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Residents are expected to observe the town’s parking ban and also a new ordinance, passed by the Board of Selectmen in October, that bans disposing of ice, snow or other debris by plowing, throwing or otherwise placing ice, snow or other debris on town roads. Property owners doing this could be subject to fines.
Parking on town roads during and after snow and ice storms is not allowed. Please be sure to get your car off the road during storms. Those who do not do so are subject to fines and having their vehicles towed. The ordinance reads as follows:
Parking During and After Snow and Ice Storms and Obstruction of Plowing and Sanding Operations
Section 1. (a) No vehicle may stand or park on any highway of the Town in such a manner as to constitute a hazard or obstruction to traffic during the time of falling snow, sleet or freezing rain or to hamper or interfere with the effective removal or plowing of snow or removal of ice from said highway or the sanding of ice on said highway. Any vehicle so standing or parked is hereby declared to be a menace to traffic and dangerous to the general welfare of the public.
Section 2. If any prosecution or proceeding under the provisions of this section, the registered owner of any such vehicle shall prima facie be presumed to have parked or to have authorized the parking of said vehicle in violation of this Section.
Section 3. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty ($20.00) Dollars nor more than Thirty-Five ($35.00) Dollars.
Section 4. In addition to the foregoing penalty, such vehicle left standing on the highway in violation of this Section may be removed in accordance with Section 14-150 of the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut.
