Parking permit for tradespeople in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region

  • Service description

    The regional craftsmen's parking permit for the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region (MRN) facilitates the work of craftsmen's businesses that frequently work at different locations in the region. Whereas they previously had to apply for a separate exemption permit for parking in public spaces at each location, since 2008 they have been able to use the regional craftsmen's parking permit, which is recognised in all districts and independent towns in the MRN. These are: Bergstraße district, Bad Dürkheim district, Germersheim district, Südliche Bergstraße district, Neckar-Odenwald district, Rhein-Neckar district, Rhein-Pfalz district, independent cities of Frankenthal, Heidelberg, Landau, Ludwigshafen, Mannheim, Neustadt a. d. Weinstraße, Speyer and Worms.

    Since the beginning of 2011, it can also be used in the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion. This includes the towns and municipalities in the districts of Karlsruhe and Rastatt as well as the city of Karlsruhe and the city of Baden-Baden (specific parking regulations must be observed in the city centre of Baden-Baden. There are car parks for craftsmen at Wilhelmsbrücke and on the market square. Craftsmen's businesses can obtain a key to use these spaces from the district craftsmen's association).

    With the craftsmen's parking permit, a company in the MRN can park its service or workshop vehicle in the following areas on weekdays for the duration of the work assignment, provided there is no other parking facility within a reasonable distance:

    • In the restricted stopping zone (sign 286 StVO)
    • In no-stopping zones (sign 290 StVO) also outside the marked areas
    • In traffic-calmed areas (sign 325 StVO) outside the marked areas, provided that a vehicle with a width of 2.55 m can still pass.
    • At parking meters and in the area of parking ticket machines without charge (§ 13 para. 1 StVO)
    • In areas where parking discs are compulsory without observing the maximum parking time (Section 13 (2) StVO)
    • On residents' car parks with corresponding additional signs

    Note: Parking in pedestrian zones, on disabled parking spaces or in the immediate vicinity of the business premises is not possible with the MRN craftsmen's parking permit. If a special permit is required for pedestrian zones, a separate application must be submitted to the road traffic authority in whose district the pedestrian zones are located.

  • Procedure

    You apply for the Regional Tradesman's Parking Permit at the road traffic authority responsible for your place of business.

    In the Hessian and Rhineland-Palatinate parts of the MRN, the road traffic authorities are located in the city and municipal administrations. In Baden-Württemberg, there are also some local traffic authorities that can issue the craftsman's parking permit.
    In general, applications can be made in person, by fax or by letter.

  • Prerequisites

    Companies that fulfil the following criteria can apply for the craftsman parking permit:

    • The company headquarters must be located within the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region
    • The company must be registered with either the HWK or IHK
    • The company must carry out a commercial activity for which a vehicle is required in the immediate vicinity of the place of use
    • The vehicles used for this purpose must not exceed a permissible total mass of 7.5 tonnes and must be suitable for use as service or workshop vehicles or for transporting materials and tools
  • Which documents are required?

    The following documents must be submitted with the application:

    • Application
    • Copy of the trade licence or business registration
    • Copy of the vehicle licence
  • What fees are incurred?

    The administration fee is 150.00 euros per permit. This is charged for each new application.

  • What deadlines do I have to observe?

    The MRN tradesman parking permit is valid for 1 year from the date of issue. It is only issued subject to revocation at any time. In particular, it can be revoked if the safety and order of traffic is impaired or in the event of misuse.

  • Legal basis

    - For the regulations from which exceptions can be granted: Sections 12, 13, 41 and 42 of the Road Traffic Regulations (StVO)
    - For the granting of exceptions (parking permit): § Section 46 StVO
    - For the charging of fees: Fee schedule for road traffic measures (GebOSt) and
    - Fee no. 264 of the annex to § 1 GebOSt
    - For the responsibility: § 47 StVO and
    - § 11 of the ordinance on the determination of road traffic law responsibilities of the state of Hesse
     

  • Applications / Forms

    You will find the application form on the following page after you have entered your place of residence:

  • What else should I know?

    The craftsman parking permit can be issued alternatively for up to 3 vehicles. In this case, 3 vehicle licence plates are entered on the permit card. However, it is only valid for the vehicle used in which the original permit is displayed in the visible area of the windscreen.

  • Remarks

    Further information is available on the website of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region (MRN), after entering your place of residence under Regionaler Handwerkerparkausweis.

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