ZONE PARKING

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 25, 29 July 1932, Page 8

ZONE PARKING

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THE HOUR LIMIT AREA

.A good1-' many motorists;are-wonder' ing why- the City Council does not enforce the hour zone parking rule upon at .its> last meeting,;biit actually .the" rule cannot apply for some time yet. It is being brought 'down as a.bylaw, • and the decision of the last, council meeting has- no -force until ~ it- ia confirmed.- ''■'. -vj.- '. ■ '•'■• ■■■■'-::''. '-■-...''. Many: motorists are. of; the• opinion that the plan, will not arid .cannot work, in Wellington, but the..Bylaws•'Committee has; so to speak,.dug its heels right in and, is' determined; to see- tho regulation through. -■;: :-■■;, ~ ;<'-, ' :i- ; , ■ As first I brought; down, the ; proposal* were fairly drastic,/for,, they!,suggested that no. cat should be parked, for lpnger, than an hour anywhere between Davis street-on'the; north. .to' Buckle"-street on the south, with Wellington Yerradei as the .western boundary, and that between. Waring Taylor str.ee.tj on Jhenprth, arid Ghuznee street, on the;.south, the' limit should be half an hour,.Wate.riqo quay being theronly.exception 'of-note,. ' ■ ' THE HOUR'ZONE. . i : ■;': ' It is doubtful.whether that;proposal could have been'< carried ' through the council by the Bylaws Cbmnuttee-rdig its heels in .though it 1 might-—but. as a trial tho council decided, to limit parking tp one hour in.tho,inner zone, that is including and-inside ;the following streets:—Waring Taylor'and Woodward streets, .the Te.rrace, Ghuznea street; Tarariaki street, > Wafcefield street, and .down a short-length of' Cuba streej;, (past the Town/Ball) to /JervoU quay to Waring-Taylor>treet.:.V; ; ; There are further \. restrictions for streets mi which tramitracksjare-.laid, ; for there-cars or other, vehicles sinay. be stopped only long enough to.permit the. picking up or putting" down-of : passengers or goods; '■' ■ ■ ~-■• ■ prFIOIAL AND UNOITIOIAL. ;; Actually;'icj^ great amount of'official all' day parking '■ spaco will 'be .ctit "tout as a result', of the .new-rule, wlen'at does, apply, j, Thfc, chief official; loMes will be Mercer street, Wafcefieia. street^ and some small parks^abput/HRTriB/Viaegi' ton, and.Hunter .streets; ibut the! loss iv fact will; be: of unoftcial'all^day parks, in practically every city ; iitreeti wide, and narrow. -Generally, the ptesent rule •is that: half an hour ,is tho ftity area limit except ■on the' few all clay .parks;.but the fact is thaVthere is such-a muddle that the rule is axnixr ture of Bafferty's and your own,- giveii a - little; hick: and -plenty :oi !'•:Wrk, foif the .traffic officials .elsewherer^and judgv ing- from the steady noa-obseryanc?, of tho set-down and/pick-up ■.rule itL, : 'tiio central areasthey have beeaiTery.tnjsy. ■•■■ Many motorists maintain ithatf the new rule will'apply no imore .'■trictly than, the old,'-ibnt1 it' can' be• taken :-t or certain 'thatTfpr. aj time tKe.rule will apply most stringently: there will; be -a fine.oldeleanup, and .then;: unless ilbis is a; bylaw different, altpgether f rbia all other ;bylaVs, -'nbt- .mich' mprelj-wiUlbe done about- it till spring- cleaning come* rourid'again.:;Oy:;.: vr ';. - f ,;,;','■ -.',' f -~' ' ''If this rule is .applied^''■'saidI'^n* member of. .the I'City Cdiincil;; to ia .i.Post" reporter;■•f'then-I 'am; g'oingvto haye;my'regrets,' tihougli'l :did vote 'in fa'vbur ; of .the %orie^Qr:i?siall iavi.'st6 flni Bomewhefe else'ior'toy'.'c'ar.'^^ltt^is all very -weUvf or-.therXtttomflbile ;Cliii> and ; drivers generally, to complain.about" high-handed action -iiy <tiie:-c.auiicii;.-tnfc if drivers had shown-. £■'.little ; mpfe,.^pr a- lot more,- common-sense th^ey would not haye.'hadv this regula.tipne4.os%orry them.. • It became;ainiPst'i.m%ipjr'duty of the; traffic 'officers to'; aUjS^fej-f -cp"mplaintspf blocked dock'and ;wjMJeEoUs9 entrances, arid ::tPr shiftrbarsi; o^'whentiey.,could^ ~ Any:number(Pf-^TOrning« were given,-but.driyiar'swpnli«ot taketheihint.' v Now- theyi:haye; :tpjnPUt,up with all.that'is^omittg'tOitTjenv,^.';? -. ;Eeference Was' made -,toti ?» pxsppsal that the council Blight 1 by making available to;.'individuals 'oV -syntiicates for day parks various pieces iof d vacant .Corporation, land about the city'Tip'oma percentage..basis. '•;. In;his opinion a-big .number of cars .could, be ; -stowed away .;-I>et'^;een morning; and "evening r on various council sections. •;If:the►tusines3' paid the council, would gain .a. little, but if not it would lose nothing, and at -'-least •it would;'be;' putting! to someJ use' council' land *at '.present^returning^nothing in revenue or^aeryicie.