Community Local Law 2025

The recently adopted Community Local Law 2025 is designed to protect public health, safety or amenity in our municipality.

It achieves this by:

• protecting public assets
• controlling activities associated with building and construction work
• providing for the safety of road users
• providing for the fair and equitable use of our land
• prohibiting persons from damaging a municipal place
• providing for parking permits
• prohibiting the consumption of alcohol in a public place
• preserving and enhance the amenity, neighbourhood character, public health and public safety
• minimising the impact of animals on the community
• protecting the health and wellbeing of the community by regulating certain activities
• regulating the impact of business activity on the environment, public health and amenity
• providing for the safe and efficient collection of waste and hard waste
• designating alcohol free zones throughout Banyule.

Permits required

Under Community Local Law 2025, permits are required for all of the following activities:

• interference with Council Assets
• asset protection
• building works hours
• vehicle crossings
• street stalls
• busking
• itinerant trading (for example, mobile food vans)
• charity recycling bins
• footpath trading (for example, alfresco dining, display of goods & A frames)
• skip bins on Council land
• real estate signs
• temporary signs for community events
• shipping containers on Council land
• keeping extra animals
• obstructions on roads and Council land
• camping on roads or Council land
• recreational vehicles
• parking
• carnivals, festivals, processions and street parties
• activities on Council land (for example, events and personal training)
• access to Council land from any property or land
• fires and incinerators
• permitted number of animals kept on private land.

Community Local Law 2025(PDF, 4MB)

Read the the Footpath Trading Policy(PDF, 469KB)

Infringement notices

We are authorised to issue infringement notices in accordance with Community Local Law 2025 and a number of state acts and regulations.

Pay an infringement notice

Contest an infringement notice

Nominate a driver(PDF, 390KB)

Governance Local Law No.2 (2015) relates to the conduct of council meetings.