Part 4 - Restriction on use of vehicles and parking places
Requirement to stop the engine of a vehicle
19. The driver of a vehicle using a parking place shall stop the engine as soon as the vehicle is in position in the parking place and shall not start the engine except when about to change the position of the vehicle in or to depart from the parking place.
Trading in a parking place
20. (1) Subject to paragraph (2) and save as provided in Article 24 of the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, a person shall not use a parking place in connection with the selling of any article or thing or supplying a service for gain or reward whether or not in or from a stationary position to persons in or near the parking place unless the person holds a valid trading licence for the location issued by Belfast City Council under the Street Trading Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in respect of any fee payable for the use of an electric vehicle charging post.
Sounding of horn
21. The driver of a vehicle using a parking place shall not sound any horn or other similar instrument except when about to change the position of the vehicle in or to depart from the parking place.
Driving in a parking place
22. A person shall not, except with the permission of any person duly authorised by Belfast City Council, drive any vehicle in a parking place other than for the purpose of leaving that vehicle in the parking place in accordance with the provisions of this Order or for the purpose of departing from the parking place.
Ball games
23. A person shall not play any ball game in a parking place.
Miscellaneous activities
24. A person shall not use any part of a parking place or any vehicle left in a parking place -
- (a) for sleeping or camping purposes;
- (b) for eating or cooking purposes; or
- (c) for the purposes of servicing or washing any vehicle or part thereof other than is reasonably necessary to enable that vehicle to depart from the parking place.
Means of passage
25. A person shall not use a parking place as a means of passage from one road to another road or to any premises unless a right of way has been granted in writing by Belfast City Council.
Consumption of intoxicating liquor
26. A person shall not use any of the parking places specified in Schedule 1, or any vehicle in any of those parking places, for the purpose of consuming intoxicating liquor.
Use of entrances and exits, and direction of travel
27. Where in a parking place signs are erected or surface markings are laid for the purpose of—
- (a) indicating the entrance to or exit from the parking place; or
- (b) indicating that a vehicle using the parking place shall proceed in a specified direction within the parking place,
a person shall not drive or cause or permit to be driven any vehicle—
- (i) so that it enters the parking place otherwise than by an entrance, or leaves the parking place otherwise than by an exit, so indicated; or
- (ii) in a direction other than that specified, as the case may be.
Erection of structures and lighting of fires
28. In a parking place a person shall not -
- (a) erect or cause or permit to be erected any tent, booth, stand, building or other structure without the written consent of Belfast City Council; or
- (b) light or cause to be lit any fire.
Supermarket trolleys
29. (1) A person shall not cause or permit a supermarket trolley to enter a parking place in or under a building, and any supermarket trolley left there may be removed by a person authorised by Belfast City Council.
(2) A person shall not cause or permit a supermarket trolley to be left in any other parking place, other than in an area set aside for that purpose, and any supermarket trolley so left may be removed by a person authorised by Belfast City Council.
Reserving a parking bay
30. A person shall not reserve a parking bay in a parking place.
Use of car park or sections of for the purposes of temporary meeting place
31. No persons shall use a parking place as a meeting place or point unless authorised by Belfast City Council in writing in advance.
