OREANDA-NEWS. January 24, 2011. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine introduced changes to the Rules of parking vehicles.  This was announced by Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine - Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing of Ukraine Viktor Tikhonov in an interview today after meeting of Government.

He informed that the Ministry of Regional Development worked out the changes to the Rules of parking vehicles, bringing them into compliance with the Tax Code of Ukraine.

"With the entry into force of the Tax Code, the loss of Government Decree "On local taxes and fees, so fees for park vehicles paid by drivers on site parking, fee rate was defined as the rate of one hour parking.  Now the tax code provides a fee for parking vehicles, taxpayers who are legal entities, their branches, individual entrepreneurs who organize and conduct activities to ensure the parking of vehicles on platforms for paid parking ", - explained Victor Tikhonov.  He also clarified that the fee has now set for each day of the proceedings to ensure the parking of vehicles in the rate per square meter area of land designated for conducting such activities, regardless of the amount of time during which vehicles are placed on-site parking.

The changes, according to Viktor Tikhonov, also apply to parking of cars, run by disabled people.  The official noted that the rules of parking vehicles were allocated for parking of vehicles for general purpose, run by disabled people.  However, the Law of Ukraine "On amending the Law of Ukraine" On the basis of social protection of invalids in Ukraine ", which took effect from 1 January 2011, stipulates that owners provide parking spaces for the selection and arrangement within the areas of free parking places for cars  run by persons with disabilities with a lesion of the musculoskeletal system, members of their families right handed driving, and legal representatives incapacitated disabled or handicapped children who carry them.  Classified as informed Vice Prime Minister - will be parked cars belonging to enterprises, institutions, organizations and public organizations of invalids of social protection and carrying disabled with diseases of the musculoskeletal system.