Street parking in Brisbane - enforecement of Long Vehicle for large motorehomes
Wolf said
02:26 PM Nov 8, 2018
Apologies if this is the wrong forum.
I'd be interested to hear views and experience in regard to parking a motorhome on the street in Brisbane in front of your home.
According to Brisbane City Council regulations a vehicle longer than 7.5 metres is considered to be a long vehicle and "restricted from parking for longer than one hour within 100 metres of any residential land" (see https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/traffic-transport/parking-permits/parking-rules/trucks-heavy-or-long-vehicles).
We have a motorhome at 7.9 m in length which we plan to park out the fornt of our house and wonder if BCC enforce this rule for motorhomes as well as commercial trucks as we may need to arrange storage otherwise.
Cheers.
brickies said
02:43 PM Nov 8, 2018
You will be ok till someone make a complaint then the council must act so good luck .
Dougwe said
05:37 PM Nov 8, 2018
Welcome to the gang Wolf, enjoy here and out in the playground.
If the BCC By Law is what you say, be very, very careful as they will book ya for sure. They will be no different to any other Council. If you don't have anywhere on your property to park it then you may did to find a friend or family member that could help out or you might even have to find a storage yard.
I hope it all works out for you.
Keep Safe on the roads and out there.
the rocket said
06:25 PM Nov 8, 2018
Hello wolf, a very warm welcome. Do not know about the rules but you can park the motorhome for 10 months of the year at watson park, seventh day convention centre, dakabin, just north of brisbane for about $8 a week. Site is locked up each night. Some showgrounds will allow this also but are a bit dearer.
-- Edited by the rocket on Thursday 8th of November 2018 06:26:20 PM
Blues Man said
06:43 PM Nov 8, 2018
Hi Wolf and welcome , we had the same problem with morton bay city council .We got away with it for about 12 weeks until someone complained
then we started getting nasty letters.
Finished up knocking part of the fence down and putting down a pad for the M/H and they can all go and get st@##ed.
Cheers Pat.
Santa said
07:08 PM Nov 8, 2018
Evening Wolf, welcome to the forum.
I would be concerned about the insurance aspect, if someone happens to clip you and insurance can prove you were parked illegally! well you know the rest.
Good luck.
Tones said
10:54 AM Nov 9, 2018
Hi Wolf,
This is just not confined to Brisbane; it is also State Legislation and is covered by Reg. 200 TORUMS Legislation. It is also fairly universal throughout Australia with a few exceptions. Most Local Governments (councils) have complimentary by-laws at local level.
The purpose of the legislation was "originally" to allow drivers of long vehicles to partake of a meal whilst in a built up area, hence the one hour limit. It has since been changed to include loading/unloading etc. It has been the law for a very long time and it is something that not everyone knows about. It is something that can be enforced by local government compliance at local government level under their by-laws and it is also an offence that can be enforced by Police under State Law. Hope this clarifies the situation.
200Stopping on roadsheavy and long vehicles
(1)The driver of a heavy vehicle, or long vehicle, must not stop on a length of road that is not in a built-up area, except on the shoulder of the road.
Maximum penalty20 penalty units.
(2)Subject to subsections (2A) and (2B), the driver of a heavy vehicle, or long vehicle, must not stop on a length of road in a built-up area for longer than 1 hour, unless the driver is permitted to stop on the length of road for longer than 1 hour by information on or with a traffic control device.
Maximum penalty20 penalty units.
(2A)The driver of a heavy vehicle, or long vehicle, may stop on a length of road in a built-up area for longer than 1 hour if the driver is engaged in dropping off or picking up goods for all of the period when the vehicle is stopped.
(2B)Subsections (2) and (2A) apply unless a local law otherwise provides.
(3)In this section
heavy vehicle means a vehicle with a GVM of 4.5t or more.
long vehicle means a vehicle that, together with any load or projection, is 7.5m long, or longer.
road does not include a road-related area, but includes any shoulder of a road.
Tones
Peter_n_Margaret said
11:43 AM Nov 9, 2018
This applies Australia wide and includes caravans.
Cheers,
Peter
Bagmaker said
07:54 PM Nov 10, 2018
it should be noted that the discription of a "long vehicle" includes a caravan/tug combination..................
Apologies if this is the wrong forum.
I'd be interested to hear views and experience in regard to parking a motorhome on the street in Brisbane in front of your home.
According to Brisbane City Council regulations a vehicle longer than 7.5 metres is considered to be a long vehicle and "restricted from parking for longer than one hour within 100 metres of any residential land" (see https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/traffic-transport/parking-permits/parking-rules/trucks-heavy-or-long-vehicles).
We have a motorhome at 7.9 m in length which we plan to park out the fornt of our house and wonder if BCC enforce this rule for motorhomes as well as commercial trucks as we may need to arrange storage otherwise.
Cheers.
If the BCC By Law is what you say, be very, very careful as they will book ya for sure. They will be no different to any other Council. If you don't have anywhere on your property to park it then you may did to find a friend or family member that could help out or you might even have to find a storage yard.
I hope it all works out for you.
Keep Safe on the roads and out there.
Hello wolf, a very warm welcome. Do not know about the rules but you can park the motorhome for 10 months of the year at watson park, seventh day convention centre, dakabin, just north of brisbane for about $8 a week. Site is locked up each night. Some showgrounds will allow this also but are a bit dearer.
-- Edited by the rocket on Thursday 8th of November 2018 06:26:20 PM
Hi Wolf and welcome , we had the same problem with morton bay city council .We got away with it for about 12 weeks until someone complained
then we started getting nasty letters.
Finished up knocking part of the fence down and putting down a pad for the M/H and they can all go and get st@##ed.
Cheers Pat.
Evening Wolf, welcome to the forum.
I would be concerned about the insurance aspect, if someone happens to clip you and insurance can prove you were parked illegally! well you know the rest.
Good luck.
Hi Wolf,
This is just not confined to Brisbane; it is also State Legislation and is covered by Reg. 200 TORUMS Legislation. It is also fairly universal throughout Australia with a few exceptions. Most Local Governments (councils) have complimentary by-laws at local level.
The purpose of the legislation was "originally" to allow drivers of long vehicles to partake of a meal whilst in a built up area, hence the one hour limit. It has since been changed to include loading/unloading etc. It has been the law for a very long time and it is something that not everyone knows about. It is something that can be enforced by local government compliance at local government level under their by-laws and it is also an offence that can be enforced by Police under State Law. Hope this clarifies the situation.
200Stopping on roadsheavy and long vehicles
Tones
Cheers,
Peter