Vehicle Parking
You should park your car, van, motorbike, caravan or trailer
without any inconvenience to or for your neighbours. Similarly, you
should be careful to avoid blocking access or causing nuisance or
annoyance to anybody when washing your vehicle or carrying out
maintenance on it.
Only in a very few instances - for example where there's a parking
space allocated to a specific property - does anyone have the right
to park in a particular spot. It may be more convenient to you to
park directly outside your house, but unless that ground is part of
the property you rent you have no more rights than anybody else to
park there.
Generally where you can park depends on legally-available space.
You must not block or interfere with roads or pathways, create an
obstruction, or a nuisance.
Caravans and Trailers
These may not be left in any parking area or Council-owned car
park. Police action may be taken if caravans and trailers are
parked on a roadway and cause an obstruction. We will also take
action to remove any caravans or trailers left illegally in any
parking area.
If you would like to park your caravan or trailer in your own
garden you must first obtain written permission from your local
area housing office. We will only grant permission if a caravan or
trailer can be parked behind the front line of the building, for
instance. In any case, a caravan or trailer must not cause a
nuisance for any neighbour.
On Adopted Roads and Parking Areas
All roads and parking areas adopted by the Council as public
highways are maintained at public expense. The Council's Roads
Service is responsible for the management and maintenance of
them.
The enforcement of parking restrictions on yellow lines is the
responsibility of parking attendants employed by the Roads Service.
Tayside
Police deal with inconsiderate or dangerous parking in areas
not covered by yellow line restrictions.
On Unadopted Roads and Parking Areas
These are roadways and parking areas which have not been adopted
as public roads, but remain in private ownership. Under legislation
it is likely that there will be rights of public access to these
roads; the term 'private' only relates to the maintenance of the
road surface.
Enforcement of parking restrictions in these areas is a civil
matter, concerning (and carried out by) the owners of these
areas.
Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV)
Any vehicle over 3.5 metric tonnes requires an operator's
licence. This should detail where the vehicle is to be
stored.
Road legislation states that there is an absolute ban on lorry
parking in all areas, because this kind of parking can only take
place in designated parks with the correct planning
permission.
Action will be taken against any operator of a goods vehicle
improperly parked, and against any resident breaking
regulations.
Lock-ups and Garage Sites
If you have a car, you may want to rent a lock-up, or a garage
site from us to erect your own garage on. They are available in
most areas, but there are waiting lists for them. Please contact
your
local area office for more details.
