No. 8 (Kilcrickle) in Bride Street.
3.	Church Street	West side, between E.S.B. standard No. 89 and E.S.B. standard No. 91.
4.	Dunkellin Street	South side.
5.	Main Street	South side, between its junction with Mob Hill and a point opposite the western boundary wall of the National Bank building.
6.	Main Street	South side, between its junction with Church Street and its junction with Pigott's Street.
7.	Moore Street	East side, between E.S.B. standard No. 94 and a point 10 yards north of the junction with Cross Street.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

PART 2.

AT ANY TIME.

Ref. No.	Name of Street	Portion of Street
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	Abbey Street	East side, between the junction with Main Street and a point 34 yards north of that junction.
2.	Abbey Street	West side, from the junction with Mob Hill to the junction with Dolphin Street.
3.	Athenry Road	West side, from the junction with Galway Road to a point opposite the eastern pier of the main entrance gate to house now occupied by Dr. Dyar.
4.	Barrack Street	South side, between the junction with Lower Gort Road and a point 36 yards east of that junction.
5.	Barrack Street	South side, between the junction with Woodford Road and a point 61 yards west of that junction.
6.	Bride Street	North side, between its junction with Main Street to Telegraph Pole No. 8 (Kilcrickle) in Bride Street.
7.	Castle Street	West side, between the junction with Mob Hill and a point 23 yards south of E.S.B. Standard No. 18.
8.	Castle Street	East side.
9.	Church Street	West side, between the junction with Main Street and E.S.B. standard No. 89.
10.	Church Street	West side, between E.S.B. standard No. 91 and the junction with Barrack Street.
11.	Church Street.	East side.
12.	Cross Street	South side, between the junction with Woodford Road and E.S.B. standard No. 66.
13.	Cross Street	North side, between the junction with Moore Street and a point opposite E.S.B. standard No. 66.
14.	Dolphin Street	South side.
15.	Dolphin Street	North side, between the junction with Athenry Road and E.S.B. standard No. 85.
16.	Dunkellin Street	North side, between Telegraph pole No. 9 (Kilchreest) and Telegraph Pole No. 7 (Kilchreest) in Dunkellin Street.
17.	Galway Road	North side, between the junction with Athenry Road and the new E.S.B. standard outside house now occupied by Mr. Tierney.
18.	Kelly's Street	West side.
19.	Kelly's Street	East side, between E.S.B. standard No. 67 and the junction with Barrack Street.
20.	King's Street	Both sides, between a point opposite E.S.B. standard No. 88 and the junction with Main Street.
21.	Link Road	Both sides.

THIRD SCHEDULE PART 2 (contd).

Ref. No.	Name of Street	Portion of Street
(1)	(2)	(3)
22.	Main Street	North side, between the junction with Abbey Street and a point opposite the Western boundary wall of the National Bank building.
23.	Main Street	North side, between Telegraph Pole No. 3 (Kilcrickle) and its junction with Bride Street.
24.	Mob Hill	Both sides.
25.	Moore Street	West side.
26.	Moore Street.	East side, between the junction with Bride Street and E.S.B. standard No. 94.
27.	Moore Street	East side, between the junction with Cross Street and a point 10 yards north of that junction.
28.	Pigott's Street	West side.
29.	Pigott's Street	East side, between the junction with Bride Street and a point 17 yards south of that junction.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

ONE-WAY STREETS.

Ref. No.	Name of Street	Direction of passage of Traffic
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	Castle Street	From north to south, i.e. from Mob Hill to Barrack Street.
2.	Kelly's Street	From south to north, i.e. from Barrack Street to Main Street.

GIVEN under my hand this First day of December, 1966.

(Signed) W. P. QUINN,

Commissioner of the Garda Siochana.

WHEREAS in pursuance of section 6 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961), the Commissioner has submitted the foregoing bye-laws to the Minister for Local Government;

AND WHEREAS subsections (1) and (5) of the said section 6 have been complied with in relation to the said bye-laws:

NOW, THEREFORE, the Minister for Local Government, in exercise of the power conferred on him by sections 89 and 90 of the said Act, hereby consents to the making of the said bye-laws.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government, this 24th day of January, 1967.

CAOIMHGHÍN Ó BEOLÁIN,

Minister for Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(1) The First Schedule delimits parking places.

(2) The Second Schedule delimits parking places where parking of vehicles is limited to one hour during the relevant hours.

(3) Part I of the Third Schedule delimits portions of streets in which parking is prohibited except while taking up or setting down passengers or loading or unloading goods during the relevant hours (i.e. from 8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. on weekdays other than Wednesday and from 8.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday).

(4) Part 2 of the Third Schedule delimits portions of streets in which parking is prohibited at any time except while taking up or setting down passengers or loading or unloading goods.

(5) Bye-Law 8 provides that vehicles may be parked in the vicinity of an Omnibus Stopping Place or Stand at all periods while goods are being loaded into or on to the vehicle or unloaded from the vehicle.

(6) Bye-Law 9 provides that traffic on a street mentioned in column (2) of the Fourth Schedule shall proceed in a direction mentioned in column (3) of that Schedule and in no other direction.