PCN again, this time Oxford City Council

Hi All,

I don't think I'll ever grasp the complexity of motorcycle parking rules in
the UK. I've been parking my motorbike on the pavement in front of my
house in Oxford for over 6 months now, never got a ticket for that. This
morning however I got a PCN for leaving the bike in front of my friends
house in a nearby road with exactly the same restrictions.

PCN issued at 10:57 saying "Parked in a restricted street during prescribed
hours.". The bike was actually parked on the pavement and not on the road.
Nice and tight by the wall. The restriction is "Mon-Sat, 8am - 10.00pm,
2hrs, no return within 2 hrs". It's a small road with very little traffic
and hardly any pedestrians, so the bike was not causing any obstruction to
the traffic.

What is the actual offense here?
Parking on the pavement or parking during "prescribed hours"?
Is parking motorcycles on the pavement legal in Oxford?

Do I have any grounds for appeal? If I appeal by saying that the bike was
not parked on the road, can they reissue a new fine or charge for parking on
the pavement?

Thanks for help,
Gustav

 

I had to park my 996 on the pavement up against the house wall and a
ground anchor in Botley for months. I put a cover over it, padlocked
nice and tight so the scum couldn't get at my number plate.

Serves you right for living in Oxford, it's a cess pit.

 

Ask them to define parking on a pavement - if they say that it's
parking a vehicle with one or more wheels on the ground then I trust
you will inform them it was on the centre stand and a lump of wood was
under the front tyre meaning zero wheels were in contact with the
road/pavement.

Next time cover up the number plate and rip off the tax disc which
would probably do it.

 

If the bike was parked behind the 'building line', it might not have
been parked on the pavement at all, even though it looked as if it
was. Unless your friend has the deeds to his house, or other legal
paperwork, or some other indication, it might be a tad difficult to
prove, though.

IANAL.

 

The "road" extends from the border of people's property on one side to the
other so being on the pavement doesn't exempt you from parking restrictions
I'm afraid.

--
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away"

www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk

 

That could be, whilst correct in tone, slightly spurious as, when I lived in
Nottm, my deeds showed that I owned the back garden, land that the house
occupiedm front garden *and* land to the centre of the road. But I had *no*
rights over the land past the front garden and the council could impose any
restrictions as they wished....

Dave

PS. Did you get to see TLE? They fucking rocked in Nottm last week,
although a week out of the country and return flights etc for 35 mins was
possibly a bit excessive, but we did bump into Andy-not-Travis, the drummer,
later on and had a very pleasant drunken chat.....

 

Hi,

The ticket says "restricted street".
Is there any difference in the definition of a street and road?

Would parking on the pavement in this place be legal if it happened outside
the restricted times?
Do I risk being reissued another fine for parking on the pavement if I try
appealing?

Thanks,
Gustav

 

I own half the road in front of my place, according to my deeds. I
assume the Council adopted it some time ago.