Public to have say on changes

• Published date: 26 January 2023
• Publication title: Otago Daily Times (New Zealand)

Yesterday the Central Otago District Council (CODC) agreed to public consultation on changes to the roading bylaw 2020

In a report to the council, council infrastructure manager Quinton Penniall said the district’s current roading bylaw was adopted in November 2020 following a review simplifying the 2015 bylaw.

In 2020 changes to parking restrictions were considered by community boards and recommendations incorporated into the roading bylaw.

Some car parking areas in the region were becoming stretched and complaints about people parking on footpaths with caravans and ‘‘different things’’ had increased, Mr Penniall said.

Two amendments to the bylaw were proposed — one concerning the restriction of parking on footpaths and cycle paths, and the other the alignment of parking enforcement fees to the Land Transport (Offences and Penalties) Regulations 1999.

The district’s current bylaw restricts parking on verges but it does not address parking on footpaths or cycle paths — an infringement under the Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004, which can result in a $40 fine.

An update aligning fines with those listed in the Land Transport (Offences and Penalties) Regulations 1999 would result in a graduated scale of fines —...