Have your say on our Parking Bylaw

This consultation is now closed.

The Parking Bylaw |Ture ā-Rohe Tūnga Waka was made on 15 October 2024, coming into force on that day, with the aims of enhancing and promoting road safety, and achieving an appropriate and equitable allocation of parking places between different road users. Most of the bylaw provisions enable the Council to control the use of parking spaces by Councillors’ resolutions. Copies of resolutions will be published in the Register of Resolutions. Other provisions in the bylaw deal with how fees for use of parking spaces can be collected and the process for getting an approval from the Council to use certain parking spaces.

For more information about the new bylaw, visit our bylaws page.

The new bylaw was passed after public feedback and an engagement process which outlined the following proposals:

• The new Parking Bylaw will have a different structure and layout, to reflect current ‘best practice’ guidelines.

• Existing provisions for parking on roads and in off-street car parks will be reorganised into separate parts of the bylaw.
  
  
• The current bylaw schedules will be replaced with a new register of resolutions that will not be part of the bylaw, but will be publicly available, alongside it. The register will be a record of all resolutions made by Council about the location of parking restrictions covered under the bylaw.  

• The bylaw will include updated provisions setting out a clearer, simpler process for paying for parking spaces, including the use of QR codes or Council’s website.
  
  
• Existing locations on roads where boat trailer parking is permitted or prohibited are to be reorganised as zone parking areas to make it easier to manage them. Boat trailer parking in zone parking areas may be limited to certain times of the day, days of the year and fees may be charged for some of these. Council is looking for feedback on whether the zones should only apply during ‘peak’ times of the year, e.g. December to February, public holidays and weekends, or whether people should pay for parking boat trailers.

Council is also proposing new zones for boat trailer parking at the locations below. With the exception of the Paku boat ramp, fees will apply at these locations. Check out our boat ramps payment system

Tairua
- Paku boat ramp, The Esplanade and Paku Drive
- Wharf Road and Tui Terrace, including the off-road car park at 9 Tui Terrace

Kōpū
-  Marine Servicing and Business Precinct

Whangapoua
- Wharf & Whangapoua Road

To provide feedback, you can either:

• give your feedback online, or 
• collect a printed feedback form from one of the Council offices in Thames, Coromandel, Whitianga or Whangamatā. Fill it out and hand it in at the office or post it to Thames-Coromandel District Council, Private Bag 1001, Thames 3540.

For full details, read the Consultation Proposal, including the draft bylaw