No expert here so I might be talking hot air but I suspect the answer is Yes. No harm in trying apart from rejection.
If I were you I would ask before you get into all sort of bureaucratic mess. The reasons …
1. There is a yellow line/block on the parking kerb which is there for a reason drawn by the city council.
2. There is a water drainage cover there so perhaps that is the reason why the yellow line/block is there and previous owner could not change that.
3. Perhaps the yellow line/block kerb is there so making it easy to access the drainage if required.
4. Health and safety … you might destroy the drainage cover by constantly driving over it thus damaging the road etc …
5. It is Not your property as the road belongs to the council whoever …
p/s: As a tightly controlled bureaucratic nation you should know that you need permission for most things … duplicate and triplicate that please.