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Local Law No. 3 - Streets and Roads

The objectives of Local Law No. 3 - Streets and Roads are:

to provide for the control and management of traffic, use of roads by persons, vehicles and animals and to regulate the parking of vehicles for the safety and fair use by people in the Municipal District;
to provide for the peace, order and well being of people in the Municipal District;
to provide for the physical features of roads and adjacent properties to be managed in a way which attends to the safety and convenience of people travelling on or using roads (whether on foot or by vehicle);
to control various types of vehicles and animals for the safety and convenience of road users;
to preserve and protect as far as possible the Council’s assets from damage which may be caused from extraordinary use of roads within the Municipal District;
to control and regulate secondary activities on roads including (a) trading, (b) the placing of goods and equipment, (c) repairs to vehicles, (d) parties, festivals and processions, (e) busking and collections, in a fair, equitable and safe manner which does not compromise the primary need for the passage and repassage of people and goods;
to provide free and safe access for people with sensory and mobility impairment or disabilities;
to provide for the regulation of the collection of used clothing and other goods in charitable recycling bins;
to provide for the safe and efficient management and control of parking on roads in the Municipal District; and
to provide mechanisms to manage and control parking so as to cause minimal disruption, danger or nuisance to users of the Council’s parking facilities.

12-Aug-2009