Rules regarding parking on suburban streets in Canberra?

I dont know those suburbs but I’d hazard to guess the streets are narrow and they are wary of being side swiped by another car., but I dont think you can park on the nature strip, being council land.

Didn’t they book a stack of cars that were for sale on the nature strips a few years ago.

“A strip of grass or stable surface must be maintained at a minimum of 1.2 metres wide from the back of the kerb for pedestrian access directly off the roadway, even if a footpath exists near your lease boundary.” Correct me if I’m wrong . But I cant find any legislation pertaining to this statement in their pamphlet.

#9: Parking on the nature strip is not necessarily the same as parking blocking the footpath. The nature strip is often wide enough to park a car on without obstructing any pedestrian/wheelchair/stroller access.

I was taught that when you visit ppl you park ON THE STREET.

We have approval to landscape our nature strip and wanted to plant clumps of native grass/Lomandra right to the kerb to discourage cars parking half up on the nature strip but were told by TAMS that we HAD to provide 90cm clear space adjacent to the kerb for pedestrians (despite the fact the plans show a 1.2m wide meandering path closer to our boundary, ie between the nature strip plantings and our front yard). Of course if we provide a 90cm clear space adjacent to the kerb, odds are pedestrian access would be blocked by cars parked on it, so we will probably plant exactly 90cm from the kerb and not be overly conscientious about pruning :).

In theory I don’t mind ppl parking illegally and/or landscaping on their nature strips *provided* sight lines aren’t blocked (eg a large 4WD often parked at right angles to the road a few doors down from us means I can’t see if there is anything coming until I have already backed half out onto the road) and there is enough room for people to walk past without using the road. This is especially the case for children walking to school using suburban streets that don’t have footpaths.

Parking on nature strips is illegal and anti social. It obstructs pedestrians and compresses the soil, killing grass and trees. There is a moron who does this in my street, rendering the footpath unusable for prams, wheelchairs (yes, we have a regular wheelchair user nearby) and mobility scooters. There is no shortage of on street parking, but his shiny penis extension (sporty car, drives it like a lunatic) is apparently too precious to risk that, and he can’t be bothered having to back out of his driveway.

He will find said p.e. keyed one of these days. Not by me – I just send hate waves – but others who are less peaceable are just as annoyed.

parking on the nature strip in the ACT is illegal .. but no one every gets booked for it.

http://www.aila.org.au/canberragarden/plants/naturestripspdf.pdf

Hmmmm seems I should have also gotten permission before I removed the grass and mulched my nature strip and dont mention the watering system. I have been a baaaaad boy.

ACT Road Rules at Page 60 has the parking rules – http://www.tams.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/64479/Part_C2_-_Knowing_the_Road_Rules_2010.pdf

Interesting. I thought there was some rule about not parking on a road with undivided lines. Apparently not.

JJ – It should also earn you a ticket in the ACT. Parking on nature strips is not allowed, it just doesnt seem to be enforced.
In my street which resembles are parking lot at best of times, if everyone parked on the street as they are supposed to, it would be blocked.