If the car owner wants to go on vacation where there is a reservoir nearby, it is important to remember that the penalty for parking near the reservoir is legal and provided for by law. Its size is 3000-4500 rubles.
Where can you park your car
You can leave a car near a reservoir, however, several requirements must be taken into account:
- installation is possible where there is a hard road surface intended for moving and parking a car;
- installation is possible where there is a hard road surface that serves for car parking;
- outside the water protection zone.
Dimensions of water protected areas
A fine for parking by a reservoir will be issued if the owner of the car has not kept the distance prescribed by law. However, determining the size of this distance can be confusing, but it all depends on what type and size of the reservoir you plan to visit:
- a river or stream with a length of no more than 10 kilometers is subject to a water protection zone at a distance of 50 meters, that is, a car can be parked at 50 meters;
- a river or stream, which has a length of more than 10 and less than 50 kilometers, has a water protection zone within a radius of 100 meters;
- a river or stream more than 50 kilometers long is protected within a radius of 200 meters;
- a lake or any reservoir (with the exception of Baikal) has a water protection zone of 50 meters;
- you cannot drive closer than 500 meters to the sea;
- Do not drive too close to the canals - not closer than the right of way.
Types of fines
The amount of the fine for parking by the reservoir in 2015 differs depending on who the offender is. If an individual, the amount will be 3000-4500 rubles. If an official, you will have to pay from 8,000 to 12,000 thousand. If legal - 200-400 thousand rubles.
The amount of the fine may vary depending on the severity of the violation. There are drivers who not only drive up to the water, but also practically stop the car right on the water. Such a violation deserves the maximum penalty. If the car was left relatively far away, you can count on the minimum penalty.
It is worth remembering that in some cases it is possible to stop a car right on the shore, if it is provided for - a solid asphalt road has been laid, in which case law enforcement officers cannot issue a fine.
So that there are no problems with representatives of the law on the spot, it is better to find out in advance the length of the river you are visiting, if the trip is provided for this type of reservoir. It is important to remember that there is a fine for building a fire during the summer. You can measure the distance approximately and stop the car with some margin.
A penalty for parking near a reservoir is issued even in cases where there is no corresponding sign. In crowded places, they are, but not always. If there is no sign, responsibility is not removed, however, when talking with representatives of the law, you should behave with restraint and, in the event of a real violation, admit your own guilt - this helps to mitigate the punishment and reduce the amount of the fine, reducing it to a minimum.
The punishment for parking at a reservoir was introduced in 2011 after car owners began to massively visit rivers, beaches and other bodies of water. Environmentalists sounded the alarm and demanded that the government introduce restrictions that will help preserve the integrity and environmental friendliness of water bodies, as well as reduce the ingress of harmful substances into the soil. Whether such measures helped is difficult to say, but since 2011 the size of the fine has practically not increased. As for localization, this rule applies to absolutely all water bodies and car owners of the Russian Federation. Even the smallest volumes of reservoirs, lakes and other bodies of water should be protected by the absence of vehicles.
By the way, the public does not always treat this type of violation unambiguously. Many deputies even contested such measures, because first you need to prove the fact of damage to nature, and only then talk about penalties.
