Parking on Footpath

Howlin

Hi,

Can anyone tell me how to report a car that is constantly parking their car on a footpath and taking up the majority of it? This results in people either having to basically hug the wall when getting by or going out onto the road to pass it?

Is it to the local authority or is it to local garda station or both?

Thanks in advance,

Stephen

coylemj

Phone your local Garda station, they will send someone to sort it out. Does the car owner live in a nearby house?

Howlin

Thanks,

I am not sure if it is a near by house or not. In the morning time it is there but when I'm home by the evening time it isn't there. The thing is there is plenty of parking, it appears they just want to park directly/almost directly outside this place.

biko

They probably live very close. It's a crap thing to do to buggys, old or blind.
Is there a management company you can turn to?

coylemj

Howlin wrote: »

Thanks,

I am not sure if it is a near by house or not. In the morning time it is there but when I'm home by the evening time it isn't there. The thing is there is plenty of parking, it appears they just want to park directly/almost directly outside this place.

Have you considered asking in the houses close by if anyone knows the driver of that car? It could be a child minder who looks after kids in a local house while the parents are away working.

Leave an anonymous A4 sheet under the wiper asking the driver to not block the footpath.

Other options boards.ie does not allow us to suggest because they could be marginally illegal.

Is it someone who does a 'park and ride' i.e. parks their car there and gets a bus from a nearby bus stop?

TBH you could do a bit more research to find out who that person is without risking a 'face to face' confrontation.

Howlin

coylemj the car is actually a caddy type van. I am living in Waterford and it is a residential area. The van is parked outside the entrance to an apartment complex which has gates that require a code to open. The apartment complex is mostly filled with vacation/renters so the the majority of people don't know who their next door neighbours are. The footpath that the van parks on, is wide but when the van parks completely on it, depending on the position of it, it can be difficult to get past it.

The option of the A4 sheet is good, I was thinking of it, but at the end of the day, the person should not be parking on a footpath and to myself why should I give the person the warming of it when they shouldn't be doing it at all.

If it is the first time I have seen the van there, then I wouldn't mind that much, but over the space of over 6 months, the van has been there and the apartment complex has the option of renting some parking space as there are enough spaces.

2012paddy2012

coylemj wrote: »

Have you considered asking in the houses close by if anyone knows the driver of that car? It could be a child minder who looks after kids in a local house while the parents are away working.

Leave an anonymous A4 sheet under the wiper asking the driver to not block the footpath.

Other options boards.ie does not allow us to suggest because they could be marginally illegal.

Is it someone who does a 'park and ride' i.e. parks their car there and gets a bus from a nearby bus stop?

TBH you could do a bit more research to find out who that person is without risking a 'face to face' confrontation.

Depending on local regulations it may be possible that a council parking attendant can issue a parking ticket or Garda can do the same.
A complaint to the council / Garda station should do the trick..

coylemj

Howlin wrote: »

coylemj the car is actually a caddy type van.

I'm going to assume that there is no business name on the side of the van in which case calling the cops and having them issuing a ticket might achieve nothing since the van is probably registered to a business address which is an unmanned office so nobody can serve a summons in the event that they don't pay the ticket.

It amazes me when I see the Garda traffic people posting photos of crap parking on Twitter and they assure the public that they have punished the miscreant by issuing a 'FCPN' (fixed charge penalty notice) - a huge percentage of these tickets are simply ignored and achieve nothing. Clamping and/or towing is the only way to deal with idiots who persistently ignore parking regulations.

Does your local authority clamp or tow illegally parked cars? If all they do is issue tickets then you may have to resort to unilateral action which I couldn't possibly suggest here.

2012paddy2012

coylemj wrote: »

I'm going to assume that there is no business name on the side of the van in which case calling the cops and having them issuing a ticket might achieve nothing since the van is probably registered to a business address which is an unmanned office so nobody can serve a summons in the event that they don't pay the ticket.

It amazes me when I see the Garda traffic people posting photos of crap parking on Twitter and they assure the public that they have punished the miscreant by issuing a 'FCPN' (fixed charge penalty notice) - a huge percentage of these tickets are simply ignored and achieve nothing. Clamping and/or towing is the only way to deal with idiots who persistently ignore parking regulations.

Does your local authority clamp or tow illegally parked cars? If all they do is issue tickets then you may have to resort to unilateral action which I couldn't possibly suggest here.

Business address ...driver must be identified..by registered keeper ...I would say majority of tickets are paid in this new transparent era

freddieot

If this person is doing it regularly then I'd have no sympathy. They are just selfish.

Tell the Guards, they will issue a ticket, parking on footpath is illegal (one inch or blocking the whole thing). Footpath for people, roads for cars.

They would probably not park on the pavement outside the GPO so why should they be allowed to do it near where you live and cause issues for other people trying to pass.