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ON-STREET PARKING AND LOADING


660.5 Parking place reserved for voucher parking during the period indicated

An arrow pointing to the left or to the right may be added to the upper panel. The time periods may be varied. The name of the traffic authority may be added. The words ”and resident permits”, ”and business permits” or ”and permits” may be added after ”Voucher parking”. The voucher parking symbol is to be varied to correspond with the voucher design within the size shown. Information about the voucher parking scheme may be shown in the lower panel.
The lower panel may be omitted

7.25 A bay reserved for voucher parking is indicated by a sign to diagram 660.5. The voucher symbol shown on the sign may be varied within the size shown in the diagram, but must correspond to the design shown on the vouchers themselves. Information about the voucher scheme, such as charges and where vouchers may be purchased, should be shown on the lower panel of the sign and not in the upper panel. If this information is given elsewhere, the lower panel may be omitted. The sign must be used with a bay marking to diagram 1028.4, 1032 or 1033, in each case with no legend.

7.26 The parking bays may be shared with permit holders and the legend on the sign varied as shown on working drawing P 660.5 (see para 1.9). The bay marking is as described in para 7.25; it is not appropriate to add the legend PERMIT HOLDERS ONLY to diagram 1028.4. Voucher parking may also be implemented as a controlled parking zone (see section 12).

LOADING BAYS


660.4 Part of the carriageway reserved for loading and unloading

An arrow pointing to the left or to the right may be added. The symbol may face to the right. Times, days and months may be added. The name of the traffic authority may be added. ”Loading only” may be varied to ”Goods vehicle loading only”

7.27 A parking place may be reserved for loading only, either by any class of vehicle or by goods vehicles. The provision of a loading bay reserves space for deliveries or for customers collecting goods, where it might otherwise be taken up by lawfully parked vehicles, including those of disabled badge holders parked on yellow lines where loading is not prohibited. Disabled badge holders may use loading bays, other than those reserved for goods vehicles, but only for as long as is necessary for the purposes of loading or unloading.

7.28 A loading bay is indicated by the sign to diagram 660.4. The loading symbol on the sign generally faces to the left unless an arrow pointing to the right is added; the symbol would then be reversed. Times of operation may be included on the sign as shown on working drawing P 660.4 (see para 1.9). Outside these times any vehicle may park in the bay unless signs and markings indicate otherwise (e.g. a prohibition of waiting and loading during peak periods). The order may include a time limit, which should be shown on the sign, but it needs to be sufficient to accommodate the most time–consuming loading operation likely to take place. This will depend on the nature of the business conducted in adjacent premises. Unless there is a


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