Approval Date: 15 December 2025
Background
Council provides and manages public car parking across the municipality to benefit the community. Growth in population has also seen the demand for parking rise over time, particularly in Activity Centres. Parking is a limited and shared resource, and several legislative instruments are used to ensure fair access while also supporting local amenity and economic vitality of the City.
Objectives
The objective of this Parking Management Policy is to provide a framework to manage parking to best satisfy the needs of the whole community based on the Movement and Place typology of each street.
The objective is to protect amenity, whilst managing competing demands for parking by across different street typologies by:
- promoting safe, accessible and sustainable environment for all road users;
- providing access for vehicles (including emergency services) cyclists and pedestrians;
- providing equitable access to on-street parking; and
- supporting access and turnover to car parking in activity centres to improve economic activity.
Scope
This Policy applies to urban Council roads, Council public carparks, and private parking areas where agreements exist between Latrobe City Council and the property owner.
The Policy outlines the types of parking restrictions the Council uses, and the type of parking permits the Council issues to manage parking.
The Policy also refers to other common parking issues such as parking on the nature strip, indented parking.
Further Information
View the full policy below;