Resident parking permits

With a resident parking permit you can park all-day in timed parking in your street except for restrictions below 30 minutes and prohibited areas such as ‘no stopping’ and ‘loading zones’. This permit also allows you to park in resident permit zones, if applicable on your street. 

If you live on a corner property, a permit can be issued for either the front street or side street. If you have 2 permits, both permits must be issued to the same street.

A permit does not guarantee there will be a parking space available in your street.

A permit is only valid for the street of issue on your parking permit and in your application form.

You can have either 1 or 2 resident parking permits depending on your property.

If your property has a driveway crossover, you can only get 1 resident parking permit.

If your property does not have a driveway crossover, you can get 2 resident parking permits.

A driveway crossover is an access point where cars can travel from a road, usually across a nature strip and/or footpath, to a property. If you have a private driveway, it usually indicates you have a driveway crossover.

Properties with more than one driveway crossover are not eligible for any resident parking permits.

If you are unsure whether you have a driveway crossover or not, please call us.

The first resident parking permit costs:

• $42.45 Full fee
• $21.23 Concession

The second resident parking permit costs:

• $120.00 Full fee
• $60.25 Concession

To apply for a concession, you need to have a Centrelink card such as a Pensioner or Health Care Card or a Department of Veterans Affairs card.

Resident Parking ePermits are linked to your vehicle’s registration number. Our officers will see your valid resident parking permit when they enter your vehicle registration number into our system.

Your Resident Parking ePermit becomes valid and active as soon as it is processed and granted by the Business Support Team.

You do not need to display your permit on your dashboard to park in time restricted areas.

Please apply for your permit before the date that you need it.

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Parking officers mark-up the tyres of all vehicles when patrolling a street with time restricted parking.

Parking officers return to the street later, i.e. 2 hours later if the area has 2P parking. If a vehicle with a marked-up tyre is still in the street, the parking officer will check if the vehicle has an ePermit.

If the vehicle has an ePermit, they will not issue a parking infringement. Only vehicles that are parked for longer than the time allowed without a parking permit will receive a parking infringement.

1. This permit does NOT guarantee parking will be available in the nominated street or zone.
2. Resident parking permits are NOT transferable to another street or zone. The permit is assigned to one vehicle at a given time.
3. The renewal of permits is the responsibility of the permit holder. The permit expiry date can be viewed via your PayStay account.
4. Residential and Visitor Parking Permits are not valid for:

• Any area with a restriction of 30 minutes or less.
• Main arterial roads (e.g. Sydney Road, Lygon Street, Bell Street, Holmes Road, Pascoe Vale Road)
• Shopping strips, Council operated off-street car parks or metered areas
• Designated statutory restricted areas such as no stopping zones, bus zones, clearway or tow away zones, taxi zones and loading zones.

5. If you park in an area not for general parking, outside legitimate permitted parking bays/areas or in contravention to any other Road Rule, you may be fined or your vehicle towed away. 

6. Infringements issued for failing to comply with these conditions will NOT be withdrawn.

7. Council reserves the right to withdraw or cancel any permit that is used in contravention of Merri-bek City Council’s parking management policy or General Local Law 2018.

8. The permit is only valid for registered vehicles and excludes a boat, bus, trailer, truck, caravan, motorcycle or vehicles greater than 4.5 tonnes or 12 metres in length.

9. Permit holders are prohibited from selling, leasing or accepting money for a permit and/or allowing any other person to use a permit in contravention of this policy or the conditions of use of the permit.

10. The permit holder is responsible for notifying Council if:

• A permit holder disposes of a vehicle to which a permit applies; or
• A permit holder changes their residential address (if applicable);