Parking Pemits for Business Premises

THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL (TRAFFIC REGULATION; RESTRICTIONS ON WAITING, LOADING AND UNLOADING, AND PARKING PLACES) (VARIATION NO ) ORDER 200_ - TRO/08/06A
THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL IN EXERCISE OF THEIR POWERS UNDER SECTIONS 1(1), 2(1) TO 2(3), 4(2), 35, 45, 46, 49 AND 53 OF, AND PART IV OF SCHEDULE 9 TO, THE ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984, AS AMENDED, PROPOSE TO MAKE AN ORDER.
THE EFFECTS OF THIS ORDER WILL BE TO:
(a) Rename ‘Retail Permits’ as ‘Business Permits’ and allow an extended range of businesses to apply for these;
(b) Limit the number of permits to two for each qualifying business;
(c) Allow the requirement that business vehicles must be liveried to be relaxed;
(d) Require businesses to demonstrate that their vehicles are essential to their daily operations;
(e) Clarify that tradespeople operating from home are entitled to apply for a trades permit.
(f) Allow tradespeople to buy permits for any number of complete months.
A COPY OF THE DRAFT ORDER TOGETHER WITH (1) A MAP SHOWING THE AREA AFFECTED, (2) A STATEMENT OF THE COUNCIL’S REASONS FOR PROPOSING TO MAKE THE ORDER AND (3) A COPY OF THE ORDER TO BE VARIED MAY BE EXAMINED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9:00 AM AND 3:30 PM ON MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS DURING THE PERIOD 11 APRIL TO 7 MAY 2008 AT THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL, MAIN RECEPTION, CITY CHAMBERS, HIGH STREET, EDINBURGH.
ANY PERSON WISHING TO OBJECT TO THE PROPOSED ORDER SHOULD SEND DETAILS OF THE GROUNDS OF OBJECTION IN WRITING, QUOTING REFERENCE TRO/08/06A TO THE DIRECTOR OF CITY DEVELOPMENT, (TRANSPORT), WAVERLEY COURT, 4 EAST MARKET STREET, EDINBURGH, EH8 8BG, NOT LATER THAN 7 MAY 2008.
ROADS AFFECTED:
THIS ORDER AFFECTS ALL ROADS FORMING CONTROLLED PARKING ZONES 1 TO 8 INCLUSIVE.
FURTHER ORDERS, TO BE ADVERTISED LATER IN APRIL, WILL EXTEND THESE CHANGES TO ALL OTHER ROADS WITHIN THE CONTROLLED PARKING AREA.

DAVE ANDERSON, DIRECTOR OF CITY DEVELOPMENT