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ON STREET PARKING AND LOADING that the time periods and conditions shown apply for each day of the week that the bay is operational (e.g. Monday to Saturday or every day of the week). To have different conditions applying on different days will result in complicated signs and might confuse drivers. Where different conditions do apply, it might be necessary to use separate signs, for example where parking conditions on Sundays differ from those for the other days of the week.

Where a prohibition of waiting also applies at certain times of the day, a sign to diagram 639.1B (see paras 7.30 to 7.32) should be used, the lower panel being varied to either diagram 660.6 or 660.7.

The signs to diagram 660.6 and 660.7 must be used with a bay marking to diagram 1028.4, 1032 or 1033, in each case with no legend. As the bay is not for the exclusive use of permit holders, it is not appropriate to vary diagram 1028.4 to PERMIT HOLDERS ONLY.

Where signing and marking of certain on—street parking arrangements is not possible under the current Regulations and Directions, it will be necessary to seek authorisation from the Department (see para 2.1). However, traffic authorities should carefully consider the signing requirements for proposed traffic regulation orders. It is very easy for signs to become over—complicated, resulting in sign overload and sign clutter. Not only can this make comprehension by road users difficult but it is likely to be detrimental to environmentally sensitive areas, and can lead to enforcement difficulties.

Roads in the vicinity of a football stadium or similar venue might need parking controls on match days to reserve road space for resident permit holders. Signs for the prohibition of waiting and those that indicate parking conditions will normally make reference to ”Match days” or ”Event days” and will require authorisation. Additional signs are used to indicate the date of the next match or event. In certain areas, the signs described in para 7.15 might be appropriate. This would avoid the need to mark out parking bays required only for a limited number of days throughout the year. It would also reduce the number of upright signs needed. Where the match day controls are additional to existing controls, the signs become more complex. Consideration should therefore be given to applying the same controls throughout the year, such as permit holders only at all times, so that reference to match days is not required. This would simplify the signing and would not require authorisation. However, this might not be always be possible, particularly where there are parking bays for non—permit holders and these are required for permit holders on match days. It might be possible to impose controls so that only certain lengths of 66