At its meeting of Tuesday 27 August 2019 Council agreed to place the Northern Beaches Parking Permit Framework (draft) on exhibition for public comment.

The Council recommendation was amended to reflect and additional item (F).

A.Endorse the draft Northern Beaches Residential Parking Permit Framework for community engagement for a period of at least 28 days.

B.Endorse the following schemes for community engagement:

a)Require the residents to demonstrate residential eligibility in line with Northern Beaches Residential Parking Permit Framework, including registration details of each vehicle.

b)Require the resident to provide documentation to prove that the nominated address is their principal place of residence.

c)Implement the approved fees and charges – New Parking Permit Scheme – Manly.

d)Issue a maximum of two permits per rateable dwelling in each precinct area, and offer:

i.Visitor’s Parking Permits (trial) – single day use and available in books of five and ten (based on period of residence) on a scratch and use basis.

ii.Tradesperson Parking Permit – purchased on a needs basis by the week (or part thereof to a maximum of three weeks but not consecutive weeks).

iii.Carer’s Parking Permits – assigned to the property for carers as defined by the NSW Carers (Recognition) Act 2010.

iv.Support Worker Parking Permit – assigned to registered Care Providers vehicles.

C.Introduce the specified additional Permit Classes as described in the Northern Beaches Residential Parking Permit Framework, detailed below:

a)Business Parking Permit – restricted to vehicles registered to the business and used for the primary activity of the business, subject to off-street space availability.

b)Car Share Parking Permit – floating permit to facilitate the uptake of Car Share as a mobility service.

D.Work in partnership with the charitable / volunteer organisations to determine eligibility for permits and consider the issue of special use permits for these organisations.

E.Prepare a report detailing the outcome of the engagement period and presenting the steps towards implementation in each of the precincts.

A report on the Manly Parking Permit Review and Audit is being presented to Council on:

Tuesday 27 August
6pm
Dee Why Civic Centre

The report recommends that Council endorse the Draft Northern Beaches Parking Permit Scheme Framework, which provides information on resident’s permit eligibility under Roads and Maritime Services approved parking permit schemes.

If endorsed the draft Framework will be open for comment during September 2019.

View the documents:

• Item 13.1, Manly Parking Permit Scheme – Review and Audit
• Draft Northern Beaches Parking Permit Framework
• Community Engagement Report Manly Parking Permit Scheme Review and Audit July 2019

Requests to address Council on an Agenda item or public forum please register via our website.

Thank you to those who attended one of our five information sessions during June.

Close to 350 people attended the sessions and shared their thoughts on current system and ideas for consideration when developing the new system.

View the Community Engagement Report Manly Parking Permit Scheme Review and Audit July 2019.

The drop-in comments taken during the five engagement sessions in June are now available.

View the comments

The engagement report together with the Council report will be available on this page in time for the Council meeting, scheduled for August 2019.

The project team are reviewing the feedback and will update this page with the drop-in comments shortly.

Thank you to those who have provided comment on the first stage of the Manly Parking Permit Scheme - Review and Audit.

All comments received online, by email and at our drop-in sessions are being reviewed and considered as part of the review and audit.

Next steps

The Council report and recommendations, together with an engagement summary will be presented to Council for its meeting on Tuesday 27 August, 2019.

Comments closing this weekend

There's still an opportunity to comment or raise a question with the project team regarding the Manly Parking Review and Audit.

Over the last week we held five drop-in/information briefing sessions attended by over 300 participants. A high level summary themes arising from the sessions will be available next week.

Have a query for project team

• FAQ - The answer could be in the Frequently Asked Questions
• Q&A - We'll provide online responses to your queries
• Online comment - What works and what could be improved in your permit area.

Comments close Sun 30 Jun 2019.

Drop-in update 20 June

Thank you to those who have been along to chat with our project team, provide comment and get an update on the review and audit process.

Over the past four sessions we’ve had close to 200 people attend and share insight into how their areas currently work and identify areas of concern.

Initial feedback and questions at the drop-ins include concern for:

• the number of permits issued to non-residents
• commuters parking in permit areas
• how visitor parking will be handled
• sale of permits
• number of permits issued to businesses
• trailer and boat parking
• how the audit process will address small driveways and carports
• what the new scheme would look like

Participant's at the drop-ins expressed support for a system that:

• links the registration number to the residential address
• has provision for visitor parking
• addresses needs of tradesman parking
• frees up available parking in their street
• acknowledges what works in the current scheme areas

Following the engagement period and review and audit process, we will provide a full engagement summary report on this project page.

Drop-in Saturday

If you haven’t had chance to drop-in, our last one is on:

Sat 22 Jun, 9-11am at Manly Town Hall

View the presentation

The above presentation (External link)gives a snap shot of what we know so far and the project process.

Have a question?

FAQ - The answer could be in the Frequently Asked Questions

Q&A - We'll provide online responses to your queries

Online comment - What works and what could be improved in your permit area.

Next steps

The project team will work to develop a scheme to address the needs of the Manly residents, yet also meets the guidelines set down by Roads and Maritime Services. The report and recommendations will be presented to the August Council meeting for endorsement for public exhibition.

Chat online or drop-in

We’d like to understand what works in your permit scheme area and what could be improved.

The information we learn from you will help shape the next project phase. This may result in a need to propose changes in permit areas, area zoning, or additional permit areas that are smaller in size.

How these changes take shape, we're not sure yet, however, through your conversations with our team and the audit information, we'll have insight into what should be considered when looking at possible parking solutions in Manly.

Drop-in sessions

Come along and chat with the project team at Manly Town Hall, Customer Service centre:

• Mon 17 Jun, 9 – 11am
• Tue 18 Jun, 3 – 5pm
• Wed 19 Jun, 5 – 7pm
• Thu 20 Jun, 12noon – 2pm
• Sat 22 Jun, 9 – 11am

Have a query for project team, but can't make a session?

• FAQ - The answer could be in the Frequently Asked Questions
• Q&A - We'll provide online responses to your queries
• Online comment - What works and what could be improved in your permit area.

We're looking to improve parking in the Manly area. Come along to a drop-in session to tell us about your current permit scheme area and learn how the

(External link)Roads and Maritime Services Permit Parking Guidelines(External link) may affect you.

Drop-in sessions

We're hosting five drop-in sessions at Manly Town Hall, Customer Service centre.

• Mon 17 Jun, 9 – 11am
• Tue 18 Jun, 3 – 5pm
• Wed 19 Jun, 5 – 7pm
• Thu 20 Jun, 12noon – 2pm
• Sat 22 Jun, 9 – 11am

If you'd like to receive project updates, register here(External link).

At the Council Meeting held on Tuesday 16 April 2019

(External link)Council resolved to review the Manly Residential Parking Permit Scheme.

View the Council Report(External link), Item 13.2, pg. 95

View the Council Minutes(External link), Item 13.2, pg. 13

We will now work with the local community to establish a parking permit scheme that ensures fair and equitable access to parking to those that most need it.

We are required to deliver a scheme that is in keeping with the NSW Government Roads and Maritime Services Permit Parking Guidelines(External link). We look forward to working with the community on the best ways to achieve this.

Outcomes of the review and audit together will be reported back Council in August following discussions with the community.