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TOWN OF EAST WINDSOR
The following ordinance was adopted at a Special Town Meeting, duly warned and held on October 1, 1981. Said ordinance shall become effective fifteen (15) days from the publication thereof.
ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING HANDICAPPED
PARKING IN THE TOWN OF EAST WINDSOR
BE IT ORDAINED:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 14-253(a) of the Connecticut General Statutes, the Town of East Windsor adopts the following:
a) Only those motor vehicles displaying identification pursuant to Sub-Section (a) and (b) of Section 14-253(a) of the General Statutes, shall be authorized to park in public or private areas reserved for the exclusive use by handicapped persons.
b) The local traffic authority shall establish parking spaces in parking areas for twenty (20) or more cars in which parking shall be prohibited to all motor vehicles, except vehicles displaying the special parking identification card or bearing a special set of license plates provided for in Sub-Section (a) and (b) of Section 14-253(a) of the General Statutes, on any highway or street under the Town of East Windsors control. All spaces shall be designated as reserved for exclusive use by handicapped persons and identified by the use of sign in accordance with Sub-Section (c) of this ordinance. Such parking spaces shall be adjacent to curb cuts or
other unobstructed methods permitting sidewalk access to a handicapped person and shall be fifteen (15) feet wide including three (3) feet of cross-hatch or parallel to a sidewalk.
c) Parking spaces designated for the handicapped shall be as near as possible to a building entrance or walkway and shall be fifteen (15) feet wide including three (3) feet of cross-hatch, or parallel to a sidewalk. Such spaces shall be designated by above-grade signs with white lettering on a blue background and shall bear the words Handicapped Parking, State Permit Required.
d) Any business in the Town of East Windsor wishing to establish special areas for handicapped parking shall conform to the requirements specified under Section (c) of this ordinance.
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e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to allow an otherwise eligible handicapped person to park in a public or private area reserved for the exclusive use of handicapped persons as provided in this Ordinance, if identification pursuant to Sub-Section (a) and (b) of Section 14-253(a) of the General Statutes is not displayed on the passenger or commercial vehicle.
f) Motor vehicles bearing the official identification of a handicapped person issued by another state, district or territory subject to the laws of the United States shall be recognized as acceptable identification in the Town of East Windsor.
g) Any person who violates any provision of this Ordinance shall be guilty of an infraction, except as provided in paragraph (h) herein.
h) Any handicapped person meeting the prerequisite of Section 14-253 (a) of the General Statutes, shall be given a warning for the first violation of this ordinance, and for the second violation of this ordinance (not putting an official designation of a handicapped person on their vehicle) shall be guilty of an infraction.
Ord. No. 81-1
Attest:
Claire S. Badstubner
Town Clerk of East Windsor
Published
Journal Inquirer
October 9, 1981
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