§ 20-1. Parking restrictions., Chapter 20. Traffic, Part II. Code of Ordinances, Code of Ordinances, New Milford

(a)

No person shall park any motor vehicle or permit it to remain stationary upon the traveled portion of any public highway. In areas where parking is permitted on South Main Street, Church Street, Aspetuck Avenue and Treadwell Avenue, vehicles may only park upon the right-hand side of such highway and in the direction in which such vehicle shall be so placed so that its right-hand wheels, when stationary, shall, when safety will permit, be within a distance of 12 inches from the curb. Diagonal parking and standing or parking or standing on the left-hand side of one-way streets, however, shall be permitted in such areas as the traffic authority may designate by appropriate signs and/or markings No motor vehicle shall be parked so as to take up more than one designated parking space, nor shall any such vehicle be parked in a designated parking space such that the vehicle encroaches into or prevents the use of an adjacent, designated space.

(b)

No person shall park any motor vehicle or permit it to remain stationary within the limits of any public highway in such a manner as to constitute a traffic hazard or to obstruct the free movement of traffic thereon, nor shall any person double-park any motor vehicle. However, a vehicle which has become disabled so that it is impossible or impractical to remove it may be permitted to remain for a reasonable time for the purpose of making repairs thereto or of obtaining sufficient assistance to remove it.

(c)

No person shall park any motor vehicle or permit it to remain stationary within 10 feet of any fire hydrant.

(d)

Unless in a designated parking space, no person shall park any motor vehicle or permit it to remain stationary within 25 feet of a marked crosswalk, an intersection or a stop sign.

(e)

No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon, nor shall any motor vehicle be left parked, standing or stopped on or across, any public sidewalk, except to cross such sidewalk to enter or leave adjacent areas or to perform necessary sidewalk construction, maintenance or snow removal. No motor vehicle shall be parked in such a manner as to obstruct the entrance or exit of a driveway.

(f)

No person shall park any motor vehicle or permit it to remain stationary in any place where, or during any period when, parking is prohibited by the traffic authority as indicated by appropriate signs and/or markings.

(g)

No person shall park any motor vehicle or permit it to remain stationary for a longer period of time than that permitted by the traffic authority as indicated by appropriate signs and/or markings.

(h)

Overnight parking.

(1)

No person shall park any motor vehicle and permit it to remain stationary overnight within the limits of any public highway so as to create a nuisance or hazard during the time of falling snow, sleet or freezing rain or to obstruct or interfere with snow removal and/or sanding.

(2)

No person shall park any motor vehicle or permit it to remain stationary overnight within the limits of any Town highway during each calendar year from November 15 through December 31 and from January 1 through March 15.

(3)

The term "overnight parking" refers to 1:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.

(i)

Fire lanes.

(1)

No person shall park, or permit to stand, a motor vehicle in the fire zone or fire lane established by the Fire Marshal of the Town of New Milford except when actually picking up or discharging passengers. Any person violating this section shall be fined $100. The registered owner of a motor vehicle shall be presumed to be the operator of such vehicle.

(2)

Whenever the Fire Marshal of the Town of New Milford establishes a fire zone or fire lane pursuant to the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut and/or the Fire Safety Code of the State of Connecticut, he shall cause to be erected or installed adequate signs, pavement markings or other devices to delineate such fire zones or fire lanes. Such signs shall read: "Fire Lane, No Parking, Violators Will Be Ticketed." Such fire zone or fire lane shall extend outward from the curb, sidewalk or other point established by the Fire Marshal, to the first curb or the first parking space opposite the fire zone or fire lane, whichever is closer. Markings shall be of yellow line strips, three feet out from curbs and/or parking spaces, as the case may be, with the words "No Parking, Fire Lane." Markings shall also include arrows or other designations where necessary to indicate the area of the fire lane in between the yellow line strips. 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 directing the installation of such signs or pavement markings. Such signs or pavement markings shall conform to federal and state requirements for uniform traffic control devices.

(j)

Special parking spaces for handicapped persons.

(1)

Authority to designate spaces. This section shall apply to all new and existing sites for which either Section 14-253a of the Connecticut General Statutes or the State Building Code requires special parking spaces for the handicapped. The Traffic Authority of the Town of New Milford ("Traffic Authority") is hereby authorized to designate special parking spaces for the handicapped on all such sites. In addition, the Traffic Authority may designate special parking spaces for the handicapped on Town streets and highways, which spaces shall be of such size and location as it may specify.

(2)

Number of spaces to be provided; location. The number of special parking spaces for the handicapped which the Traffic Authority may designate for a particular off-street site shall be the number of spaces required by Section 14-253a(e) of the Connecticut General Statutes or the number of spaces required by the Connecticut State Building Code, whichever number is greater. Special parking spaces for the handicapped shall be located and identified as required by Section 14-253a of the Connecticut General Statutes and by the State Building Code, provided that the Traffic Authority may adopt additional requirements for identifying such spaces as it deems reasonably necessary.

(3)

Penalty. Whenever any vehicle shall be found parked in violation of this section, any police officer of the New Milford Police Department or the Parking Enforcement Officer of the Town of New Milford may issue a citation for such violation, which shall provide for a violation fee of $100 payable to the Town of New Milford. Violation of any other provision of this section shall provide for a violation fee of $50. The provisions of § 20-5 of this chapter for notice of violation and hearing shall apply to violations of this section.

Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 20, Traffic, derived from Ord. of 6-19-1964.