Set up parklets
Anyone wishing to set up parklets (installations in parking bays) on public land requires a special use permit.
Description
Anyone wishing to set up parklets on public land requires a special use permit. Parklets are non-commercial, limited conversions of parking space.
Green City e.V. will support you with your application, please contact them first (parklets@greencity.de; 089 890 668-0).
Prerequisites
- No commercial use
- Permitted use, for example: greenery, bookshelf, exchange shelf, seating, bicycle parking facility
- Suitable installation location from a road safety point of view
- Maximum of two parking spaces
- At least 1 metre high protection from the roadway
- Level transition between pavement and car park
- Construction in accordance with the generally recognised rules of architecture and technology, e.g. no protruding nails or slippery surfaces
The district committee responsible for the district in question decides on the parklet. Only after the district committee has made its decision will you receive written authorisation or rejection from the district inspectorate of the district administration department.
Required documents
- Utilisation and design concept
- Fully completed application form
- Proof of resident participation
- Written consent of the neighbouring ground floor users
- Neighbourhood plan of the installation site
- Photo of the installation site
Questions & Answers
No, an application must be submitted to the local district inspectorate for an open-air bar area on car parks.
No, if a parklet is intended purely for use as a bicycle parking facility, it is not necessary to create a level transition to the pavement.
Unfortunately not, these are two independent processes.
Legal basis
- Road Traffic Regulations
- Bavarian Road and Highway Act
- Federal Trunk Roads Act
- Special utilisation guidelines
- Special utilisation fee statutes