COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor E. Tuffy

 To ask the Manager for clarification of a number of aspects of the Parking Bye Laws, as they apply to Lucan Village and the immediately adjacent area:

1. Is the current fee for a yearly resident's permit €20?

2. Are residents of Main Street and Chapel Hill (i.e. that part of Chapel Hill from the entrance of Sarsfield Park up to cluster of shops opposite the Boys NS) eligible to obtain residents permits, and if so where can they park their registered cars?

3. What is the current fee payable by a resident for the first visitor's permit? (It is listed as €30 on SDCC Website, but should this be €20)?

4. Is the current fee payable by a resident for a second visitor's permit €50?

5. If the fee in 4. is €50 when was this fee set, and was it approved by Councillors at a Council meeting?

6. What was the fee for a second visitor's permit when the Lucan Village Pay Parking Scheme was firs introduced?

REPLY:

As set out in the South Dublin County Council (Control of Parking) Bye Laws 2010 the tariff for permits is as follows:

Type of Permit Bye-Law Appropriate Fee
Residents Parking permit Bye-Law 16 €20 for one year permit €40 for two year permit
Replacement Residents Parking permit Bye-Law 19 €5
Visitors Parking permit Bye-Law 28 €20 for first one year permits €50 for subsequent one year permits
Commercial Parking Permit Bye-Law 31 €60 for one calendar month permit

The first visitor permit had been suggested at €30 per year under the consultation but was adopted at the rate of €20. The second visitor permit is €50 under the 2010 Bye Laws, this was increased from the visitor permit tariff set in the 2003 Bye Laws of €20. There is a limit of two visitor permits per household.

There is no household limit for number residential parking permits (for cars owned by residents at a particular residential address)

All residents within pay and display areas are eligible for permits but there may be some restrictions on where they can park.

It must be noted that the permit is not a guarantee of a space being available but an exemption from the pay and display charge local to the address for which the permit was issued.