[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of East Haddam 10-26-1988. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 285.
[Amended 3-28-2018]
Pursuant to § 14-307 of the Connecticut General Statutes,
the following motor vehicle parking regulations shall be applicable
to all motor vehicles, operable or inoperable, on Town roads or the
limits of rights-of-way thereof, of the Town of East Haddam, Connecticut:
A.
No persons, other than those on Town business, are privileged to
park a motor vehicle on Town properties posted with signs bearing
the language: "NO PARKING EXCEPT FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSACTING OR
ATTENDING TO TOWN BUSINESS, PER ORDER OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN."
B.
No person shall park, or leave standing, a motor vehicle in an area
marked or posted: "FIRE LANE — NO PARKING."
C.
No person shall park, or leave standing, a motor vehicle upon the
Town highway known as Old Colchester-East Haddam Turnpike in the section
of that highway known as "the Causeway," dividing the Moodus Reservoir.
D.
No person shall park, or leave standing, a motor vehicle along a
Town highway where it is posted with signs bearing the language: "NO
PARKING (applicable time periods optional) PER ORDER OF THE BOARD
OF SELECTMEN."
E.
No person shall park, or leave standing, a motor vehicle so as to
constitute a traffic hazard or obstruct or restrict the free movement
of traffic upon any Town highway.
F.
No person shall park, or leave standing, a motor vehicle upon Town
properties in any position other than those so designated by painted
lines, or, in the absence of such designated parking slots, so as
to obstruct garages, gas pumps, pedestrian walkways or other areas
posted so as to come to the attention of the operator of said motor
vehicle.
G.
No person shall park, or leave standing, an inoperable or unregistered
motor vehicle along a Town highway, except that it be removed within
48 hours of being brought to the attention of the owner of said motor
vehicle.
H.
No person shall park, or leave standing, a motor vehicle in front
of or so as to obstruct or interfere with the ingress to or egress
from any private driveway.
I.
No person shall park, or leave standing, a motor vehicle along a
Town highway so as to hinder, obstruct, or interfere with the safe
operation of snow-removal procedures.
J.
No person shall park, or leave standing, a motor vehicle without
a valid Town of East Haddam facilities sticker in an area designated
for such use by the Board of Selectmen.
In accordance with Connecticut General Statutes § 14-107,
proof of the registration number of any motor vehicle in violation
of any such parking regulation shall be prima facie evidence that
the registered owner was in violation of such regulation and ordinance.
[Amended 3-28-2018]
Violators of this chapter shall be subject to a fine of $25,
payable to the Town of East Haddam within 14 days of the date of said
violation.
The duly appointed East Haddam Constables, East Haddam Special
Constables and the Resident State Troopers of the Town of East Haddam
are authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter via the issuance
of a municipal styled violations tag. A claim of not receiving said
violation tag will not relieve the vehicle owner from the prescribed
fine.
Appeals from the issuance of a citation (violation tag) under
this chapter may be made in writing to the First Selectmen within
10 days of such issuance and subsequently directed to the appointed
hearing officer according to the format outlined in Connecticut General
Statutes § 7-152b.
