Primary school car park open for caravans from 11 June
In recent years, the Municipality of Hafnarfjörður has offered owners of recreational vehicles the opportunity to park their equipment at the municipality's primary schools while they are closed. This refers to equipment such as caravan trailers, caravan annexes, caravans, motorhomes, and other items related to summer and travel. The offer is limited to the car parks of the council's primary schools and runs from Tuesday, 11 June – 11 August 2024.
The invitation is exclusively for car parks at the council's primary schools.
In recent years, the Municipality of Hafnarfjörður has offered owners of recreational vehicles the opportunity to park their equipment at the municipality's primary schools while they are closed. This refers to equipment such as caravan trailers, caravan annexes, caravans, motorhomes and other items related to summer and travel. Often, it is difficult to store this equipment on private property without it becoming an obstruction or a nuisance to others. Therefore, it is considered ideal to offer this option. The offer only applies to car parks at the local authority's primary schools, not to nurseries that operate over the summer, or to the town's secondary schools, which are not part of the local authority's operations.
The offer is valid from 11 June – 11 August 2024.
The primary school car parks will be open for such equipment from Tuesday, 11th June until Sunday, 11th August. On the morning of Monday, 12th August, all equipment must have been removed from all primary school grounds in Hafnarfjörður. Please note that there is no security or CCTV in the area, and all equipment remains entirely at the owners' own risk. This notice applies solely to equipment in active use over the summer period, and not to unregistered vehicles and equipment/gear that require year-round storage. Vehicles and equipment without number plates will be removed at the owners' expense.
Police By-law for the Borough of Hafnarfjörður
Regarding vehicles and traffic, the Police Ordinance of the Municipality of Hafnarfjörður states that: “… on public roads, nothing may be placed or set down that obstructs traffic. It is forbidden to park vehicles on pavements, open spaces, undeveloped plots of land and paths. The parking of trailers and caravans, such as horseboxes, caravans, trailers, trailers for boats and similar equipment, as well as motorhomes deemed to cause inconvenience, unsanitary conditions or a hazard, is prohibited on streets and public car parks. The Environmental and Planning Service is authorised, following prior warning, e.g. by means of a sticker with a warning message, to remove and impound vehicles that contravene paragraphs 1–5 of the Municipal Police Ordinance, vehicles left without number plates on land adjacent to public thoroughfares, streets and public car parks, and vehicles left abandoned in open areas. The registered owner and/or the person in charge shall be notified of the removal and shall bear the cost of the removal and storage of the vehicle.