Resident parking rights on public roads

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I’m living in a quiet residential area in a small town, the property is located along a row of semi-D houses where a sign states “residents parking only”. Running parallel to the houses on the other side of the green there is paid parking in place. Although there is no parking space specifically allocated to each house typically everyone living here just parks outside their own house and there are no issues. Recently there are unknown cars parking along the “resident parking” zone, more often than not when I come home from work there is a different car parked in front of my house making it a long walk to bring in groceries etc and at times resulting in me having to park in the paid zone. It’s getting on my nerves and I would like to know if I have any right to put up a “no parking” sign or “resident parking only” sign outside my house. Although it is a public road why do they have a sign up indicating it’s residential parking only if it’s not being enforced. Any advice would be appreciated
 
Those signs have no legal force if it is a public road.

Your options are limited - are you eligible for the discounted parking permit for the paid zone as a nearby resident of the estate? You could apply for one but there is a cost.
If not, you would need to get onto council \ councillors about getting the paid zone extended to your part of the estate, and then go down the permit route.
It could have been anticipated that paid parking on that side would divert cars to your side.

Or, a more expensive approach would be a driveway, but you may not have space for that and I understand councils are getting reluctant to approve new ones.
 
If you have limited mobility you could ask for a disabled parking space outside your house. That would not be exclusive for you but it may be helpful. I have seen home owners put out cones to demark a space outside their door which keeps it free for them on their return.

Or I would stop outside my house to unload the groceries and then go park the car, which might not be a perfect solution but would save you lugging bags a distance.
 
Has the council taken control of the estate. In other words, are they responsible for the road, footpaths etc?. If not, then it might be classed as private property.
 
Once it’s a public road there is nothing you can do. Putting out bollards to try and reserve a space, anyone is perfectly allowed move them. Signs, notes on peoples windows, etc. Nothing works. I’m aware of two cases.

The university in Galway and Hospital are beside each other. A few years ago before the construction of a new multi story carpark and during construction builders were using an existing carpark as a construction yard. Parking was a crazy issue with nothing the residents could do. Parking wardens up through estates several times a day but couldn’t do anything. They made some estates pay and display with residents having to pay for permits.

Another is living very close to a large GAA pitch where a few times a year several thousand people attend and park where they like. The only way to get around this one is health and safety concerns incorporated into an official Garda match day traffic management plan and get legal permission to close off the entrance to an estate for certain hours to all except residents only. I’ve done this and stood at the entrance to an estate getting loads of abuse with people telling me they’ve rights to park where they want on a public road which they do but a match day traffic management plan supersedes this right.
 
I used to live near a Luas stop. The streets gradually became pay and display or residents permit. Every year or so another few hundred meters was restricted. I don’t know whether it was the council under pressure from residents or they spotted a money making opportunity… have you asked the local authority (or whoever owns the road)
 
Annieindublin said:
I don’t know whether it was the council under pressure from residents or they spotted a money making opportunity… have you asked the local authority (or whoever owns the road)
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In my experience, our local council is reluctant to make a street a residents only zone unless there is pressure from residents and have turned down requests from residents in some cases, They were quite open that these zones cost more to administor than they bring in , in fees.
 
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