For the purposes of these regulations the following definitions
shall apply:
VEHICLE
Means any device in, upon, or by which any person or property
is or may be transported upon a highway.
PERSON
Means and includes any individual, firm, partnership, association
or corporation.
OPERATOR
Means and includes every individual who shall operate a vehicle
as the owner thereof, or as the agent, employee or permittee of the
owner, or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
PARK or PARKING
Means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not,
upon an off-street parking lot, other than temporarily for the purpose
of, and while actually engaged in, receiving or discharging passengers
or loading or unloading merchandise or in obedience to traffic regulations,
signs or signals or an involuntary stopping of the vehicle by reason
of causes beyond the control of the operator.
PARKING METER
Means and includes any mechanical device or meter not inconsistent
with these regulations placed or erected for the regulation of parking
by authority of these regulations.
PARKING METER ZONE
Means and includes any area in which parking meters are installed
and in operation.
PARKING SPACE
Means any space within an off-street parking lot which is
duly designated for the parking of a single vehicle by lines painted
or durably marked or by signs.
It is the purpose of these regulations to give effect to the
provisions of the New Canaan Town Charter which provided that the
Parking Commission shall maintain and operate all existing off-street
parking facilities owned or controlled in the Town of New Canaan and
shall establish reasonable fees for the parking of vehicles on the
streets, highways, off-street parking facilities and other public
places owned or controlled by the town.
The following regulations shall pertain to all off-street parking
lots:
A. No
vehicle shall be parked in any lot for a period of time longer than
30 minutes between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day.
B. No
vehicle shall be parked except within the lined spaces or according
to signs. It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in such a way that
said vehicle shall not be entirely within the limits of the space
so designated.
[Amended 5-16-78, effective 7-1-78; 8-8-84, effective 8-21-84]
No vehicle shall be driven into or out of a parking lot contrary
to the posted directions.
[Amended 6-20-1966, effective 6-20-1966; 6-6-1967, effective 6-6-1967; 8-30-1967, effective 8-30-1967; 2-20-1968, effective 7-1-1968; 5-19-1970, effective 7-1-1970; 5-4-1971, effective 7-1-1971; 5-10-1977, effective 7-1-1977; 5-16-1978, effective 7-1-1978]
A. No
vehicle shall be parked from Monday through Friday in an unmarked
all-day parking space in any town-owned lot unless a permit has been
issued therefor by the Parking Commission.
B. Fees
for the permit and refunds on that portion of the permit not used
shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
[Amended 4-28-1981, effective 7-1-1981; 4-17-1984, effective 7-1-1984; 4-4-1987, effective 7-1-1987; 4-23-1991, effective 7-1-1991]
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Beginning Date*
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Fee***
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Rebate**
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July
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1
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31
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$240.00
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$220.00
|
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August
|
1
|
31
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$220.00
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$200.00
|
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September
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1
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30
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$200.00
|
$180.00
|
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October
|
1
|
31
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$180.00
|
$160.00
|
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November
|
1
|
30
|
$160.00
|
$140.00
|
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December
|
1
|
31
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$140.00
|
$120.00
|
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January
|
1
|
31
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$120.00
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$100.00
|
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May
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1
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31
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$40.00
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$20.00
|
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June
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1
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30
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$20.00
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-0-
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NOTES:
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*
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Expiration date for all permits shall be June 30.
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**
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Rebate is computed from day permit is actually returned.
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***
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Annual renewal fee for nonresident permits at Talmadge Hill
shall be $360.
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C. Application
for permits shall be made to the Parking Commission and will be issued
in the order received, provided that spaces are available.
D. Each
permittee shall be issued one parking sticker, which shall be valid
only in the lot for which it is issued and for the vehicle(s) identified
on the permit application form.
[Amended 7-1-1980, effective 7-1-1980]
E. All
stickers shall be displayed on the right side windshield of the vehicle(s)
for which they have been issued.
[Amended 7-1-1980, effective 7-1-1980]
F. It
shall be the responsibility of the permittee to have a sticker affixed
to his vehicle at all times. If it should become lost or destroyed
or if another vehicle is substituted, the permittee shall immediately
notify the Parking Commission. Failure to display a sticker shall
be cause for issuance of a parking violation ticket. A charge of $20
shall be levied for the issuance of a replacement sticker.
[Amended 7-1-1981, effective 7-1-1981; 4-23-1991, effective 7-1-1991]
[Added 3-6-1967, effective 3-6-1967]
No motor vehicle dealer, repairer of motor vehicles, retail
dealer of gasoline or motor oil or renter or lessor of motor vehicle
shall park any vehicle in any off-street parking facility of the Town
of New Canaan when such vehicle is for sale, is to be serviced or
repaired or is for rent, lease or hire.
It shall be the duty of the employees of the Parking Commission
and the Police Department to enforce the provisions of these regulations.
[Amended and effective 12-14-1965]
A. The responsibility for the placing or leaving of a vehicle in violation
of these rules and regulations shall rest with the operator. Whenever
there occurs a violation of these regulations, proof of the registration
number of the vehicle therein concerned shall be prima facie evidence
in any criminal action that the owner was the operator thereof.
B. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of these regulations or any regulation made in accordance herewith shall be served either in person or by attaching to such vehicle a notice directing the owner of such vehicle to surrender said notice at police headquarters and to pay the sum stated thereon. In the event that the owner shall fail to comply with such notice within 30 days from the date of issuance thereof, such penalty shall be increased by the sum of $10. If the total sum is not paid, the owner shall be subject to arrest and prosecution in accordance with Chapter
249 of the General Statutes of Connecticut.
[Amended 1-7-1969, effective 1-11-1969; 10-13-1976; 9-1-1981, effective 9-1-1981]
C. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate these regulations or any regulations made in accordance herewith shall be further subject to the provisions of §
33-3 of the Town Code relative to the impounding of illegally parked vehicles.
All regulations heretofore in effect regulating parking in off-street
parking lots are hereby repealed.