As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE
A motorized vehicle, not suitable for operation on a highway,
that is not more than 50 inches in width; has a dry weight of not
more than 600 pounds; travels on three or more low-pressure tires;
and has a seat or saddle designed to be straddled by the operator.
COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE
Any vehicle designed or used to transport merchandise, freight,
or employees of the registrant or other passengers with their necessary
personal belongings.
HIGHWAY
Any state or other public highway, road, street, avenue,
alley, driveway, parkway, or place, under the control of the state
or any political subdivision of the state, dedicated, appropriated,
or opened to public travel or other use.
INTERSECTING HIGHWAY
Any public highway which joins another at an angle, whether
or not it crosses the other.
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Includes the Board of Selectmen, Chief of Police, local Traffic
Authority, or other officials having authority for the enactment or
enforcement of traffic regulations within the Town of Woodbridge.
OWNER
Any person holding title to a vehicle, or having the legal
right to register the same, including purchases under conditional
bills of sale.
PARKED VEHICLE
Any vehicle in a stationary position within the limit of
a public highway.
PARKING
Leaving of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, upon a highway
otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of, and while actually
engaged in, receiving or discharging passengers, or loading or unloading
merchandise (other than from vehicle to vehicle), or in obedience
to traffic regulations or traffic signs and signals.
TRAILER
Any rubber tired vehicle without motive power drawn or propelled
by a motor vehicle.
VEHICLE
Any combustion engine vehicle, device, or trailer used for
conveyance, drawing, or other transportation of persons or property
when on a public highway.
Motor vehicles, including any motor-operated
vehicle such as minibikes, motorcycles, mopeds, dirt bikes, snowmobiles
and all-terrain vehicles, will not be allowed on any property owned
by the Town of Woodbridge or any open space under the jurisdiction
of the Town, except that motor vehicles may enter areas owned by or
under the jurisdiction of the Town where allowed by posting or delineation
to park in designated areas.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction,
shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100. The Board of Selectmen
shall have the authority to establish a schedule of fines for voluntary
payment for a violation of any section of this chapter.
A. If voluntary appearance and payment are made within
the specified period of 10 calendar days at the Record Division of
the Woodbridge Police Department, 4 Meetinghouse Lane, Woodbridge,
CT, between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or if
payment is by use of the postal service within said period, acceptance
of such payment by this Town shall constitute a waiver of the right
to further prosecution of each such violation.
B. In the event the penalties set forth herein are not
paid in full within 10 calendar days following the date of the violation,
said penalty shall double. Nothing in this section shall prevent the
Town from prosecuting and levying fines up to the maximum provided
in state statutes for violations of traffic regulations, or pursuing
lawful civil remedies whenever the requirements of this section are
not fully complied with.
C. The parking violation hearing procedure as set forth in Chapter
15, Citation Hearing Procedure, of this Code and in § 7-152b of the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut is hereby adopted by the Town of Woodbridge as its hearing procedure, and the First Selectman and the Traffic Authority of the Town of Woodbridge are hereby directed to implement and follow said procedure in the enforcement of this chapter, except that this procedure as adopted for abandoned, unregistered motor vehicles and motor vehicles which are a menace to traffic shall be handled in accordance with statutes pertaining specifically to those violations as referenced in §
397-5B.
D. The Traffic Authority is authorized and empowered
to adopt and amend, as necessary, a schedule of fines for violations
of the provisions of this chapter and/or the rules, regulations, or
restrictions adopted by the Traffic Authority pursuant to this chapter.
The Traffic Authority shall give consideration to the severity of
the fine and the danger posed to the public when adopting such fine
schedule. No fine shall be less than $15 or more than $100 for any
single violation. The Traffic Authority shall file with the Woodbridge
Town Clerk any schedule of fines, rules, regulations, or restrictions
adopted or amended pursuant to this chapter.
[Amended 10-14-2009, effective 11-13-2009]
[Amended 10-14-2009, effective 11-13-2009]
No person shall operate any vehicle in violation of §
397-4 nor shall any person stop, stand or leave any vehicle in any of the following places or cause a violation of any of the following restrictions, subject to the penalty indicated:
A. Group I: penalty of $15 for violation of parking provisions:
(1) Parking in restricted area.
(2) Parking heading against traffic.
(3) Obstructing entrance to public building.
B. Group II: penalty of $25 for violation of parking
provisions:
(1) Parking within 25 feet of intersection.
(2) Parking as to obstruct driveway.
(3) Parking within 25 feet of stop sign.
(4) Parking on highway constituting traffic hazard.
(5) Parking within 10 feet of fire hydrant.
(6) Parking in designated fire lane.
(7) Obstructing snow removal.
(8) First Selectman's proclamation.
C. Group III: penalty of $35 for violation of parking
provisions:
(1) Commercial vehicle parked.
(3) Commercial vehicle unloading.
(5) Unattended trailer on highway.
D. Group IV: penalty of $50 for violation of parking
provisions:
(1) Handicapped parking zone.
E. Group V: penalty of $100, operation of prohibited
motor vehicle on Town property:
(1) Any person operating a motor vehicle prohibited from
operating on Town-owned property or property under the jurisdiction
of the Town.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
when any vehicle is held stationary by order of any police officer;
or to any vehicle while responding to an emergency.
[Added 7-14-2011, effective 8-15-2011]
This section is enacted in accordance with Connecticut Public
Act No. 09-171.
A. No operator of a motor vehicle, other than a tractor-trailer unit, as defined in Connecticut General Statutes Section 14-1, shall proceed into any intersection that has been designated in Subsection
C herein, except when making a turn, unless there is sufficient space on the opposite side of the intersection to accommodate such motor vehicle without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding the indication of a traffic control signal that would permit such operator to proceed into the intersection.
B. The Town
of Woodbridge shall:
(1) Post
signs at each designated intersection indicating that blocking the
intersection is prohibited and violators are subject to a fine; and
(2) Mark,
in white paint, the boundary of such designated intersections with
a line not less than one foot in width and the area within such boundary
line with parallel diagonal lines not less than one foot in width.
C. The provisions of Subsections
A and
B shall apply to the following designated intersections within the Town of Woodbridge:
(1) Litchfield
Turnpike (Route 69) at Lucy Street.
(2) Litchfield
Turnpike (Route 69) at Merritt Avenue.
[Added 7-13-2016, effective 8-14-2016]
D. Any person who violates the provisions of Subsection
A of this section shall have committed an infraction and shall be subject to penalties established by the State of Connecticut for such offense.