HOUSING (TRAFFIC) BY-LAWS
Title
HOUSING (TRAFFIC) BY-LAWS
Description
HOUSING (TRAFFIC) BY-LAWS
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By-law
ARRANGEMENT OF BY-LAWS
1. Citation
2. Interpretation ...
3. Designation of restricted roads
Road barriers at restricted roads
Designation of parking places
Erection or placing of signs ...
4. 5. 6. 7. Significance of signs and road
markings 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
Offences in relation to parking
Exemption from restrictions ... ...
Issue of parking place passes ... ...
Use of parking place passes
Maximum period for parking
Prohibition of unauthorized signs or road markings ...
PART 1
. CITATION AND INTERPRETATION
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PART II
RESTRICTED ROADS
PART III
CAR PARKS
Issue of car park passes
Use of car park passes
Powers of attendants and authorized officers
Register to be kept ... ...
Maximum parking period
Parking in car parks in unauthorized space an offence
Offences by drivers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Offences in car parks
Attendants ...
14. Use of, and parking spaces in, car parks
15. Parking spaces ... ... ... ...
16, Signs ... ... ... ... ... ...
17. Issue of tickets and payment of fees
18, Issue of replacement tickets or tickets and payment of fees
19. Removal of vehicles on payment of fees
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By-law
PART IV
IMPOUNDING, REMOVAL AND STORAGE OF VEHICLES
29. Impounding, removal and storage of vehicles
30. Impounding, removal and storage charges
PART V
MISCELLANEOUS
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33. Presumption as to signs or road markings
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Offence to interfere with signs or road markings ...
False statements ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Repair of vehicles ... ... ...
Limitation of liability ...
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By-laws.
HOUSING (TRAFFIC) BY-LAWS
(Cap. 283, section 30)
PART I
CITATION AND
INTERPRETATION
[1 January 1979.]
1. These by-laws may be cited as the Housing (Traffic)
2. (1) In these by-laws, unless the context otherwise requires
,,attendant' means a person appointed under by-law 28 to be an
attendant of a car park;
'car park pass' means a car park pass issued under by-law 20 (or a
duplicate thereof issued under by-law 3 1 (1)) for the parking of a
vehicle in a car park;
'driver', in relation to a vehicle, means any person who is in charge of
or assisting in the control of it;
'parking', subject to paragraph (1), means the standing of a vehicle,
whether ' er occupied or not, except when standing temporarily for
the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or
unloading or picking up or setting down passengers;
'parking fee' means the appropriate parking fee fixed by the Authority
for the use of a car park or a parking place;
'parking place pass' means a parking place pass issued under by-law
10 (or a duplicate thereof issued under by-law 3 1 (1)) for the
parking of a vehicle on a restricted road;
'parking space' means a space in a parking place indicated by lines or
other marks for the accommodation of one vehicle;
'replacement ticket' means a replacement ticket issued under bylaw
18(1) in respect of a vehicle;
'road marking' means a line, word, mark or device placed on, or set
into, the surface of a road or car park for conveying to persons
using the road or car park any warning, information, requirement,
restriction, prohibition or direction;
',sign' means a sign, object or device for conveying to persons using a
road or car park any warning, information, requirement, restriction,
prohibition or direction;
'ticket' means a ticket issued under by-law 17 or 18(2) in respect of a
vehicle;
'time' includes a date;
'trailer' means a vehicle which is not mechanically propelled and is
towed or intended for towing by a motor vehicle, including any
semi-trailer or draw bar trailer;
'warning instrument' means any instrument fitted to or carried on or in
a vehicle for audibly signalling its approach or presence.
(2) Notwithstanding the definition of 'parking' in paragraph (1), a
vehicle shall not be deemed to be parked for the purpose of these by-
laws where it is prevented from proceeding by breakdown or other
circumstances beyond the driver's control, and all - reasonable steps are
taken to minimize any obstruction and effect the removal of the vehicle
as soon as possible.
(3) In these by-laws a reference to a diagram of a sign or road
marking is a reference to the diagram of a sign or road marking specified
in the Schedule.
PARTII
RESTRICTED
ROADS
3. The Authority may, where under section 25A of the Ordinance it
has designated any road or length of a road to be a restricted road, erect
or place, with the approval of the Commissioner for Transport and the
Director of Engineering Development at every point of entry to the restricted road a sign in
accordance with diagram 1.
4. The Authority may, for the purpose of restricting the entry of
vehicles to a restricted road under section 25A(2) of the Ordinance,
erect, with the approval of the Commissioner for Transport and the Director
of Development of Engineering Development at every point of entry to the restricted road a barrier
across the road or other suitable device of such type as the Authority
thinks fit.
5. (1) The Authority may designate any place on a restricted road
as a parking place and may appropriate the use of such parking place for
any particular period or allocate such parking place for th( use of
vehicles of any description or of any particular type or class or for the
use of any person or persons of any particular class.
(2) The Authority may indicate the designation of a parking place
by means of road markings in accordance with diagram 14, 15 or 16.
(3) The Authority may, with the approval oval of the Commissioner
for Transport and the Director of Engineering Development by the erection or placing of the
approprite signs in accordance with the diagrams in the Schedule
indicate that a parking space within a parking place may be used
(a)for vehicles of a particular description, type or class, or by
any person or persons of a particular class;
(b) at particular times; or
(e) on particular days.
(4) The Authority may amend, suspend or cancel any designa-
tion under paragraph (1)--
(a) by covering any sign;
(b)by the erection or placing of the sign in accordance with
diagram 8; or
(c) by the removal of any sign.
6. (1) When any signs are erected or placed under regulation
5(3), they shall be erected or placed in such manner that they are
clearly visible to traffic using the restricted road or such part thereof
as is restricted by such signs.
(2) Any sign erected or placed under these by-laws may be of
such material as will cause it to reflect light or may be illuminated.
(3) The Authority may display on or at any sign erected or
placed under these by-laws the Housing Authority logo in accord-
ance with diagram 20.
7. The meaning of every sign and road marking erected or
placed under these by-laws shall be in accordance with the signs
and road markings and the notes relating thereto specified in the
Schedule.
8. (1) No person shall park any vehicle in any place on a
restricted road-
(a) other than in a parking place;
(b)in contravention of any sign or road marking erected or
placed at the parking place;
(c)in such a position or in such condition or in such circum-
stances as to be likely to cause danger to other persons
using the road; or
(d)in the case of a trailer, unless the trailer is accompanied by
and attached to a motor vehicle capable of drawing the
trailer.
(2) Any person who parks a vehicle in a parking place shall,
except where a valid parking place pass is displayed in accordance
with by-law 11(2), pay such parking fee for the use of the parking
place as may be fixed by the Authority.
(3) [Deleted, L.N. 4181841
(4) No person shall park any vehicle in a parking place in
such a manner that the vehicle unnecessarily projects over any line
which divides the space in which the vehicle is parked from any
other space.
(5) No. person shall park any vehicle in any parking place the
designation of which is suspended or cancelled under by-law 5(4).
(5A) The registered owner of a vehicle which is used in connexion
with an alleged offence under this by-law shall, within 21 days of a
request by an authorized officer, supply all the information within the
knowledge of the registered owner which will enable the Authority to
ascertain the name and address of the driver of the vehicle at the time of
the offence.
(5B) The driver of a vehicle on a restricted road or in a parking
place shall, when so requested, give his name and address to any
authorized officer.
(6) Any person who contravenes this by-law commits an offence
and is liable to a fine of $2,000.
9. Nothing in by-law. 8 shall apply-
(a)so as to restrict the use of any vehicle in connexion with any
building operation, demolition, or excavation, the removal of
any obstruction to traffic, the maintenance, improvement or
reconstruction of any road or the erection, alteration or repair
in or near to any restricted road of any sewer or any main,
pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricity, or
of any telephone or rediffusion wires, cables, parts or
supports if the vehicle cannot be conveniently put to such
use under the restriction;
(b)to fire services vehicles, ambulances, police vehicles, vehicles
used for the conveyance of public mail, or vehicles used by
the armed forces of the Crown when any such vehicles are
being used in the performance of their function in any
restricted road;
(c) [Deleted, L.N. 4181841
(d)
to anything done with the permission of the Authority or an
authorized officer.
10. (1) The Authority may issue to any person, who applies for a
parking place pass for the parking of a vehicle on a restricted road and
pays the appropriate parking place pass fee fixed by the Authority, a
parking place pass in respect of the vehicle.
(2) A parking place pass issued under paragraph (1) shall be in a
form approved by the Authority and there shall be entered in the
parking place pass
(a)the registration mark of the vehicle in respect of which it is
valid;
the name of the estate and the restricted road in respect of
which it is valid;
(c) the period for which it is valid; and
(d) such other particulars as the Authority may think fit.
(3) The Authority may issue a parking place pass for such period
as it may determine.
(4) The issue of a parking place pass in respect of a vehicle shall
not provide any guarantee that a parking place for the parking of the
vehicle shall be available on the restricted road in respect of which the
parking place pass is valid.
11. (1) Subject to section 25A(3) of the Ordinance and by-law 12, a
vehicle in respect of which a parking place pass is issued may be
parked in a parking place on the restricted road in respect of which the
pass is valid at any time during the currency of the pass.
(2) A parking place pass shall be displayed on the left-hand side
of the windscreen of the vehicle in respect of which it is issued.
12. No vehicle shall be parked in a parking place for a period
exceeding 24 hours unless such parking is authorized by the Authority
or an authorized officer.
13. (1) Except as may be authorized by the Authority, no person
shall place, or cause or permit to be placed, on, in or near any restricted
road or on a building, as the case may be, any sign or road marking
specified in these by-laws or any sign or road marking which is of such
similarity to a specified sign or road marking that any person
approaching it might reasonably mistake it for a specified sign or road
marking.
(2) The Authority may by notice in writing require any person who
has placed or caused to be placed any such sign or road marking in
contravention of paragraph (1) to remove it and, if such person fails to
comply with such notice, the Authority may cause the sign to be
removed, or the road marking to be obliterated or removed, as the case
may be, and thereupon the sign and any part thereof and every
attachment thereto shall be forfeited to the Authority and the Authority
may recover from such person as a civil debt the cost of the removal of
the sign or the cost of the obliteration or removal of the road marking
and also the cost of any reinstatement of the road necessitated by such
removal of the sign or such obliteration or removal of the road marking.
(3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an
offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000.
PART III
CAR PARKS
14. (1) The Authority may set aside any land in an estate and
designate it by signs for use. as a car park and may, in such manner as it
thinks fit, limit the use of any car park to vehicles of any description or
of any particular type or class, or may allocate any parking space in a
car park for the use of any person or persons of any particular class,
and revoke or amend any such limitation or allocation.
(2) Paragraph (2) of by-law 5 shall apply to any car park in the same
manner as that paragraph applies to places designated as parking
places.
(3) The Authority may, in such manner as it thinks fit, limit the
hours during which vehicles of any description or of any particular
type or class may enter or use a car park.
15. The Authority may cause a car park to be divided in such
manner as it thinks fit into parking spaces.
16. (1) The Authority may cause to be erected at, in or immediately
outside a car park such signs as it considers necessary for the
regulation of parking therein, and in particular signs indicating the place
where vehicles may enter and leave the car park, and the description,
type or class of vehicle permitted to be parked in the car park or the
particular person or class of persons who may use the car park.
(2) Any person who without reasonable excuse drives a vehicle
into or out of a car park in contravention of any sign erected under
paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000.
17. (1) The driver of a vehicle (other than a vehicle to which by-law
21 applies) who wishes to park the vehicle in a car park, shall, before
driving the vehicle into the car park, stop the vehicle at the entrance of
the car park and, if space is available in the car park for the parking of
the vehicle, an attendant or authorized officer may issue to the driver of
the vehicle a ticket in a form approved by the Authority bearing the
registration mark of the vehicle and the time at which the vehicle enters
the car park.
(2) Except where by-law 18 or section 25B of the Ordinance
applies, before a vehicle which is parked in a car park under paragraph
(1) is removed therefrom, the ticket issued in respect of the motor
vehicle shall be presented to an attendant or authorized officer at such
place as shall be provided at the car park, and the attendant or
authorized officer shall, on payment to him of the parking fee incurred
from the time of entry of the vehicle marked on the ticket, return to the
person making the payment a portion of the ticket marked with the time
of departure and issue a receipt for the payment in a form approved by
the Authority.
(3) Except where section 25B of the Ordinance applies, no person
shall remove a vehicle from a car park unless the parking fee (if any)
payable under the Ordinance in respect of the vehicle has been paid.
(4) Any person who contravenes paragraph (3) commits an offence
and is liable to a fine of $2,000.
18. (1) Where the ticket cannot for any reason be presented
under by-law 17(2), the person who intends to remove the vehicle
from a car park shall present to an attendant or authorized officer at
such place as shall be provided at the car park his valid driving
licence and the attendant or authorized officer shall, on payment to
him of the parking fee incurred from the time of entry of the vehicle
recorded in the register under by-law 23, issue to such person a
replacement ticket marked with the time of departure, and a receipt
for the payment, in a form approved by the Authority.
(2) Where a vehicle is permitted to enter a car park during the
currency of a car park pass and the pass expires before the removal
of the vehicle from the car park (and a new car park pass is not
issued in respect of the vehicle), the person who intends to remove
the vehicle from the car park shall present to an attendant or
authorized officer at such place as shall be provided at the car park
his valid driving licence and the attendant or authorized officer shall,
on payment to him of the parking fee incurred from the time of
expiry of the pass, issue to such person a ticket marked with the time
of departure, and a receipt for the payment, in a form approved by
the Authority.
19. (1) Where a parking fee in respect of a vehicle is paid
under by-law 17(2) or 18 the vehicle shall be removed from the car
park as soon as is practicable thereafter and in any case within
15 minutes after the time of departure marked on the ticket under by
law 17(2) or on the replacement ticket or ticket under by-law 18, as
the case may be.
(2) If a vehicle is not removed from a car park in accordance
with paragraph (1), it shall not be permitted to be removed until
such further parking fee as may be fixed by the Authority is paid for
each hour or part thereof during which the vehicle is parked in the
car park in excess of the 15 minutes permitted under that paragraph
and a receipt for such payment, marked with the time of payment,
shall be issued in a form approved by the Authority.
(3) The driver of a vehicle who is removing the vehicle from a
car park after the payment of a parking fee shall surrender to the
attendant or authorized officer at the exit from the car park such
part of the ticket or replacement ticket as the Authority may specify.
~ (4) Any person who contravenes paragraph (3) commits an
offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000.
20. (1) The Authority may issue to any person, who applies
for a car park pass for the parking of a vehicle in a car park and pays
the appropriate car park pass fee fixed by the Authority, a car park
pass in respect of the vehicle.
(2) A car park pass issued under paragraph (1) shall be in a
form approved by the Authority and there shall be entered in the car
park pass-
(a)the registration mark of the vehicle in respect of which it is
issued;
(b)the name of the estate and the car park in respect of which
it is valid;
(c) the type of parking space in respect of which it is valid;
(d) the period for which it is valid; and
(e) such other particulars as the Authority may think fit.
(3) The Authority may issue a car park pass for such period as
it may determine.
(4) The issue of a car park pass in respect of a vehicle shall not
provide any guarantee that space for the parking of the vehicle shall
be available in the car park in respect of which the car park pass
is valid.
(5) The Authority may-
(a)specify the number of car park passes which may be issued
under paragraph (1) in respect of any car park;
(b)prohibit the issue of a car park pass in respect of any
particular description, type or class of vehicle.
21. (1) Subject to by-law 24, a vehicle in respect of which a
car park pass is issued may be parked in the car park in respect of
which the pass is valid at any time during the currency of the pass if
an appropriate parking space is available in the car park for the
parking of the vehicle.
(2) The driver of a vehicle (other than a vehicle to which
by-law 17 or 18(2) applies) shall not drive the vehicle into, park the
vehicle in or remove the vehicle from, any car park unless a valid car
park pass issued in respect of the vehicle is displayed on the left-
hand side of the windscreen of the vehicle.
(3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (2) commits an
offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000.
22. (1) An attendant or authorized officer may refuse to allow
any vehicle to enter into a car park-
(a)in contravention of any limitation imposed under by-law
14 as to the use of the car park;
(b)where by-law 17 applies, if a ticket is not issued in respect
of the vehicle; or
(c)where by-law 21 applies, if a valid car park pass is not
displayed in the vehicle in accordance with that by-law.
(2) Except where a vehicle is removed under section 25B of the
Ordinance, an attendant or authorized officer may refuse to allow
any vehicle to leave a car park-
(a)where by-law 17 or 18 applies, if the parking fee incurred in
respect of the vehicle is not paid; or
(b)where by-law 21 applies, if a valid car park pass is not
displayed in the vehicle in accordance with that by-law.
23. (1) An attendant or authorized officer shall maintain at
every car park a register in a form specified by the Authority in
which he shall record-
(a)the registration mark of every vehicle which enters the car
park;
(b) the time of such entry; and
(c) such other particulars as the Authority may specify,
and at the end of his shift of duty shall sign and date any such record
made in the register.
(2) A register maintained under paragraph (1) shall be retained
for not less than 2 months after the date of the last record made in
the register.
24. No vehicle shall be parked in any car park for a period
exceeding 7 days unless such parking is authorized by the Authority
or an authorized officer.
25. (1) No person shall park any vehicle or cause or permit
any vehicle to be parked in a car park other than-
(a)in an appropriate parking space set aside by the Authority
for the parking of that particular description, type or class
of vehicle; or
(b)in an appropriate parking space allocated by the Authority
for the use of that person or of. a particular class of
persons.
(2) Where by-law 21(1) applies, no vehicle in respect of which
a car park pass is issued shall be parked in a car park other than in
an appropriate parking space in such car park in respect of which the
car park pass is valid.
(3) In the event of a contravention of this by-law the owner of
the vehicle commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000.
26. (1) The driver of a vehicle in a car park shall comply with
all lawful directions given to him by any attendant or authorized
officer.
(2) The driver of a vehicle in a car park shall obey all signs and
signals exhibited in the car park for the direction or regulation of
vehicles therein.
(3) The driver of a vehicle in a car park shall park the vehicle
in such place in the car park as an attendant or authorized officer
may direct.
(3A) No driver shall bring into a car park a vehicle which
is carrying dangerous
Ordinance applies.
goods to which the Dangerous Goods
(4) When a vehicle has been parked in a car park, the driver
and all passengers shall leave the car park as soon as is practicable
thereafter by such means of exit from the car park as is indicated by
signs erected under by-law 16.
(4A) The registered owner of a vehicle which is used in
connexion with an alleged offence under this by-law shall, within 21
days of a request by an authorized officer, supply all the information
within the knowledge of the registered owner which will enable the
Authority to ascertain the name and address of the driver of the
vehicle at the time of the offence.
(5) The driver of a vehicle in a car park shall, when so
requested, give his name and address to any attendant or authorized
officer.
(6) No person shall sound a warning instrument in a car park.
(7) No person shall park a vehicle in a car park in such a
manner that the vehicle unnecessarily projects over any line or other
mark which divides the parking space in which the vehicle is parked
from any other parking space or from any other part of the car park.
(8) Any person who without reasonable excuse contravenes
this by-law commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000.
27. (1) No person other than-
(a)an attendant or any person employed at a car park in the
course of his duties;
(b)a person driving a vehicle into a car park or a person
entering a car park to remove a vehicle therefrom;
(c)a passenger in a vehicle entering a car park or a person
intending to leave the car park as a passenger in a vehicle;
or
(d) an authorized officer,
shall enter a car park. without having first obtained the permission of
an attendant or authorized officer on duty at the entrance to the car
park.
(2) No person shall remain in a car park after he has been
lawfully ordered to leave the car park by an attendant or authorized
officer.
(3) No person shall, without lawful authority, mutilate, deface
or alter any ticket or replacement ticket.
(M) No person in a car park shall-
(a) smoke;
(b)without lawful excuse be in possession of any ticket or
replacement ticket which is mutilated, defaced or altered; or
(c)fail to give his name and address to an attendant or
authorized officer when required to do so.
(4) No person shall, without lawful authority, tamper with or
interfere with a vehicle in a car park.
(5) Any person who contravenes this by-law commits an offence
and is liable to a fine of 52,000.
28. (1) The Authority may appoint any person to be an attendant
of a car park.
(2) Every attendant shall carry such evidence, under the hand of
an authorized officer, of his appointment as an attendant as shall be
approved by the Authority.
(3) Every attendant in a car park shall produce to any person in the
car park having reasonable grounds for asking for the same, such
evidence of his appointment as an attendant.
PARTIV
IMPOUNDING, REMOVAL AND STORAGE OF
VEHICLES
29. (1) The Authority or an authorized officer may, for the
purposes of section 25B of the Ordinance, impound or remove a vehicle
in such manner as the Authority or the authorized officer thinks fit.
(2) A vehicle that is removed under section 25B of the Ordinance
may be stored in such place as may be provided by the Authority for
that purpose.
30. The charges payable to the Authority under section 25B(4) of
the Ordinance shall be
(a) for impounding a vehicle, $140;
(b) for removing a vehicle $200;
(c)for storing a vehicle, $50 for every day after the first day
during which the vehicle is detained.
PART V
MISCELLANEOUS
31. (1) Where a car park pass or parking place pass is lost,
destroyed or accidentally defaced, an application for a duplicate of such
pass may be made to the Authority, and if the Authority is satisfied as
to the reason for the application it may, upon payment of such fee as
the Authority may fix, issue a duplicate pass which shall have the same
validity as the original pass.
shall-
(2) Where a car park pass or parking place pass issued in respect of
a vehicle is to be transferred for use in respect of another vehicle, an
application for such transfer may be made to the Authority and the
Authority may, upon production to it of the pass and payment of such
fee as the Authority may fix, transfer the pass and shall enter in the pass
the registration mark of the vehicle in respect of which the pass is
transferred.
32. (1) No person without the consent of the Authority
(a)move, damage, or interfere in any way with, any sign erected
under these by-laws; or
(b)obscure, deface, alter or obliterate any road marking placed by
the Authority on or in a restricted road or car park.
(2) Any person who contravenes this by-law commits an offence
and is liable to a fine of $2,000.
32A. Any person who knowingly makes a statement which is false
or misleading as to a material particular
(a)in furnishing' any information under by-law 8(5A) 26(4A); or
(b)in giving his name and address under by-law 8(5B), 2 or
27(3A),
commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000.
33. A sign erected on, in or near, or a road marking placed on or in a
restricted road or car park which is similar to a sign or road marking
specified in these by-laws shall be deemed to be a sign or road marking
in accordance with these by-laws and to have been lawfully so erected
or placed unless the contrary is proved, and the fact that a sign or road
marking differs slightly in size, colour or type from a specified sign or
road marking shall not prevent such sign or road marking from being a
specified sign or road marking so long as the general appearance of the
sign or road. marking is not thereby materially impaired.
34. (1) Subject to paragraph (3), no person shall carry out or cause
or permit to be carried out on a vehicle in a parking place or car park any
maintenance or repair or be in a parking place or car park for the purpose
of carrying out such maintenance or repair.
(2) Any person who contravenes this by-law commits an offence
and is liable to a fine of $2,000.
(3) It shall be a good defence to any proceedings under this by-law
to prove that any maintenance or repair was necessary to enable the
vehicle to be removed from the parking place or car park.
35. The exercise by the Authority of its functions under by- Limitation of laws 5
and 14 shall not render the Authority or the Government
subject to any liability in respect of the loss of or damage to any
vehicle in a parking place or car park or the contents of any such
vehicle.
SCHEDULE [by-laws 2, 3, 5, 6 & 7.]
SIGNS AND ROAD
MARKINGS
(All measurements shown in the Diagrams are given in millimetres)
WHITE BORDER
WHITE LETTERS
BLUE BACKGROUND
WHITE CHARACTERS
Restricted Road
Entry and Parking of Vehicles
Restricted
WHITE BORDER & LETTER
BACKGROUND
PARKING FOR VEHICLES OTHER
THAN MEDIUM AND HEAVY
GOODS VEHICLES, BUSES, MOTOR
CYCLES AND PEDAL CYCLES
DIAGRAM 2
THIS SIGN INDICATES THAT WHEN USED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE ROAD MARKING IN
DIAGRAM 15 OR 16 OR BOTH, THE PARKING PLACE
OR PARKING SPACE IS FOR VEHICLES OTHER THAN
MEDIUM AND HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES, BUSES,
MOTOR CYCLES AND PEDAL CYCLES.
PARKING FOR GOODS VEHICLES
DIAGRAM 3
THIS SIGN INDICATES THAT WHEN USED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE ROAD MARKING IN
DIAGRAM 15 OR 16 OR BOTH, THE PARKING PLACE
OR PARKING SPACE IS FOR GOODS VEHICLES ONLY.
WHITE BORDER & LETTER
BLUE BACKAGROUND
BLACK SYMBOL
PARKING FOR BUSES
DIAGRAM 4
THIS SIGN INDICATES THAT WHEN USED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE ROAD MARKING IN
DIAGRAM 15 OR 16 OR BOTH, THE PARKING PLACE
OR PARKING SPACE IS FOR BUSES ONLY.
WHITE
BLUE
WHITE
BLACK
PARKING PLACE FOR MOTOR CYCLES
DIAGRAM 5
THIS SIGN INDICATES THAT WHEN USED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE ROAD MARKING IN
DIAGRAM 14, THE PARKING PLACE IS FOR MOTOR
CYCLES ONLY.
PARKING PLACE FOR PEDAL CYCLES
DIAGRAM 6
WHITE BLUE WHITE BLACK
THIS SIGN INDICATES THAT WHEN USED IN CON-
JUNCTION WITH THE ROAD MARKING IN DIAGRAM
15 OR 16 OR BOTH, THE PARKING PLACE OR PARKING
SPACE IS FOR PEDAL CYCLES ONLY.
RED BORDER & DIAGONAL
BLUE
BACKGROUND
NO PARKING
DIAGRAM
THIS SIGN INDICATES THAT ON THE SIDE OF THE
ROAD WHERE IT IS DISPLAYED, PARKING IS
PROHIBITED. IT MAY BE USED WITH THE SIGNS IN
DIAGRAMS 10 AND 11 TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION
IN WHICH THE RESTRICTION APPLIES AND WITH
THE SIGN IN DIAGRAM 9 TO INDICATE THE PERIOD
FOR WHICH IT APPLIES.
RED
BLUE
BLACK
YELLOW
TEMPORARY NO PARKING SIGN
DIAGRAM 8
THIS SIGN INDICATES THAT ON THE SIDE OF THE
ROAD WHERE IT IS DISPLAYED, PARKING IS
TEMPORARILY PROHIBITED. THE SIGN MAY BE USED
WITHOUT THE ARROWS OR WITH AN ARROW
POINTING IN ONLY ONE DIRECTION.
Mon-Sat 9am-6pm
TIME PLATE
DIAGRAM 9
THIS PLATE INDICATES THE PERIOD OF TIME OR
DAYS FOR WHICH PARKING IS PROHIBITED OR
PERMITTED.
IT MAY BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH DIAGRAMS 7
AND 8 TO INDICATE THE PERIOD OF TIME OR DAYS
DURING WHICH THE RESTRICTION ON PARKING
APPLIES OR USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH DIAGRAM
2, 3,4, 5 OR 6 TO INDICATE THE PERIOD OF TIME OR
DAYS WHEN PARKING IS PERMITTED.
THE WORDING MAY BE VARIED TO SPECIFY ANY
PERIOD OF TIME OR ANY DAY OR DAYS.
BLACK BORDER & SYMBOL
WHITE BACKGROUND
ARROW PLATE
DIAGRAM 10
BLACK BORDER a SYMBOL
THIS PLATE IS FOR USE WITH THE SIGN IN DIAGRAM
7 TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THE
RESTRICTION ON PARKING APPLIES.
THE ARROW MAY BE REVERSED TO INDICATE A
RESTRICTION IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
BLACK BORDER A SYMBOL
WHITE BACKGROUND
ARROW PLATE
DIAGRAM 11
THIS PLATE IS FOR USE WITH THE SIGN IN DIAGRAM
7 TO INDICATE THE RESTRICTION ON PARKING
APPLIES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
EDGE OF CARRIAGEWAY
NO PARKING
DIAGRAM 12
THIS ROAD MARKING IS USED TO INDICATE A
SECTION OF ROAD, WHETHER OR NOT IT IS USED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH DIAGRAM 7, WHERE THE
PARKING OF VEHICLES IS PROHIBITED.
YELLOW HATCHED
MARKING
CHANNEL KERB LINE
NO PARKING
DIAGRAM 13
THIS ROAD MARKING IS USED TO INDICATE THAT
THE PARKING OF VEHICLES IS PROHIBITED ON THE
AREA SHOWN BY THE YELLOW HATCHED MARKINGS.
KERB LINE
CHANNEL
WHITE
AS REQUIRED
MOTOR CYCLE PARKING PLACES
DIAGRAM 14
THIS ROAD MARKING IS USED TO INDICATE PARKING
PLACES FOR MOTOR CYCLES ONLY SUBJECT TO SUCH
CONDITIONS, IF ANY, AS MAY BE IN FORCE AS
INDICATED BY RELEVANT SIGNS IN
THE VICINITY.
PARKING SPACES-PARALLEL
PARKING SPACES-ANGULAR
ROAD MARKINGS FOR
PARKING PLACES
DIAGRAM 15
THIS ROAD MARKING IS USED TO INDICATE PARKING
PLACES FOR VEHICLES SUBJECT TO SUCH
CONDITIONS, IF ANY, AS MAY BE IN FORCE.
PARKING SPACES - PARALLEL
CHANNEL
KERB LINE
PARKING SPACES-ANGULAR
VARIABLE
ANGLE
ROAD MARKINGS FOR
PARKING PLACES
DIAGRAM 16
THIS ROAD MARKING IS USED TO INDICATE PARKING
PLACES FOR VEHICLES, SUBJECT TO SUCH
CONDITIONS, IF ANY, AS MAY BE IN FORCE AS
INDICATED BY RELEVANT SIGNS IN THE VICINITY.
Urban Services Dept
refuse use collection
vehicles only
PARKING FOR SPECIAL VEHICLES
DIAGRAM 17
THIS SIGN INDICATES THAT WHEN USED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE ROAD MARKING IN
DIAGRAM 15 OR 16. THE PARKING PLACE OR
PARKING SPACE MAY BE USED ONLY BY THE
VEHICLES INDICATED ON THE SIGN.
THE WORDING MAY BE VARIED TO SPECIFY ANY
PARTICULAR TYPE OR CLASS OF VEHICLE.
BLUE BACKGROUND
WHITE BORDER WHITE LETTER
Parking Pass Holders Only
DIAGRAM 18
THIS SIGN IS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH DIAGRAMS
2, 3, 4, 5 AND 6 TO INDICATE THE PARTICULAR.
CLASS OF PERSON WHO MAY USE THE PARKING
PLACE OR CAR PARK.
BLACK ARROW
YELLOW BACKGROUND
RED BORDER
ARROW PLATE
DIAGRAM 19
THIS PLATE IS FOR USE AS A SUPPLEMENTARY SIGN
TO DIAGRAMS 2, 3, 4, 5 AND 6. THE BACKGROUND
COLOUR AND THE COLOUR AND DIRECTION OF
THE ARROW MAY BE VARIED TO ACCORD WITH THE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
HOUSING AUTHORITY LOGO
DIAGRAM 20
THE SIZE OF THIS LOGO MAY BE VARIED TO ACCORD
WITH THE MANNER IN WHICH IT IS DISPLAYED.
L.N. 301/78. L.N. 120/81. L.N. 76/82. L.N. 147/82. L.N. 418/84. Citation. Interpretation. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. Schedule. Designation of restricted roads. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 76/84. Road barriers at restricted roads. L.N. 76/82. Designation of parking places. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. Schedule. L.N. 418/84. Erection or placing of signs. L. N. 418/84. Significance of signs and road markings. L.N. 418/84. Schedule. Offences in relation to parking. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 147/82. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 147/82. L.N. 418/84. Exemption from restrictions. L.N. 418/84. Issue of parking place passes. Use of parking place passes. Maximum period for parking. L.N. 418/84. Prohibition of unauthorized signs or road markings. L.N. 418/84. Use of, and parking spaces in, car parks. L.N. 418/84. Parking spaces. Signs. L.N. 418/84. Issue of tickets and payment of fees. L.N. 418/84. Issue of replacement tickets or tickets and payment of fees. L.N. 418/84. Removal of vehicles on payment of fees. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. Issue of car park passes. Use of car park passes. L.N. 418/84. Powers of attendants and authorized officers. L.N. 418/84. Register to be kept. L.N. 418/84. Maximum parking period. Parking in car parks in unauthorized space an offence. L.N. 418/84. Offences by drivers. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. (Cap. 295.) L.N. 147/82. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. Offences in car parks. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. Attendants. Impounding, removal and storage of vehicles. Impounding, removal and storage charges. L.N. 120/81. L.N. 418/84. Duplicates and transfers of passes. Offence to interfere with signs or road markings. L.N. 418/84. False statements. L.N. 418/84. Presumption as to signs or road markings. L.N. 418/84. Repair of vehicles. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. Limitation of liability. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84.
Abstract
L.N. 301/78. L.N. 120/81. L.N. 76/82. L.N. 147/82. L.N. 418/84. Citation. Interpretation. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. Schedule. Designation of restricted roads. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 76/84. Road barriers at restricted roads. L.N. 76/82. Designation of parking places. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. Schedule. L.N. 418/84. Erection or placing of signs. L. N. 418/84. Significance of signs and road markings. L.N. 418/84. Schedule. Offences in relation to parking. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 147/82. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 147/82. L.N. 418/84. Exemption from restrictions. L.N. 418/84. Issue of parking place passes. Use of parking place passes. Maximum period for parking. L.N. 418/84. Prohibition of unauthorized signs or road markings. L.N. 418/84. Use of, and parking spaces in, car parks. L.N. 418/84. Parking spaces. Signs. L.N. 418/84. Issue of tickets and payment of fees. L.N. 418/84. Issue of replacement tickets or tickets and payment of fees. L.N. 418/84. Removal of vehicles on payment of fees. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. Issue of car park passes. Use of car park passes. L.N. 418/84. Powers of attendants and authorized officers. L.N. 418/84. Register to be kept. L.N. 418/84. Maximum parking period. Parking in car parks in unauthorized space an offence. L.N. 418/84. Offences by drivers. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. (Cap. 295.) L.N. 147/82. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. Offences in car parks. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. Attendants. Impounding, removal and storage of vehicles. Impounding, removal and storage charges. L.N. 120/81. L.N. 418/84. Duplicates and transfers of passes. Offence to interfere with signs or road markings. L.N. 418/84. False statements. L.N. 418/84. Presumption as to signs or road markings. L.N. 418/84. Repair of vehicles. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84. Limitation of liability. L.N. 418/84. L.N. 418/84.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/3108
Edition
1964
Volume
v19
Subsequent Cap No.
283
Number of Pages
28
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“HOUSING (TRAFFIC) BY-LAWS,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed April 28, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/3108.