The Town Manager shall appoint one or more persons,
who may not be persons authorized to issue parking tickets or citations
or otherwise employed by the Town, to serve at the pleasure of the
Town Manager, to conduct parking violations hearings and hearings
on contested citations pursuant to General Statutes §§ 7-152b
and 7-152c.
Upon the violation of any ordinance or regulation
promulgated pursuant to General Statutes §§ 14-305
through 14-308 inclusive, heretofore or hereafter adopted, any state
trooper or Town police officer may issue a parking ticket to the owner
or operator of the motor vehicle in violation by affixing the same
prominently to such motor vehicle. The parking ticket, which shall
be in a form approved by the Town Manager, shall identify the offending
vehicle by its registration number, state the specific violation,
set out the date and time of the violation, specify the penalty for
the violation, and shall require that the penalty be paid to the Town
Revenue Collector by not later than two weeks following the issuance
of the parking ticket. If the owner or operator of the vehicle does
not pay the penalty within the time prescribed, the Town shall cause
a notice as required by General Statutes § 7-152b(c) to
be sent by first-class mail to the motor vehicle operator, if known,
or to the registered owner of the motor vehicle. Thereafter the procedures
for conducting hearings and assessing fines, penalties, costs or fees
provided by the applicable ordinances or regulations as prescribed
in General Statutes § 7-152b(d) through (f) shall be employed.
All such fines, penalties, costs and fees shall be paid to the Town.
Upon the violation of any other ordinance or
regulation of the Town for which a fine, penalty, costs or fees are
prescribed, heretofore or hereafter adopted, any state trooper, Town
police officer or other Town official or employee authorized by the
Town Manager may issue a written warning to the person or persons
responsible, providing notice of the specific violation, and may at
any time thereafter issue a citation to the person or persons responsible
by delivering the same to such person or persons in hand, by leaving
a true and attested copy thereof at such person's place of abode or
by mailing a true and attested copy thereof to such person by first-class
mail addressed to his or her residence address. The citation, which
shall be in a form approved by the Town Manager, shall state the specific
violation, set out the date and time of the violation, specify the
penalty for the violation, and shall require that the penalty be paid
to the Town Revenue Collector by not later than two weeks following
the issuance of the citation. If the person responsible does not pay
the penalty within the time specified, the Town shall cause a notice
as required by General Statutes § 7-152c(c) to be sent by
first-class mail to such person or persons. Thereafter the procedures
for conducting hearings and assessing fines, penalties, costs or fees
provided for by the applicable ordinances as prescribed by General
Statutes § 7-152c(d) through (f) shall be employed. All
such fines, penalties, costs and fees shall be paid to the Town.