No vehicle shall be parked in any recreational
or municipal area posted as a "permit-required area" without a current
and valid Stratford motor vehicle windshield emblem affixed and readily
visible on the lower portion of the left front windshield or a bumper
sticker affixed and readily visible on the left side of the front
bumper of said vehicle.
Motor vehicle parking permits shall be required
from April 1 through March 31 of the following year in the areas so
posted.
[Amended 5-8-2023 by Ord. No. 23-06]
A. No person shall be issued a resident parking permit unless he/she
shows a valid registration for said motor vehicle registered in the
Town of Stratford and proof of paid taxes.
B. Any nonresident taxpayer owning real estate in the Town of Stratford
is entitled to one parking permit upon presentation of a paid tax
bill in his or her name from the Town of Stratford for the period
preceding the application.
C. Any association, corporation, firm, partnership or business which is a taxpayer of the Town of Stratford and which presents a paid tax bill or duplicate of the same for the period immediately preceding the application is allowed one nonresident permit per organization. Additional stickers shall be available for an additional fee set forth in §
203-19.
D. Nonresident employees of the Town of Stratford, after presentation
of a motor vehicle registration and proof of employment, may be issued
one nonresident parking permit.
E. No permit shall be issued to any person, association, corporation,
firm, partnership or business that has unpaid taxes due and owing
to the Town of Stratford.
The Stratford motor vehicle parking emblem or
sticker is nontransferable and only valid for a two-year period as
indicated on the sticker.
[Amended 5-8-2023 by Ord. No. 23-06]
A. The fees for all parking permits shall be determined by the Town
Council.
B. A nonresident yearly permit may be purchased by nontaxpayers or nonresidents
for a fee to be determined by the Town Council.
C. A daily motor vehicle parking permit will be issued to a resident
without a yearly permit or to a nonresident by the attendant on duty,
for a fee to be determined by the Town Council.
D. A nonresident, upon payment of a fee, may park a vehicle in an area
posted as "restricted to residents only" as a guest of a resident.
E. A lost Stratford motor vehicle parking emblem or sticker may be replaced
at a fee to be determined by the Town Council.
[Amended 5-8-2023 by Ord. No. 23-06]
A resident Stratford motor vehicle windshield
emblem or bumper sticker issued to residents or nonresident tax payers
will be valid at any municipal property so designated as a "permit-required
area" by the Town Council.
Misuse of a Stratford motor vehicle parking
permit may result in the confiscation of said permit, the ejection
from the area and/or a fine, said fee to be determined by the Town
Council.
No motor vehicle shall be parked in any area
other than those so designated and posted as "parking areas." Owners
of vehicles parked in violation of said regulations or after posted
closing times shall be subject to such fines and tow-away charges
as may, from time to time, be in force and effect in the Town applicable
to parking on public highways.