City Council said we would receive $50 fine if we parked our car on the foot path outside our home?
Question:
After living at the residence for 42 yrs we are told we cannot park our cars on the footpath outside our home. We have a concrete walkway on the footpath plenty of room on the footpath for both cars and people to walk, ride, push prams, etc. We maintain our footpath both walkway and where we parked the cars access is available at all times. We are told to park car on road outside residence. My sisters car was hit we live close to a T junction alot of fast cars and the road is quite busy and isnt a wide road very dangerous. On the footpath my Chihuahua's both 7months can leave my car ang go straight to the gate, I have to carry both of them from the car when my vehicle is parked on the road not a good option very dangerous for my Chihuahua's, me and my car. I live in Darwin Australia does anyone have this problem? I would prefer all neighbours to talk to people in the street if they have any problems to sort it out in a neighbouring behaviour where we can meet and talk. Agreeable.
An officer of the City Council came to our resident at approximately 5:30pm and told us in person he read out the Act, we finely found out he was responding to a complaint. He has only come to us when my brothers and me asked him if this was directed to us he said no then we found out he was only checking my street no way else. I drove around in my neighbourhood and saw many cars parked on their foot path no pamplets left on their car windscreen. I cannot see where there is a problem with cars parked on their foot paths alot better off then parked on the road noone has approached us who lives on the street to explain to us why they find it a problem. I feel they are picking on us we are not noisy, easily approachable person, always willing to help and listen maybe they know we have lived here for a long time 42 yrs and want us to leave.
Answer:
If the place you are parking is on your property and your vehicles are not blocking the public sidewalk, you should be able to park there with out fear of getting fined. Was this something that you were personally told by someone who has the ability to enforce it or just the general rule being put into words? If you've parked there for this long and never been fined for it, I see no reason you need to worry! Talk to the others in your neighborhood and see if they've been told the same thing--if they have and all of you are in agreement that it's wrong--go as a group to the next city council meeting and complain--loudly!
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