Residential Parking

[RiverH]

My girlfriend lives in on a residential parking only road in the borough of Reading. She has a permit, but can claim only 10 visitor parking permits a year, and as you can imagine, 10 visits is used up pretty quickly. As parking on the road is generally half empty and the nearest car park is 25 minutes walk away, I was advise by one of her neighbours to use a car cover when parking outside her house as traffic wardens don't have the power to remove them. However, I have recently received 2 parking tickets despite the car cover and am struggling to find out exactly what the law states. If anyone has any knowledge or previous experience on this matter, any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

[CheekyChops]

According to Reading Council's website, she sould be entitles to more than 10 visitor passes per year:

Residents' visitors (cars light vans, and motorcycles only) Single use scratch cards, one to be used per vehicle, per day, valid until 10:00hrs the following day. Maximum of 11 books of 10 scratch card permits per household per zone year; proof required of residency. Permits will be issued for the defined zone, which applies to the address. First TWO books of 10 cards each zone year issued free of charge, thereafter, �12 per book of 10 cards.

[CheekyChops]

You can get a parking fine for 'failing to display a valid permit', same for parking tickets from meters and car parks. if your car has a cover over it then you are obviously not displaying a ticket or permit and therefore I would imagine that you have been fined correctly. I also found this:


REASON FOR ISSUING A NOTICE.

The majority of Notices are issued by the Parking Attendant for the following reasons:-

1. Failure to display a valid ticket/permit.

2. Ticket/permit expired

3. Ticket/permit details obscured from view

[bushbaby_de]

I live in Reading and know for a fact you can pick up an application form at the civic centre to get more books of visitors permits but you have to pay for them.