Changing Parking Restrictions in your Street

Council has developed a process, called the Street Coordinator Process to enable residents to approach Council about re-assessing or changing parking restrictions in their street.

The first step to changing parking restrictions in your street is to contact Council’s Traffic Engineers by calling 9205 5291 or 9205 5422.

They will want to know details of the parking issue in your street, such as how often and where it occurs, any past issues and likely causes.

Following this, a traffic engineer will visit the site to establish physical characteristics, take measurements and record relevant information.

Council officers will then look at the suggested solution and other possible solutions and how these might impact on or fit in with:

• Adjacent parking restrictions.
• Adjacent properties and land zonings.
• Adjacent properties with special parking needs like childcare centres, schools etc.
• Demand for parking and supply in that area.
• Safety of all road users.
• The overall parking goals and principles for the municipality.

After assessing possible solutions Council may recommend an alternative outcome, which could involve making no changes to the current restriction.

If a possible change has been approved, Council will notify you and ask you to complete a Street Coordinator Survey to determine the level of support for the change from other residents in your street.

This is an important part of the process. Both Council and you need to be sure that your neighbours are happy with and will also benefit from the proposed change.

Once you have completed the survey return it to Council by:

• Posting it to Yarra City Council Traffic Engineers at PO Box 168 Richmond Vic 3121.
• Dropping it into the Richmond Town Hall at 333 Bridge Road Richmond or the Collingwood Town Hall at 140 Hoddle Street Abbotsford.

If all the criteria are met and majority of people in your street are happy with the proposed change Council will approve the new restrictions.

You, along with everyone in your street will be notified of the change and when it will be implemented. 

By involving residents in resolving parking issues, Council is able to generate outcomes that are satisfactory to the majority of people in that street.

For more information on the Street Coordinator Process please refer to the document Changing Parking Restrictions Fact Sheet or phone Council’s Parking Engineers on 9205 5422.

 

---

Further information

Transport Unit
Richmond Town Hall
333 Bridge Road Richmond
Telephone 9025 5733
Email info@yarracity.vic.gov.au

Links

Within this site

External sites 
(Yarra City Council accepts no responsibility for the information or opinions contained within external sites)
Yarra City Council

Information supplied by:  Electronic communications & design officer - 9205 5214

---