Each day, 10 Brisbane residents fined for parking on driveways

About 18,000 Brisbane residents called for urgent action on illegally parked cars in the past financial year, leading to more than $450,000 being issued in fines, an average of about 10 a day - just for cars parked across driveways.

The Brisbane City Council's rapid-response team respond to all complaints about illegally parked cars.

The team will drive to anywhere in Brisbane, no matter what time of day, to inspect a report and, if necessary, issue a fine or warning.

Acacia Ridge resident Dominic Harris questioned the council's approach to suspected illegally parked cars after waking on Sunday morning to find a council infringement notice on his car that was issued at almost 1am Sunday morning.

On Sunday, Mr Harris posted to the council's Facebook page asking why a notice had been issued at 12.56am when he had only parked on his own driveway.

"Tax payers (sic) dollars well spent...wasn't blocking the path, wasn't on the road, simply parked in my driveway," his post said.

The infringement notice, which was a warning, said the offence was "stop on or across a driveway".

A council spokesman said the fine was issued to Mr Harris as six separate complaints has been received about the resident's property in 2017, including one the day the notice was issued.

"Council observed four vehicles illegally parked at this address and issued written warnings to the vehicles," the spokesman said.

"In accordance with the Queensland road rules, it is an offence to stop any part of a car on or across any part of a driveway or other way of access for vehicles travelling to or from adjacent land.

"Parking in this manner can obstruct pedestrians and lines of sight for other road users.

"Parking illegally across footpaths and verges not only blocks access to other residents and creates safety issues, including for those with prams and wheelchairs, but also risks damaging vital utilities such as water and sewerage or telecommunications."

In the 2016-17 financial year, the council issued 3619 fines and 1404 warnings to vehicles parked illegally across driveways.

The fine for obstructing access to and from a footpath or driveway is $126.