Car Parking - Our Advice
When using a Pay & Display car park place
ensure you buy a ticket that is sufficient for your length of stay
- Display this clearly on the Dashboard of the vehicle, in such a
manner that the amount paid, date and Expiry time are clearly
visible from the outside of the vehicle.
You will need to have change for the ticket
machines - these take any current British coin from £2.00 to £0.05p
(they do not accept copper coins).
- Always lock valuables away and out of
sight.
- Always lock your vehicle and ensure all windows
are closed.
- Do not leave a child or any animal in a locked
vehicle on a summer/hot day. This may result in prosecution, even
if you leave a window open.
- Do not display aged/out of date tickets from
previous visits or from any other car park. Tickets issued on one
car park are NOT VALID on another.
- Do not leave notes on your windscreen saying how
long you will be gone when you will return - this is an open
invitation to thieves.
- Do not park anywhere on a Public Car Park except
wholly and only in a clearly marked bay. If there
is insufficient room for you to park in a bay (perhaps because of
the way others have parked) then please go and find another bay or
another car park in the same town. The Council will not accept a
fault by another driver to excuse 'other motorists' penalties.
Do not infringe the basic requirements on any
car park which are:-
(i) To park properly and wholly within a bay
and to 'Pay and Display' as required.
(ii) Unless you 'own' a Reserved Bay do not
park in these at all.
(iii) If you are disabled do not park on a
roadway, access, exit or any place other than a 'disabled' or a
normal 'public' bay. Please ensure that you display your badge of
Authority and a clock-card showing your time of arrival
clearly.
In inclement weather take care, both in your
vehicle and on foot on any car park.
In winter conditions do not 'assume' that a car
park has been gritted. Please drive, dress and walk about a car
park in accordance with the prevailing conditions.
Although the Council will necessarily grit/salt
its car parks in winter - occasions may arise when the available
resources are being used elsewhere at the time of your arrival or
departure, as Allerdale has parking places in seven (7) Towns in a
400 square mile area of Lakeland and the Solway Coast.
Allerdale Borough Council
