Unwanted yellow lines being put outside my house?

[Redgie]

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So recently, some council folk appeared with a yellow line painting truck, and started painting our road. Nobody asked for it, and from what I've ascertained nobody wants it either. They came the first time but there were so many cars parked down the end of the road there ended up being huge gaps where they couldn't paint, and so they stopped half way down (My house is at the bottom half). Now however, they've put signs up saying that we can't park in the road over the upcoming bank holiday weekend, presumably so they can get painting...

Anyway, as a resident who does not want the lines, and who requires the street parking available outside, is there some way I can complain against what is being done? In my mind, it's my street (Obviously I realise it's not actually my street, but you know what I mean), so at the very least they should have asked residents if this is something they wanted? Especially as the street serves no other purpose than residential (It's a dead-end road)?

As it stands, there are three driving adults in my house with three cars, using a three car driveway. If however, my brother (And his girlfriend), my sister (And her husband) and my girlfriend come round for Sunday dinner, there can be a total of anywhere between 4 and 8 (Unlikely but possible) cars, causing a bit of a problem for parking.

None of our neighbours want the lines, everyone is fine with everyone else parking on the road when they need to. So why on earth are the council suddenly deciding to impose this inconvenience on a quiet, cul-de-sac / dead end road, that doesn't need or want it?

Street Views
Ignore the mass amount of cars on the second picture, when the picture was taken a house was being built, it's not anymore.
Start of the road
End of the road (Cul-de-sac section behind it)

 

[isonomicjedi]

Could your family walk?

 

[Redgie]

Could your family walk?

Some live close enough, others don't, so all it would mean is parking a road or two away (And thus inconveniencing some other family's house), and then having to walk round.

 

[SlyReaper]

I'd suggest painting over the yellow lines in black.

 

[Ceryndrion]

It's not just a matter of whether or not you want it, the council also have to take into account the ease of access for emergency vehicles, and if having cars parked in the street is likely to cause an obstruction, then they have every reason to put down the yellow lines.

Not to mention, having upwards of 8 cars in the road if your whole family comes to visit, is frankly, taking the **** anyway and you should expect the risk of getting ticketed.

 

[snapdragon]

That's a perfect place for double yellows, that road is so narrow that if vehicles double parked as I imagine they do then there would be virtually no access for other road users or even worse the emergency services.

well done that council.

 

[Slyman2k4]

I'd suggest painting over the yellow lines in black.

So simple yet fantastically mathematical.

 

[Imy]

Try suggesting to the council they only paint the double-yellows on one side of the road?

 

[Bennie-Mac]

Edit - NM

 

[Redgie]

Not to mention, having upwards of 8 cars in the road if your whole family comes to visit, is frankly, taking the **** anyway and you should expect the risk of getting ticketed.

Thus why I stated "Unlikely but possible in the OP", I was more pointing to our legal right to park 8 cars, not our preference to do so. I see no reason for us to need or want to park 8 different vehicles outside!

It's not just a matter of whether or not you want it, the council also have to take into account the ease of access for emergency vehicles, and if having cars parked in the street is likely to cause an obstruction, then they have every reason to put down the yellow lines.

That's a perfect place for double yellows, that road is so narrow that if vehicles double parked as I imagine they do then there would be virtually no access for other road users or even worse the emergency services.

See below:

Try suggesting to the council they only paint the double-yellows on one side of the road?

Thank you

 

[Skalaberg]

Anyway, as a resident who does not want the lines, and who requires the street parking available outside, is there some way I can complain against what is being done? In my mind, it's my street[/url]

On the basis that the said road outside your house is a public road and not privatley owned by you I find this comment astonishing...

 

[Imy]

On the basis that the said road outside your house is a public road and not privatley owned by you I find this comment astonishing...

You're astonished very easily if you can't figure out why a council tax, road tax, and every other tax under the sun paying member of the public may be annoyed his use of the road outside of his home is being restricted, adding inconvenience and likely lowering his property value without consultation by those whom he pays his taxes to. By the sounds of it his neighbours feel the same way.

Of course he can complain - and quite rightly so.

 

[Firestar_3x]

You're astonished very easily if you can't figure out why a council tax, road tax, and every other tax under the sun paying member of the public may be annoyed his use of the road outside of his home is being restricted, adding inconvenience and likely lowering his property value without consultation by those whom he pays his taxes to. By the sounds of it his neighbours feel the same way.

Of course he can complain - and quite rightly so.

Road tax doesn't exist.

 

[Imy]

Call it what you like - still got to pay it if you want to drive on the roads, or in this case, park.

 

[eatcustard]

Use your vote if your councilor does not help

 

[tom_e]

Wait until they're painted then go out and chip away a chunk so they're no longer an unbroken line, problem solved

 

[SlyReaper]

So simple yet fantastically mathematical.

I am a mathematician.

Road tax doesn't exist.

*** [removed] Keep those kind of comments to yourself in future *** You know exactly what he means. Road tax is the colloquial term for vehicle excise duty.

 

[Firestar_3x]

Take your pedantry and stick it where the sun shineth not. You know exactly what he means.

Nice....

Using 'road tax' as a reason why these lines shouldn't be painted is rubbish, 'road tax' or VED as it should be called has no relationship to spending on the road. It's an irrelevant point and one which is best corrected now before his parents go to the council and start using it as a reason.

 

[Skalaberg]

You're astonished very easily if you can't figure out why a council tax, road tax, and every other tax under the sun paying member of the public may be annoyed his use of the road outside of his home is being restricted, adding inconvenience and likely lowering his property value without consultation by those whom he pays his taxes to. By the sounds of it his neighbours feel the same way.

Of course he can complain - and quite rightly so.

We all pay those taxes (well.. most of us). What we all don't have is the right to make any claim on public roads for personal use. The road outside of his house is just that.. outside, it does not belong to him. Why is it when someone buys a property on a public road that they assume the space outside it is automatically theirs.. to use when ever thay want and exclusivley.

I feel for the OP and genuinley hope he can get a satisfactory result out of this (painting the lines down one side does sound like a good comprimise) but he must remember the road does not belong to him, and didn't when he bought the house.

 

[willems]

our street has just been doubled one side and singled the other. it was impossible to get down at times with people lining the street with their cars who were working in a nearby building. unfortunately the problem has just moved further up the road for some other residents to have to deal with