Parking and Abandoned Vehicles

Parking regulations are aimed to ensure roads are safe, traffic and public transport flows smoothly and people with special requirements have adequate access to facilities.

Parking regulations are aimed to ensure roads are safe, traffic and public transport flows smoothly and people with special requirements have adequate access to facilities.

Due to the chaotic nature of traffic around schools at peak times, streets can be an extremely dangerous place for children.

Car parking areas within the Salisbury City Centre have time limits for general use, customer, and interchange passengers.

Trucks and buses that are either 4.5 tonnes or greater, or 7.5 metres or longer can only be parked within the City of Salisbury for a maximum of 1 hour.

Should you receive an expiation and believe you were not parked illegally you may write to Council with details of the situation.

Council investigates complaints of abandoned vehicles. An abandoned vehicle is a vehicle which has been discarded and has been left in the street long term untouched. In particular a vehicle that has been left in the street where the owner has no intent on returning.

The enforcement of verge parking in narrow streets is subject to the following criteria (narrow streets have been defined as any residential street that has a vehicle carriageway of six metres wide or less)

When you are stopping and parking around our residential and mixed-use areas that can include commercial and retail premises the following road rules are essential for pedestrian and road user’s safety, so please take the time to; • read the signs, • check for lines, and • know the rules