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Chapter 10.08 SNOWSTORM PARKING Sections: 10.08.010 10.08.020 10.08.030 10.08.040 10.08.050

Definitions. Parking motor vehicleson streets during snowstorm. Exemptions. Impoundment of vehicles-Notification of owner-Liability. Violation-Penalty.

10.08.010 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: "Motor vehicle" or "vehicle" are defmed as in ConnecticutGeneral Statutes Annotated, Section 14-1 (30). "Parked vehicle" is defined as in Connecticut General Statutes Annotated, Section 14-1 (38). "Street" means any public highway, road or street in the town. "Snowstorm" means such time as three inches of snow have fallen and thereafter until the
cessation of the snowstorm and until the completion of snowplowing operations. (Prior code 15~-16)

10.08.020 Parking motor vehicles on streets during snowstorm. A. Legislative Finding. Parked motor vehicles on the streets of the town are a menace to traffic during snowstorms. B. Prohibited.Parlced motorvehicleson the streetsof the townduringa snowstormare prohibited. (Prior code 15~-17) 10.08.030 Exemptions. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to physicians for emergency calls, emergency vehicles, snow removal vehicles, public service vehicles or ambulances on emergency calls. (Prior code 15~-18) 10.08.040 Impoundment of vehicles-Notification of owner-Liability. When any motor vehicle is found parked in violation of this chapter. a police officer shall take such motor vehicle into his custody and cause the same to be taken to and stored in a suitable place. Within forty-eight hours of the time that a motor vehicle is taken into custody, the police department shall notify, in writing, the owner as provided for by Connecticut General Statutes Annotated, Section 14-150. The owner shall have the right to contest the validity of such taking by application on a form available at the police department, as provided for in said statute. If the owner does not contest the validity of the taking or if the validity of such taking shall be sustained, the owner shall be liable for the expenses of such taking and the storage charges as provided for in said statute. (Prior code 15~-19)

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10.08.050 Violation-Penalty. Any owner of a motor vehicle parked in violation of this chapter shall, within fifteen days, pay a fee of ten dollars at police headquarters. Upon payment of said sum, prosecution for such offense shall be barred. If, however, no such payment shall be made, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fme of twenty-five dollars. (prior code 15~-20)

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