THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE AREA B (CONSOLIDATION) ORDER 1993

Cambridge City Council ("the Council") in pursuance of arrangements made under Section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 with Cambridgeshire County Council in exercise of the powers ofthe said County Council under Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 19, 32, 35, 45, 46, 63, 64 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 ("the Act of 1984") and of all other enabling powers and after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police in accordance with Part III of Schedule 9 to the Act of 1984 hereby make the following Order:

SECTION 1
GENERAL

COMMENCEMENT AND CITATION

1 This Order shall come into operation for all purposes on the 17th day of January 1994 and may be cited as The City of Cambridge Area B (Consolidation) Order 1993.

INTERPRETATION

2(1) In this Order, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meaning as hereby respectively assigned to them

"boxed area" means any area of the carriageways of the roads specified in Schedule 20 to this Order being areas at or near the junctions specified in the said Schedule 20 and marked by the appropriate traffic sign;

"bus stop" means an area on a highway which is bounded by a marking shown in diagram 1025 in Schedule 2 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1981;

"business proprietor" means:

(i) the proprietor of a business, school or shop, or an employee nominated by the proprietor without any off-street parking places attached thereto the postal address of which is in the streets or parts of streets described in Parts 5,6,7,8,9 and 10(4) of Schedule 12 to this Order; or

(ii) the proprietor of a school or an employee nominated by the proprietor without any off-street parking places attached thereto the postal address of which is in the streets or parts of streets described in Part 1 of Schedule 11 to this Order;

except for those streets or parts of streets described in Part 11 of Schedule 12 to this Order

"conference" means a meeting of persons of one day or longer in duration taking place within premises owned or occupied by a college;

"conference permit" means a permit issued under the provisions of Article 164 of this Order;

"conference permit holder" means a person to whom a conference permit has been issued;

"college" means an educational establishment as specified in Part 1 of Schedule 26 to this Order;

"cycle lane" means the area of carriageway bounded by the kerb line of a road and by a longitudinal white line 150mm wide in compliance with diagram 1049 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1981 and placed on the said carriageway 1.5 metres from the said kerb line;

"disabled person's badge" and "disabled person's vehicle" have the same meanings as stated in Section 2 of The Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Exemptions for Disabled Persons) (England & Wales) Regulations 1986;

"disabled person's parking place" means an area of a highway designated as a parking place for disabled person's vehicles by Article 106 of this Order;

"doctor parking place" means an area of a highway designated as a parking place by Article 57 of this Order for the leaving of a vehicle by a legally qualified medical practitioner;

"driver" means in relation to a vehicle waiting in a parking place, the person driving the vehicle at the time it was left in the parking place;

"goods" includes postal packets of any description and "delivering" and "collecting" in relation to any goods includes checking the goods for the purpose of their delivery or collection;

"goods vehicle" means a motor vehicle which is constructed or adapted for use for the carriage of goods or burden of any description, and is not drawing a trailer;

"hackney carriage" means a vehicle as defined in Section 38 of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 and duly licensed by the Council pursuant to its powers under Section 37 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1857 as amended by Section 16 of the Transport Act 1985;

"invalid carriage" has the same meaning as defined in Section 136(5) of the Act of 1984;

"legally qualified medical practitioner" has the same meaning as in Schedule 6 paragraph 11 ofthe Medical Act 1983

"loading bay" means a parking place designated as a loading bay by Article 113 of this Order;

"motor cycle" means a bicycle propelled by mechanical power with or without a sidecar attached thereto;

"motor cycle parking place" means a part of a road designated for use by Article 45 of this Order as a parking place for bicycles propelled by mechanical power and not having a sidecar attached thereto;

"motor vehicle" has the same meaning as stated in Sections 136(1) and 140 of the Act of 1984;

"one way street" means a highway in which vehicles are prohibited at all times from proceeding in any other than one direction;

"owner" means, in relation to the vehicle, the person by whom the vehicle is kept and used;

"parking bay" means a space in a parking place which is provided for the leaving of a vehicle as indicated by the use of appropriate traffic signs;

"parking meter" means an apparatus of a type and design approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of this Order being apparatus designed to indicate:

(a) whether the initial charge referred to in Article 7 of this Order has been paid and whether the period for which it has been paid has elapsed, or

(b) whether the period referred to in Article 9 of this Order has elapsed

"parking place" means an area on a highway designated as a parking place by Article 3 of this Order;

"parking place without charge" means an area on a highway designated as a parking place by Article 155 of this Order;

"parking space" means a space in a parking place which is provided for the leaving of a vehicle;

"passenger vehicle" means any motor vehicle adapted for the carrying of passengers not being a public service vehicle;

"pedal cycle" means a bicycle not being a mechanically propelled vehicle and excludes a pedal tricycle;

"pedal cycle parking place" means a part of a road designated by Article 74 of this Order;

"permit" means a permit issued under the provisions of Articles 70(3)(a), 88(4)(a), 88(5), 142(e) of this Order;

"permit holders" means a person to whom a permit has been issued under the provisions of Articles 70(3)(a), 88(4)(a), 88(5), 142(e) of this Order;

"permitted hours" means the period between 9.00am and 5.00pm on Monday to Saturday inclusive, any such day not being Christmas Day, Good Friday or a Bank Holiday being a public holiday;

"private hire car" means a vehicle being a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry fewer than 8 passengers other than a hackney carriage and duly licensed pursuant to Section 48 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;

"prohibited hours" means in relation to any prohibited road specified in all Parts of Schedule 3 to this Order, the periods which are specified in the said schedules;

"prohibited road" means any road or part of a road specified in all Parts of Schedule 3 to this Order provided that the expression "prohibited road" shall not for the purposes of Article 28, 29 or 30 of this Order include any parking place;

"public service vehicle" means a vehicle adapted to carry 8 or more passengers used in the provision of a public service not being a hackney carriage or a private hire car;

"public service vehicle parking place" means a parking place designated for public service vehicles by Article 119 of this Order;

"relevant position" means

(i) in the case of a vehicle fitted with a front windscreen, the permit is exhibited thereon either on the near side of and immediately behind the windscreen and with its front facing forward so as to be legible from the outside of the vehicle, or on the dashboard or fascia panel so that the permit is legible from outside the vehicle:

(ii) in the case of a vehicle not fitted with a front windscreen, dashboard or fascia panel, the permit is exhibited in a conspicuous position on the vehicle so that the permit is legible from outside the vehicle

"resident" means

(i) a person whose usual place of abode is at premises the postal address of which is in the streets or part of streets described in all Parts of Schedule 12 to this Order;

(ii) a person who is not an undergraduate of the University of Cambridge and I whose usual place of abode is at premises without any off-street parking places attached thereto, the postal address of which is in the streets or parts of streets described in Part 10(3) of Schedule 12 to this Order;

"resident parking place" means an area of a highway designated as a parking place for residents by Article 85 of this Order;

"restricted hours" means in relation to any restricted road specified in all Parts of Schedule 2 to this Order, the periods which are specified in the said schedules;

"restricted road" means any road or part of a road specified in all Parts of Schedule 2 to this Order provided that the expression "restricted road" shall not for the purposes of Article 28, 29 or 30 of this Order include any parking place;

"Samaritan parking place" means an area of an highway designated by Article 58 of this Order for the leaving of a vehicle by an employee of the Samaritans;

"scheduled service" means a service operated to a schedule drawn up from time to time by the County of Cambridgeshire in consultation with the operators of Public Service Vehicles for the operation of local services as defined in Section 2 of the Transport Act 1985;

"school bus" means a vehicle which is constructed or adapted to carry 8 or more passengers and is being used to carry persons to and from school as defined by Section 114(1) of the Education Act 1944;

"telegraphic line" has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1984;

"ticket machine" means an apparatus of a type and design approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of this Order being apparatus designed to indicate the time by a clock and to issue numbered tickets indicating payment of a charge, the period in respect of which it has been paid, the day of issue and the time of departure at which the vehicle must leave the parking place;

"traffic sign" means a sign or marking of any size, colour and type prescribed or authorised under, or having effect as though prescribed or authorised under, the Traffic Sign Regulation and General Directions 1981 and all amendments thereto;

"traffic warden" means a traffic warden employed by a police authority in pursuance of Sec. 95 of the Act of 1984;

"works bus" means a vehicle which is constructed or adapted to carry 8 or more passengers and which has been provided by an employer for the purpose of carrying persons to and from their place of employment and is being used for such a purpose;

2.(1) In this Order, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meaning as hereby respectively assigned to them:

2(2) For the purposes of this Order a vehicle shall be deemed to wait for a period of more than thirty minutes in the same place in any restricted road if any point in that road is below the vehicle or its load (if any) throughout a period exceeding thirty minutes, whether or not the vehicle is moved during that period.

2(3) Any reference in this Order to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended by any subsequent enactment.

2(4) The Interpretation Act 1978 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament, and as if for the purposes of Section 17 of that Act this Order were an Act of Parliament and the Orders revoked by Article 56 of this Order were Acts of Parliament thereby repealed.

2(5) The restrictions, prohibitions and requirements imposed by this Order are in addition to and not in derogation of any restriction, prohibition or requirement imposed by any other enactment and any exception or exemption to the provisions of this Order is without prejudice to the provisions of any other enactment.

SECTION 2 (Articles 3 to 27) Not applicable to this Area

SECTIONS 4, 5 and 6 (Articles 31 to 41) Not applicable to this Area

SECTION 7
NO THROUGH ROADS

NO THROUGH ROADS

42 No person shall cause any motor vehicle travelling in any direction in the road specified in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 7 to this Order to proceed beyond the point specified in relation to that road in column 2 of Part 1 of the said Schedule 7.

43(1) No person shall cause any vehicle other than a pedal cycle wheeled by a pedestrian to proceed from the roads specified in column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 7 to this Order into the roads specified in column 2 of Part 2 of the said Schedule 7.

43(2) No person shall cause any vehicle other than a pedal cycle being ridden or wheeled by a pedestrian to proceed from the roads specified in column 1 of Part 3 of Schedule 7 to this Order into the roads specified in column 2 of Part 3 of the said Schedule 7.

EXEMPTIONS

44 Nothing in Articles 42 and 43 of this Order shall render it unlawful to cause or permit a vehicle to proceed beyond the points and along the roads specified in Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 7 to this Order if the vehicle is being used for police, fire, or ambulance purposes.

SECTION 8 (Articles 45 to 55) Not applicable to this Area.

SECTION 9
REVOCATION OF EXISTING ORDERS

REVOCATION

56 The Orders specified in Schedule 25 to this Order as having effect by virtue of Section 144 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 10 to the Act of 1984, in so far as they affect Area B, are hereby revoked.

SECTIONS 10, 11 and 12 (Articles 57 to 105) Not applicable to this Area.

SECTIONS 14 and 15 (Articles 113 to 128) - Not applicable to this area.

SECTION 16
NO ENTRY

NO ENTRY

129 No person shall cause a vehicle to enter the roads and parts of the roads specified in Part 1 of Schedule 16 to this Order at the location and from the directions specified in Part 1 of the said Schedule 16.

NO ENTRY EXCEPT PEDAL CYCLES

130 No person shall cause a vehicle other than a pedal cycle to enter the road and part of the road specified in Part 2 of Schedule 16 to this Order at the location and from the directions specified in Part 2 of the said Schedule 16.

NO ENTRY EXCEPT PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES

131 No person shall cause a motorvehicle other than a public service vehicle operating on a scheduled service to enter the road and part of the road specified in Part 3 of Schedule 16 to this Order at the location and from the directions specified in Part 2 of the said Schedule 16.

SECTIONS 17 and 18 (Articles 132 to 139) Not applicable to this Area.

SECTION 19
LIMITED ACCESS

LIMITED ACCESS

140 Save as provided in Articles 141 and 142 of this Order no person shall cause or permit any vehicle to enter the roads or parts of roads specified in Column 1 of Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 19 to this Order.

EXEMPTIONS

141 Nothing in Article 140 of this Order shall render it unlawful to cause or permit any vehicle to enter the roads or parts of roads specified in Column 1 of Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 19 to this Order upon the direction or with the permission of a police constable or traffic warden in uniform or, if as specified in the Articles referred to in Column 2 of Parts 1 and 2 of the said Schedule 19 the vehicle is being used:

141(a) for the conveyance of persons or goods to any premises situated in or adjacent to the specified road; or

141(b) in connection with any building operation or demolition taking place in the vicinity of the specified road, the removal of any obstruction to traffic in the specified road, the maintenance improvement or reconstruction of the specified road or the laying erection alteration or repair in or near the specified road of any sewer or of any main pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas water or electricity or of any telegraphic line;

141(c) for access to any premises situated on the specified road or adjacent to the specified road and only accessible for motor vehicles from the specified road;

141(d) for police, fire brigade or ambulance purposes;

141(e) in the service of a local authority or water authority in pursuance of its statutory powers or duties; or

141(f) for the purpose of delivering or collecting postal packets as defined in Section 87 of the Post Office Act 1953(b);

141(g) for gaining access to or egress from a residents parking place within the said road or part of road and the vehicle is displaying a valid permit as specified under Article 91 of this Order for the area in which includes the said road or part of road;

141(h) for the conveyance of persons or goods to or from any premises situated in, or adjacent to and only accessible from, the specified road except between the hours of 10.00 am and 4.00 pm on Saturdays only; or

141(i) for the conveyance of persons or goods to or from any off street parking or loading facilities accessible only from the specified road between the hours of 10.00 am and 4.00 pm on Saturdays only.

PERMITTED CLASSES OF VEHICLES

142 Nothing in Articles 140 and 141 of this Order shall render it unlawful to cause or permit any vehicle to enter the roads or parts of roads specified in column 1 of Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 19 to this Order if, as specified in Column 3 of the said Schedule 19, the vehicle is a:

142(a) public service vehicle;

142(b) hackney carriage;

142(c) goods vehicle which is in actual use for delivering or collecting goods to or from any premises adjoining;

142(d) disabled person's vehicle;

142(e) private vehicle or motor cycle with a permit requiring access to Eden Street Backway and or 47 Eden Street;

142(f) vehicle used to gain access to or for the conveyance of goods to or from premises situated in or adjacent to Burleigh Place, the service area to the north east of Burleigh Place and so much of Burleigh Street as lies between its junction with Adam & Eve Street and East Road;

142(g) private hire car;

142(h) invalid carriage as defined in Section 136 of the Act of 1984 being used to gain access to premises adjoining;

142(i) motor cycle;

142(j) hackney carriage requiring access to the roads or parts of roads specified in Column 1 of Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 19 to this Order between the hours of 5.30 p.m. to 9.35 a.m. on all days;

142(k) pedal cycle being wheeled by a pedestrian;

142(l) vehicle proceeding under the supervision of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden and is being used for the delivery and collection of goods which are heavy or bulky or which might suffer damage if carried by other means or which are valuable and liable to be stolen if carried by other means to premises fronting the road;

142(m) pedal cycle being ridden or wheeled by a pedestrian;

142(n) vehicle to be used for the purpose of delivering or collecting bullion, monies or securities to or from the Midland Bank PLC or the Trustees Savings Bank PLC in Burleigh Street;

142(o) vehicle proceeding to and from the garage premises at the rear of Nos. 12 — 15 Blossom Street;

142(p) goods vehicle which is in actual use for delivering or collecting goods to or from premises adjoining the specified road except between the hours of 10.00 am and 4.00 pm on Saturdays only; or

142(q) a motor vehicle being used by a resident of Nos. 43, 45, 47, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 122 and 124 Victoria Road and Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Beaconsfield Terrace, Victoria Road.

DAYS AND HOURS OF OPERATION

143(1) The limited access, exemptions and permitted classes of vehicles on the roads or parts of roads specified in Part 1 of Schedule 19 to this Order apply at any time for all days.

143(2) The limited access, exemptions and permitted classes of vehicles on the roads or parts of roads specified in Part 2 of Schedule 19 to this Order apply between the hours of 8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays inclusive.

SECTION 22
DUAL USE CYCLE TRACKS

DESIGNATION

149 The lengths of footways specified in Schedule 22 to this Order are designated as cycle tracks whereby persons may proceed along the said lengths of footways by riding pedal cycles as well as on foot.

VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS

150 No person shall drive or cause to be driven any motor vehicle along the lengths of footways specified in Schedule 22 to this Order unless with the permission of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden.

SECTION 23
CYCLE LANES

CONTRA-FLOW CYCLE LANES

151 No person shall cause or permit any vehicle at any time to enter wait or proceed in the cycle lane marked on the roads or parts of roads specified in Part 1 of Schedule 23 to this Order except on the direction or with the permission of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden unless the vehicle is a pedal cycle proceeding in the direction specified in Part 1 of the said Schedule 23.

EXEMPTIONS

152 Nothing in Article 151 of this Order shall render it unlawful for any vehicle to enter or proceed or wait in the cycle lane if and for so long as may be necessary to enable:

152(a) the vehicle to be used for the removal of any obstruction to traffic;

152(b) the vehicle to be used for police fire brigade or ambulance purposes;

152(c) the vehicle to be used in service of any local authority or water authority or with the permission of any such authority in pursuance of statutory powers or duties; providing that whilst being so used it is necessary for the vehicle to wait or proceed in the cycle lane;

152(d) the vehicle to pass vehicles parked on the side of the carriageway opposite to a marked cycle lane;

152(e) the vehicle to avoid an accident; or

152(f) the vehicle to gain entrance to off-street loading facilities or garaging.

MANDATORY WITH FLOW CYCLE LANES

153 No person shall cause or permit to be caused any vehicle at any time to enter wait or proceed in the cycle lane marked on the roads or parts of roads specified in Part 2 of Schedule 23 to this Order except on the direction or with the permission of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden unless the vehicle is a pedal cycle proceeding in the direction specified in Part 2 of the said Schedule 23.

EXEMPTIONS

154 Nothing in Article 153 of this Order shall render it unlawful to cause or permit any vehicle to enter the cycle lane marked on the roads or parts of roads specified in of Part 2 of Schedule 23 to this Order if the vehicle is:

154(a) a public service vehicle waiting or proceeding to and from waiting in a part of the carriageway which is bounded by a road marking shown in diagram 1025 in Schedule 2 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1981 lawfully in place;

154(b) a vehicle being used for police fire or ambulance purposes;

154(c) in the service of a local authority in pursuance of the authority's statutory powers or duties;

154(d) a vehicle that cannot conveniently be used for such purpose in any other road being used in connection with the removal of any obstruction to traffic the maintenance and improvement or reconstruction of the lengths of roads referred to or the laying erection or alteration or repair in or near the said lengths of roads of any sewer or of any main pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas water or electricity or of any telegraphic line;

154(e) in the service of or employed by the Post Office being used for the purposes of delivering or collecting postal packets as defined in Section 87 of the Post Office Act 1953;

154(f) a vehicle crossing the carriageway to gain access to off-street parking or loading facilities; or

154(g) a vehicle crossing the carriageway to gain access to premises situated adjacent to the carriageway and to which access cannot be gained from any other road.

SECTION 24 (Articles 155 to 161) Not applicable to this Area.

GIVEN under the COMMON SEAL of CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL this 10th day of January 1994 in the presence of:

Head of Legal Services

SCHEDULE 1 - Not applicable to this area.

SCHEDULES 3 TO 6 - Not applicable in this area.

SCHEDULE 7 NO THROUGH ROADS (see Articles 2 and 42 to 44)

PART 1 - Not applicable in this area

PART 2
MOVEMENTS FROM ROADS WHICH ARE PROHIBITED TO ANY VEHICLE EXCEPT A WHEELED PEDAL CYCLE

SCHEDULES 8 TO 12 - Not applicable to this area.

SCHEDULES 14 AND 15 - Not applicable to this area.

SCHEDULE 16 - NO ENTRY (see Articles 2 and 129 to 131)

PART 1 - Not applicable to this area.

PART 2
ROADS AND PARTS OF ROADS TO WHICH ENTRY EXCEPT FOR PEDAL CYCLES IS PROHIBITED AT THE LOCATIONS AND FROM THE DIRECTIONS STATED

SCHEDULES 17 AND 18 - Not applicable to this area.

SCHEDULE 19 - LIMITED ACCESS (see Articles 2 and 140 to 143)

PART 1
ROADS AND PARTS OF ROADS SUBJECT TO LIMITED ACCESS AT ANY TIME FOR ALL DAYS

SCHEDULE 22 DUAL USE CYCLE TRACK (see articles 2 and 149 to 150)

SCHEDULE 23 CYCLE LANE (see Articles 2 and 151 to 154)

PART 1 - Not applicable to this area.

Part 2
MANDATORY WITH FLOW CYCLE LANE

SCHEDULE 25 - REVOCATION (see Article 56)

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDERS AND BYELAWS REVOKED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THIS ORDER