Objections drained
Page 17
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
POSSIBLE DAMAGE to electric mains, water pipes and sewers by vehicles crossing a pavement access must be discounted by a Licensing Authority when deciding the suitability of an operating centre.
So said Yorkshire Deputy LA N. F. Moody when he considered two objections to two operating centres by West Yorkshire County Council at Leeds on June 9.
In the first case Alex Sunter of Seacroft was seeking a new onevehicle restricted licence. For the county council, R. Daley said the operating centre was a semi-detached house in a residential area. There was insufficient space for turning and a vehicle reversing in and out would be a danger to pedestrians.
He also claimed that access dyer the pavement was constructed to domestic specifications only, and damage to services could result, which would be a costly business for the pperator.
Mr Moody said that the question of damage to services was not a traffic matter, and it was not something to which he should have regard.
However, Mr Moody said he round the access itself dangerDUS, the operating centre proposed was therefore unsuitable, and he refused the application 3n those grounds.
The County argued in similar :erms when opposing an appliation by Price & Grimes Ltd to -enew its two-vehicle restricted icence.
Chairman and joint managing lirector Michael Price said the iehicles were kept at his home nd the home of another direcor for security reasons.
One of the vehicles had aleady been replaced by a smal ler one and the other would also be changed in October, which would mean they could not legally keep the vehicles at home — consequently they were now only seeking a licence for six months.
Vehicles had been parked at home for 17 years without any complaint and the City Council had even lowered the pavement level for this purpose.
Granting renewal for 12 months only, Mr Moody said had the application been for a new licence he would have found the operating centre unsuitable. As it was a renewal he felt any change now would be unfair, the LA having accepted the situation when the licence was granted five years ago.