Area 3 - Clarendon Parking Neighbourhood
Summary of Survey Results
BACKGROUND:
The population growth which is occurring within the City of Port Phillip’s boundaries as well as the
tourists and visitors driving to the City’s attractions continue to make on street parking a challenge. Onstreet car parking is a limited resource and Council seeks to adopt a balanced management approach to
respond to community expectations in a fair and transparent way.
The South Melbourne Parking Precinct Area (including St Vincent Place in Albert Park) is the first Parking
Precinct to be reviewed. The area was divided into eight sub-precincts with like parking requirements.
Residents and businesses from each of the eight sub-precincts were asked to provide feedback on
questions ranging from parking concerns to current parking restrictions.
Feedback gathered from this first phase of consultation, together with parking occupancy surveys have
been used to help inform Council’s decision.
Consultation Period
Surveys distributed in your area
Resident
Responses from your
Business
area
Other
Response Rate
Average No. cars parked on street per
household/business
Percentage with access to off street parking
18 November 2013 – end of December
2013
802
37
39
3
10.1%
2.9
39.7%
RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY COMMENTS:
COMMENT
Lack of all day
parking options for
businesses
RESPONSE
On-street parking is a limited resource within the municipality. Over
88,000 people work in the municipality. City of Port is visited daily by
large numbers of visitors and tourists. Demand for parking in the City
significantly outstrips supply. Walking, bike riding and public transport
are preferred (sustainable) transport modes in inner city
municipalities. It is understood that not all people can use sustainable
transport modes and that some need to drive. Recent occupancy
studies show all day ticket parking is underutilised. Council, through
various planning processes tries to encourage developers to provide
adequate vehicle and bicycle parking on their premises in order to
reduce on-street parking pressure.
During business hours of 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday it is
important to maintain a turnover of the limited parking spaces to
provide for customer car parking. The price mechanism and time
restrictions support each other creating turnover critical for the
success of business.
Lack of off street
Port Phillip is an established sought after inner city municipality that is
parking options for
gradually increasing its population. A comprehensive public transport
businesses
and bicycle riding network links this area to the city. Council, through
various planning processes tries to encourage developers to provide
adequate vehicle and bicycle parking on their premises in order to
reduce on-street parking pressure.
Visitor permit misuse Council treats and investigates allegations of misuse of parking
permits seriously. Misuse of parking permits may result in the
withdrawal of all parking permit privileges for life and prosecution for
any breaches of the relevant legislation. Please call Assist on 9209
6777 if you witness permit misuse.
Lack of enforcement Council regularly reviews its parking enforcement practices to keep
up with the ever growing demand and changes in technology in order
to provide the best possible service to our community. Council’s main
focus is on the enforcement of safety related restrictions, such as No
Stopping Any Time and Clearway Zones, residential streets and
shopping strips. Introduction of new technology such as mobile
cameras may be an option towards improving real time data
reporting, and improving parking enforcement.
Level of new
The City of Port Phillip, being a sought after inner city municipality, is
developments
gradually increasing its population. Council, through various planning
processes tries to encourage developers to provide adequate vehicle
and bicycle parking on their premises in order to reduce on-street
parking pressure. Residents of new developments are not entitled to
apply for resident and visitor parking permits. This policy is applied in
order to encourage new residents to rely on sustainable modes of
transport or to use off-street parking spaces available within their
buildings.
Off street parking not One of the objectives of residents paying for car parking permits is to
used for its purpose
encourage the use of off- street parking. Utilising off-street parking
assists in reducing on-street parking pressure and enables those with
no off-street parking to find spaces.
Poor parking
Marking of parking bays could alleviate this problem. However,
etiquette
because spaces must be line marked in accordance with standards,
sometimes this could result in a loss of parking. Where three small
cars could park only two cars can park after line marking is installed.
To see the process to request marking of on-street parking places,
please follow this link
http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/line-marking-parking-spaces.htm
Neighbours with
Vehicle ownership in the City of Port Phillip keeps increasing. 81.6%
multiple cars causing of dwellings now own one or more vehicles (Census 2011). On-street
congestion
parking is a limited resource within the municipality. Eligible residents
can purchase only up to three parking permits per residence. There is
a greater demand for car parking permits than the supply of on-street
car spaces. Council is working towards lessening the reliance on cars
by promoting sustainable transport modes (walking, bike riding and
public transport) and installing on-street car share bays.
Request for more
Existing permit zones are located adjacent to residential areas. The
resident only parking neighbourhood is a mixture of residential and commercial premises.
During business hours of 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday it is
important to maintain a turnover of the limited parking resource to
provide for customer car parking. Out of business hours, car parking
is generally unrestricted and provides for residents, their visitors and
visitors to the area.