What is the law on parking on a street in a residential area?

The provision officers use to charge vehicles parked in the street is regulation 305(4)(e). If the street is less than 5,5 m wide a person may not park on the street.

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(4)        No person shall park a vehicle on the roadway of a public road within an urban area—

(a)        within 9 metres of the side from which he or she approaches a pedestrian crossing demarcated by appropriate road traffic signs, unless such parking is permitted by appropriate road traffic signs;

(b)        within 5 metres of any intersection unless such parking is permitted by a road traffic sign;

(c)        upon or over the actuating mechanism of a traffic signal;

(d)        (i)         with the outside of any left‑hand wheel thereof more than 450 millimetres within the roadway; or

(ii)        where the public road concerned is restricted to vehicles moving in one direction and the vehicle is parked on the side of the roadway, with the outside of any right hand wheel thereof more than 450 millimetres within the roadway, unless such parking is permitted by an appropriate road traffic sign; or

(e)        which is less than 5 and a half metres wide unless the public road concerned is restricted to vehicles moving in one direction and such parking is permitted by appropriate road traffic signs.

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Regards

Alta

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Alta Swanepoel & Associates

What is the law on parking on a street in a residential area?