[Amended 8-7-1991 by Ord. No. 91-211; 3-4-1992 by Bylaw Amendment
92-228; 6-2-1999 by Bylaw Amendment 99-409; 5-7-2003 by Bylaw Amendment 03-515; 3-3-2004 by Bylaw Amendment 04-541; 5-18-2005 by Bylaw Amendment 05-569; 6-6-2012 by Bylaw Amendment 12-683; 8-10-2016 by Bylaw Amendment 16-767]
Parking permit zones are hereby established in the following
streets or parts of streets or municipal parking facilities:
Name of Street
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Side
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Location
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Depot Street
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North
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Municipal parking facility
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West Central Street No. 10
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Municipal parking facility
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A. The Town Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to establish parking permit spaces in such parking zones as are hereby specified or as may be hereinafter fixed by amendment and to indicate the same by the white markings upon the surface of the highway or the designated parking area. Parking permit spaces within established parking zones may be assigned or reassigned by the Town Administrator from time to time to different uses as permitted by this §
170-20 and to different lengths of use.
B. The Town Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to set the
user fees for all municipal parking lots.
[Amended 11-2-2022 by Bylaw Amendment 22-885]
C. Prohibited parking of certain commercial vehicles in residential
districts.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any resident or any owner, agent, operator,
or person in charge of any bus, semi-trailer, trailer, motor truck,
tractor, and/or truck tractor or any vehicle having a commercial registration
plate and a gross vehicle weight of more than 15,000 pounds to park,
store, or keep such motor vehicle on any residential property, or
on any public street, avenue, alley, or other thoroughfare, or any
right-of-way in any residential zoning district for a period in excess
of one hour unless engaged in legitimate loading or unloading activities
or related to work actually being performed upon a resident's property.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any resident in any residential zoning district
to park on, cause to be parked on, or allow to be parked on his or
her residential property more than one vehicle of 15,000 pounds or
less gross vehicle weight which is used for commercial purposes unless
garaged entirely within a building. For the purposes of this section,
"commercial purposes" shall mean having a commercial registration
plate or commercial lettering or signage.
(3) The Town Administrator or his designee may issue an exemption from
the preceding sections to any resident upon the Administrator's determination
that enforcement against the resident creates a hardship and that
the requested parking will not cause excessive noise or otherwise
create a nuisance; in issuing an exemption, the Administrator may
impose such conditions as he believes are necessary to protect the
public interest.
(4) The Police Department and the Building Commissioner or designee shall
each have authority to enforce the provisions of the section.
(5) The penalty for violations of the provisions of this section shall
be a fine of $100 for each offense, each day to constitute a separate
offense.