By Margaret Maccoll
Noosa’s Homemaker Centre has taken action to control its car parking and stop non-customers such as riverside event goers and stallholders using their private property.
As parking woes are raised across the Noosa area, the centre has erected prominent signs throughout the car park warning motorists to abide by a three-hour limit or face a $77 fine.
Time restricted parking has become commonplace across Noosa’s public streets where an array of times limit parking is imposed and fines imposed by council officers for those who exceed them.
The centre is not alone in enforcing parking limits, with many shops across Noosa displaying signs to restrict parking.
Noosa Homemaker Centre Body Corporate chairman Brian Deasy said a private car park management company had been engaged “to implement and manage these changes going forward”.
“Our objective in making these changes is to free up car parking spaces for our tenants, and their customers, allowing better utilisation of the available car parks,” he said.
Brian said car park usage was monitored in response to concerns raised by tenants and a survey indicated their support “for stronger management of the car park usage”.
“A survey of all tenants indicated support for stronger management of the car park usage,” he said.
“Feedback indicated that three hours free parking was appropriate for almost all genuine visitors to the centre, and special arrangements have been made for the few genuine exceptions needing longer than the three-hour free stay.”
