Parking enforcement

We enforce parking restrictions in the York area and take action against people who park illegally.

Illegal parking

Vehicles are parked illegally if they are 'in or adjacent to':

yellow lines (waiting restrictions)
disabled bays
bus stops
taxi ranks
dropped kerbs
resident only parking areas (ResPark zones) without a valid permit
on-street pay and display areas, without displaying a valid ticket or permit
our car parks, without displaying a valid ticket or permit
zigzag lines outside of schools
doctors and other marked parking bays

We can issue a parking ticket (penalty charge notice, or PCN) - a parking fine - for each of these offences.

Parking enforcement powers also enable us to issue a PCN if a vehicle is parked across the entrance to your driveway and dropped kerbs, even if there are no yellow lines or H-Bar markings in place.

Report illegal parking

Please be aware that we have limited ability to patrol in areas where there are no restrictions.

Report a problem as soon as possible if you see a vehicle:

parking illegally
parked across a dropped kerb
blocking access to your property

Parking Hotline

To report a vehicle which is parked illegally call our Parking Hotline on telephone: 0800 1381119.

the parking hotline is free of charge from landlines (and some mobiles - check with your provider)
details are recorded by an operator and passed to our parking enforcement team
we aim to respond to all calls within 45 minutes
the parking hotline operates from 8.00am to 9.00pm, every day

To report an illegally parked vehicle which is causing an obstruction or hazard outside of the hours when our hotline operates, call the police on 101.

Find out about reporting abandoned vehicles.

Dropped kerbs

We can enforce dropped kerbs even where no restrictions are in place, if a vehicle parks where the pavement, cycle track or verge has been adjusted to assist:

pedestrians crossing
cyclists entering or leaving the road
vehicles entering or leaving the road across a path, cycle track or verge

PCNs for dropped kerb offences

We may be able to issue a PCN in the following circumstances:

driveways - if a vehicle is parked across a dropped kerb and causing an obstruction to a resident's driveway (we ask the resident before we issue a PCN)
shared driveways - if a vehicle is causing an obstruction to a shared driveway (access to a public building)and we get a report via our parking hotline number (enforcement officers will use their discretion if approached by the property owner)
pedestrian dropped kerbs - if a vehicle is causing an obstruction and there is no 'exemption' (such as: emergency services, those alighting and unloading, undertaking building works, road works vehicles and waste collection vehicles)