This article establishes the regulations concerning
the parking of vehicles in the Town of Clinton and the enforcement
thereof. The policy of this article is to provide for the convenience,
comfort and welfare of people who live, work and otherwise travel
in and to the Town, to permit traffic safety and efficiency while
minimizing or reducing traffic congestion, pollution and nuisance
arising out of the unregulated parking of vehicles.
This article is enacted pursuant to the Town's
general power so to do, in particular, C.G.S. § 7-148(b),
as amended. The Board of Police Commissioners constitutes the Traffic
Authority of the Town as defined in C.G.S. § 14-297(6),
as amended.
[Amended 8-5-2009]
Pursuant to C.G.S. § 14-307, as amended,
the Board of Police Commissioners as Traffic Authority shall have
the power to prohibit, limit or restrict the parking of vehicles and
to erect and maintain signs designating the time or terms of such
prohibition or restriction on any highway or thoroughfare coming under
the jurisdiction of the Town of Clinton.
Members of the Police Department are hereby
authorized to direct all traffic in accordance with the provisions
of this article and the statutes of the State of Connecticut, or in
emergencies as public safety or convenience may require, and it shall
be unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to comply with any lawful
order, signal or direction of a policeman.
[Amended 8-5-2009]
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to disobey the instructions of any traffic sign or signal placed in view by the Traffic Authority or in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut except as directed by a policeman as provided for in §
500-9.
The Traffic Authority may from time to time, as the need arises, make temporary rules for the regulation of the parking of vehicles in the Town of Clinton. They shall be posted pursuant to §
500-15 of this article. The violation of such temporary rules shall be a violation of this article.
At any time it shall be unlawful to permit any
vehicle to park or stand in any of the following places, except when
necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with
the directions of a policeman or traffic control device:
D. Within 25 feet of any intersection or crosswalk.
E. Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant.
F. At any place where the vehicle would block the use
of any driveway.
G. Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any Fire
Department station.
I. At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
J. In any parking space designated for the use of handicapped
persons if the vehicle and the person operating the vehicle do not
comply with the provisions of C.G.S. § 14-253a, as amended.
No vehicle shall be parked with the left side
of such vehicle next to the curb except on one-way streets, and it
shall be unlawful to stand or park any vehicle in a street other than:
B. With the two curbside wheels of the vehicle within
12 inches of the regularly established curblines.
C. Within the lines demarcating a curbside parking space
if so marked.
It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle on
any private property without the consent of the owner of the property.
[Amended 8-5-2009]
The Traffic Authority shall cause signs to be
posted in all areas where parking is limited, restricted or prohibited
indicating such limitations, restrictions or prohibitions.