[Adopted STM 2-7-2023[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded former Art.
I, Snow and Ice on Highways, adopted ATM 10-2-1972 by Ord. No. 18, as amended.
No person shall throw, place or push or cause to be thrown or
placed or pushed and leave any ice or snow on the traveled portion
of any public highway within the Town of Barkhamsted from any private
driveway or roadway entering onto any such public highway or from
any land adjacent to any such public highway.
A.
Speedy
and efficient removal of ice, snow, sleet or hail from the highways
and public ways of the Town is hereby declared to be vital to the
public health and safety.
B.
No operator
of a vehicle shall permit the same to remain standing on any highway
or public way during an ice, snow, sleet or hail storm which shall
have been in progress one hour or for 48 hours after the end of the
storm.
C.
The parking
of all vehicles or any other obstructions that are situated so as
to interfere with snow plowing activity on Town highways is prohibited.
D.
This restriction
will apply 24 hours a day, seven days a week from December 1 through
March 31. Plowing activity can occur at any time and includes set
back plowing in clear weather.
E.
Interference
with plowing can occur unless a parked vehicle is at least six feet
from the traveled or paved portion of the highway.
The penalties for parking in violation of this article for pushing
snow onto the traveled portion of a Town road or for illegal parking
during a snowstorm shall be as follows: Any person violating the provisions
may be fined not more than $100 for each violation.
Any officer appointed under C.G.S. § 7-92, Special
constables, or § 29-5, Resident state policemen, may attach
to any vehicle found in violation of any of the foregoing parking
provisions a citation notice to the owner or operator that such vehicle
has been parked in violation of this article, which notice shall indicate
the nature of the violation and instruct such owner or operator to
pay the penalty for such violation to the Town of Barkhamsted at the
Barkhamsted Town Hall. The payment of such penalty shall be made within
seven days of the issuance of such notice. If payment is not made
within such seven-day period, the penalty for such parking violation
shall double.
Whenever any vehicle shall be parked in violation of this article,
such vehicle may be removed or conveyed by or under the direction
of any officer appointed under C.G.S. § 7-92 or 29-5 by
means of towing the same, and such removal shall be at the risk of
and at the expense of the owner of the vehicle. Before the owner or
person in charge of such vehicle shall be permitted to remove the
same from the custody of the towing company, he shall furnish evidence
of his identity and ownership or right to possession, shall sign a
receipt for said vehicle and shall pay the parking violation penalty
fee and all towing and storage charges.
