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(i)       to note that there was an error in the report at section 3.5 where the ward for Great Northern Road was listed incorrectly as Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee, however the map appended to the report did show the correct location;

(ii)       to note that officers would ascertain whether Edinburgh City Council had required to increase the number of wardens to implement the enforcement of pavement parking, and if so, whether they had utilised the funding source for additional wardens, and would circulate this information to Members outwith the meeting;

(iii)      to acknowledge the Scottish Government’s directive to local authorities regarding the pavement parking, double parking and parking at dropped kerbs, prohibitions;

(iv)      to authorise officers (whether City Wardens, officers in the Parking and Bus Lane Appeals Team or other officers) to undertake, arrange to be undertaken, authorise and instruct, all activity relating to parking enforcement (including but not limited to enforcement of pavement parking, double parking and parking at dropped kerbs) in terms of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 and the Parking Prohibitions (Enforcement and Accounts) (Scotland) Regulations 2023, excluding streets that are to be exempted from the pavement parking prohibition;

(v)      to instruct the Chief Officer - Operations to remove existing signs in relation to existing pavement parking bans;

(vi)      to instruct the Chief Officer - Operations to undertake the Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) process necessary for the exemption of the streets listed in section 3.5 from the pavement parking prohibition and report back to this committee any objections received. If no objections are received, the TRO should be made, and the exemptions implemented on site; and

(vii)     to instruct the Chief Officer – Operations to report to this Committee no later than July 2025 on the operation of the pavement parking prohibition and to make any necessary recommendations arising from that.

The Committee had before it a report by the Executive Director of City Regeneration and Environment which sought approval for the implementation of pavement parking prohibition, double parking, and parking at dropped kerbs, in Aberdeen and permission to proceed with an exemption process for the identified streets listed in section 3.5 of the report.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      acknowledge the Scottish Government’s directive to local authorities regarding the pavement parking, double parking and parking at dropped kerbs prohibitions;

(b)      authorise officers (whether City Wardens, officers in the Parking and Bus Lane Appeals Team or other officers) to undertake, arrange to be undertaken, authorise and instruct, all activity relating to parking enforcement (including but not limited to enforcement of pavement parking, double parking and parking at dropped kerbs) in terms of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 and the Parking Prohibitions (Enforcement and Accounts) (Scotland) Regulations 2023, excluding streets that are to be exempted from the pavement parking prohibition;

(c)      instruct the Chief Officer - Operations to remove existing signs in relation to existing pavement parking bans; and

(d)      instruct the Chief Officer - Operations to undertake the Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) process necessary for the exemption of the streets listed in section 3.5 of the report from the pavement parking prohibition and report back to this Committee any objections received. If no objections were received, the TRO should be made, and the exemptions implemented on site.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note that there was an error in the report at section 3.5 where the ward for Great Northern Road was listed incorrectly as Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee, however the map appended to the report did show the correct location;

(ii)       to note that officers would ascertain whether Edinburgh City Council had required to increase the number of wardens to implement the enforcement of pavement parking, and if so, whether they had utilised the funding source for additional wardens, and would circulate this information to Members outwith the meeting; and

(iii)      to approve recommendations (a) to (d), with the addition of (e) to instruct the Chief Officer – Operations to report to this Committee no later than July 2025 on the operation of the pavement parking prohibition and to make any necessary recommendations arising from that.