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Can I park in front of my garage?

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2019 2:29pm
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Hi all,

I have a “gual permanent” (paid up until June 2020) covering the front of my garage which is directly on the street with parking places each side. As I’m so central the road gets really busy for parking. 

Does anyone know if I am permitted to park and block in my own garage? Will I get a ticket or towed?

When I’ve asked locals I just get a shrug!

Thanks

Steve

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2019 3:00pm

Mickymouse

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Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2019 3:00pm

HI here is a interesting article regarding parking 

No Parking or “Vado” Signs

Some people buy Keep Clear or No Park­ing signs at hard­ware stores and put them in front of their drives/​gar­ages. These signs are not valid if they are used as a Keep Clear sign or to pro­hibit park­ing on the pub­lic road, since the Town Hall reg­u­lates and has au­thor­ity for park­ing reg­u­la­tions in the zone.

Re­mem­ber that when you pay for a proper “Vado” or Keep Clear sign, you are pay­ing to have the right of way of vehicles to your gar­age, not the park­ing space on a pub­lic road.  Some people think that they can park their vehicle at the door of their gar­age, where it has a “Vado” sign in or­der to be able to ac­cess the drive. Only when they are fined they real­ise that the Keep Clear sign gives them the right of free ac­cess to the gar­age, and it is not meant to stop other people park­ing on the pub­lic road in front of their ac­cess, but al­low them to do it them­selves. This is not the pur­pose of a Vado. Simply put:  a Vado means it can­not be blocked, someone can­not park there.  

Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 9:07pm

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