Terms and Conditions
General
This website is owned
and operated by Riverside Parking Ltd (company number 10920053).
For the purposes of
these Terms and Conditions: "We", "Our" and
"Us" refers to Riverside Parking Ltd while references to “You”
and “Your” refers to the persons accessing this website (including
persons who access this site on the behalf of other persons); references to
"Material" or "Materials" includes data,
information and databases.
Please review these
Terms and Conditions carefully before using this website. Your use of
this website indicates Your agreement to be bound by these Terms and Conditions
in consideration of the access provided to the website as detailed below.
If You do not agree
to these Terms and Conditions, any of the related documentation linked below or
other restrictions notified to You during the course of Your use of this
website You are not permitted to, and agree not to, use or access this website.
Scope of these Terms and Conditions
These Terms and
Conditions refer only to Your use of this website (www.riversideparking.co.uk)
and, unless separate or additional terms apply, any application using content
from this website and any mini-site on this website.
Separate terms and
conditions shall apply to car parking which are stated below.
Data protection
This website does not
hold any information regarding your vehicle that isn’t available in the public
domain. We only hold your Vehicle Registration until your parking penalty (if
any) is paid in full.
Proprietary rights
All Materials on this
website, the appearance, organisation and layout of this website, the
underlying software code and the underlying data are owned by us.
Permitted users of this website
Your use of this
website is personal to You. We provide this website solely to permit You
to pay any outstanding penalty notice issued in our car park.
Security
If You have reason to
believe that Your access to the website is no longer secure (e.g. loss, theft
or unauthorised disclosure or use of user names, passwords and personal
identification numbers), You must promptly change the affected access
information.
Appropriate use
Your access to this
website is on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw, restrict
or amend the services accessibly to You on the website without notice at our
absolute discretion.
You may only use this
website in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and, in any event, for
lawful and proper purposes which includes complying with all applicable laws,
regulations and codes of practice within the UK or other jurisdiction from
which You are accessing this website. Except as expressly permitted by
Us, You shall not use this website for any purpose.
Changes to this website
We may make
improvements or changes to the information, services, products and other
Materials on this website, or terminate this website, at any time without
notice. We may also modify these Terms and Conditions at any time, and such
modification shall be effective immediately upon posting of the modified Terms
and Conditions on this website. Accordingly, Your continued access or use of
this website is deemed to be Your acceptance of the modified Terms and
Conditions.
Please read these Terms and
Conditions carefully. They relate to your use of our car parks.
1. Definitions
When the following words are used
in these Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”), this is what they will
mean:
1.0 “Car Park” means
the parking facilities in the area and/or building managed by (or on behalf of)
us and designated for parking vehicles;
1.1 “vehicle” means
any vehicle used to convey passengers or items that enters the Car Park,
including any mechanical device on wheels or tracks, its equipment and
accessories; and
1.2 “VRM” means
Vehicle Registration Mark.
2. Our
liability to you
2.1 We provide an area for
up to 25 vehicles to park from the hours of 5am – 8pm in the single area
Riverside Parking Station Road, New Mills, Derbyshire, SK22 3JB.
2.2 This area known to you
as Riverside parking has also the daily access to “ALL” vehicles passing
through.
2.3
This area known to you as Riverside Parking is also open to the general public.
Although private land the area has full access to the public and other
residential accommodation at all times. We cannot guarantee that members of the
general public will not enter our Car Park and cause damage to property and/or
engage in criminal activity. Accordingly, you park your vehicle in the Car Park
at your own risk. We cannot and do not guarantee the security of your vehicle
and/or its contents.
2. Tariff
The parking tariff payable by you
(as varied from time to time) is displayed on the tariff board at the Car Park.
You are obliged to pay the parking tariff and to comply with any instructions
on the tariff board as supplemented by these Terms, and failure to do so may
result in us issuing you with a Parking Charge Notice (please refer to clause 5
(Parking Contraventions) of these Terms).
3. Claims
and complaints
3.1 If your vehicle
sustains damage while in the Car Park, your vehicle is stolen or any
possessions are stolen from your vehicle while it is in the Car Park you
should:
a) immediately
inform either a member of staff at the Car Park or otherwise contact us via
this website by email contact form. We strive to reply to your email within 24
hours.
b) in the case
of theft, immediately inform the police; and
c) notify your
insurers promptly.
3.2 Any complaints to us or about the
service you have received, should also be via this website under the Contact Us
contact form on this website.
4. Parking
Contraventions
4.1 It is important for the
effective management of the Car Park that:
a) you comply
with all signs in the Car Park, including these Terms and the tariff board;
b) you park
within the limits of a marked bay;
d) you pay all
amounts due for your parking and comply with the requirements. The payment must
be made at the time of parking your vehicle in the Car Park and in any event,
before you leave your vehicle in the Car Park.
4.2 If you do not comply
with these requirements we may issue you with a Parking Charge Notice requiring
you to pay any unpaid parking charge(s), together with an additional amount
representing an estimate of the additional expenses we will incur as a result
of your non-compliance (including without limitation debt recovery costs) (the
“Parking Charge”). Specific details about the Parking Charge payable are
available in each Car Park.
4.3 Details/information
relating to how to pay the Parking Charge, deadlines for payment, what will
happen if you fail to make payment within the stipulated deadline, and the
appeal process will be set out on the Parking Charge Notice.
4.4 By parking your vehicle
in the Car Park you consent to us capturing, using and processing your VRM and
personal details via CCTV. This includes our right to request and obtain the
details of a vehicle’s registered keeper from the DVLA.
4.5 If the Car Park and/or
the equipment in the Car Park is damaged by you, your vehicle, its contents or
the passengers in the vehicle then, except where the damage arises as a direct
result of our negligence, we will seek to recover the cost of that repair and
associated administration costs from you.
5. Security
of your vehicle
5.1 Unless asked by a
member of our staff not to do so in the case of emergency, please ensure that
your vehicle is left securely locked with all windows securely closed and any
vehicle alarm, steering lock or similar device fitted is engaged. We are not
responsible for any consequence or loss arising from a failure by you to
properly secure your vehicle.
5.2 We may install CCTV
cameras in the Car Park at our discretion to assist in its proper running. We
acknowledge that the cameras may act as a deterrent to criminal activity, but
do not make any representation as to the coverage provided or guarantee of the
security of your vehicle if CCTV is installed in the Car Park.
6. Possessions
Any possessions left in a vehicle
are left entirely at the owner’s risk. We suggest that no items are left so that they are
visible from the outside of the vehicle. We are not liable for any theft by third
parties from your vehicle.
7. Ticket
Types and Payment Methods
“Pay & Display” – you
must purchase a parking ticket from the ticket machines at the Car Park with
cash, before leaving your vehicle and ensure that the parking ticket is clearly
displayed in the windscreen of your vehicle.
7.1 We reserve the right to use other
payment methods from time to time in our Car Parks and you should check all
signs and notices in the Car Park for further information about the payment
methods available in a specific Car Park.
8 Access
and re-location of vehicles
8.1 We reserve the right to refuse the
admission of any vehicle to the Car Park for any reason whatsoever.
8.2 We reserve the right to move
vehicles within the Car Park using whatever method we consider appropriate
(even if, as a consequence, damage is caused to your vehicle) to the extent
that is reasonably necessary for the purposes of safety to persons or property,
or to avoid obstruction at the Car Park.
8.3 We additionally reserve the right
to use a lawful authority to remove any vehicle to another reasonably
convenient car park, whether or not operated by us, where the Car Park has to
be unexpectedly closed permanently or temporarily, either in whole or in part,
due to a matter outside of our control, or if the Car Park has to be evacuated
in an emergency.
9 Abandoned
vehicles
9.1 We are entitled to regard as
abandoned any vehicle left in the Car Park for more than 28 days without prior
notification and which is not known by us to be covered by a current valid ticket.
9.2 We reserve the rights to engage
and/or permit a lawful authority to remove (or where we are unable to identify
the current legal registered keeper of the vehicle, to take steps ourselves to
remove) and to dispose of as waste or sell any abandoned vehicle. Before
proceeding with the disposal or sale of abandoned vehicles we will:
9.4 Any balance of the sale proceeds
remaining after satisfaction of any sums owing will be held by us on behalf of
the registered keeper of the vehicle and paid over on proof of entitlement.
10 Prohibited activities
10.1 You must not tow any vehicle into
the Car Park except as part of the services offered at the Car Park by persons
authorised by us and no work on and no cleaning of vehicles by you or your
agent, other than with our prior specific permission, is permitted in the Car
Park. In the event of vehicle breakdown you must contact the Car Park attendant
to ensure that your vehicle removal or repair is organised without causing
disruption, damage or danger to any other person or property in the Car Park.
10.2 No activity in connection with the
selling, hiring or other disposal of vehicles or goods or services may be
carried out in the Car Park without our prior specific written permission.
10.3 You are not allowed to dispose of
any items or drop litter in the Car Park. Please place any rubbish/litter in
the bins that are provided or take it away with you when you leave the Car
Park.
10.4 You are not allowed to pour
petrol, or any other fuel, into your vehicle whilst it is in the Car Park. You
are also not allowed to take petrol, or any other fuel, out of your vehicle
whilst it is in the Car Park.
10.5 Smoking is forbidden within both
the Car Park and the immediate vicinity of the Car Park.
10.6 Anti-social behaviour will not be
accepted in our Car Parks. This includes (but is not limited to) drinking
alcohol, taking or dealing with illegal substances, fighting and/or loitering.
Car parks are designed for the sole purpose of parking vehicles. If an
individual causes a nuisance or disturbance to others it may be recorded by
CCTV cameras and action may be taken against them.
10.7 You should not take photos or
carry out any filming within the Car Park without our written consent.