The Board of Selectmen is hereby designated as the Traffic Authority
for the Town of Brookfield. Said Traffic Authority and/or the Fire Marshal
of the Town of Brookfield are authorized to designate fire lanes and fire
zones pursuant to the provisions of the Connecticut General Statutes and the
Fire Safety Code of the State of Connecticut. Whenever such a fire zone or
fire lane is so designated, the Traffic Authority and/or Fire Marshal shall
cause to be erected or installed adequate signs, markings and other devices
to delineate such fire zones and fire lanes. Such signs and markings shall
be installed, if the premises are privately owned, at the expense of the owner
and shall be erected by the owner within 30 days after receipt of written
notice from the Fire Marshal or Traffic Authority directing the installation
of such signs and markings. Such signs and markings shall conform to federal
and state requirements for uniform traffic control devices.
No person shall park or permit to stand a motor vehicle in a fire lane
or fire zone.
[Amended 2-5-1996]
In the event that a vehicle is parked or found standing in a designated
fire zone or fire lane but has not been removed by towing, the owner or driver
shall pay a violation fee of $50 to the Town of Brookfield for such illegal
parking or standing.
In any prosecution or proceeding hereunder, there shall be a prima facie
presumption that the owner of such vehicle was the person who parked such
vehicle at the place where such violation occurred.
Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter and fails to
pay all fines, fees and charges resulting from said violation within seven
days from the date of the violation shall be prosecuted and shall be fined
not more than $100 or be imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both, and shall
be subject to the provisions of Section 14-111 of the Connecticut General
Statutes, as amended.