§ 14-52. Restricted residential parking zones (RRPZ)—Statement of policy and purpose; establishment; petitions; procedure.

(a)

Pursuant to the powers under Section 7-148(c) of the Connecticut General Statutes permitting the regulation and prohibition of on-street residential neighborhood parking areas in which on-street parking is limited to residents of a given neighborhood the ordinance from which this section derives, which shall be known as the restricted residential parking zone (RRPZ) ordinance, is hereby enacted. Its purpose is to permit the adoption of rules and regulations of general municipal application for the establishment of restricted residential parking zones (RRPZ), and to provide for the imposition of a fine or other penalty as provided herein for the violation of said rules and regulations.

(b)

Pursuant to section 53 of the Charter of the City of Bristol, which empowers the board of police commissioners subject to the approval of the parking authority to establish restricted residential parking zones (RRPZ), and to establish the rules and regulations pertaining to parking on public streets located in such zones, the procedures for establishing RRPZ's and the methods for enforcing said zones are hereby enacted.

(c)

City residents whose abode fronts on any public street may petition the board of police commissioners to establish a restricted residential parking zone (RRPZ) for on-street parking in accordance with this article. Each property address on both sides of the street or portion thereof proposed to be included in the RRPZ shall be counted as one (1) RRPZ address for the purposes of petitioning. A property address shall mean each numerical street address shown on the city assessor's records corresponding to lots having frontage on the street or portion thereof to be included in each proposed RRPZ. Additional mailing addresses (e.g. unit numbers, apartment numbers, etc.) are not recognized as a property address for the purposes of petitioning unless designated as a separate property address on the assessor's records. A petition must contain the signatures of motor vehicle registrants corresponding to no fewer than sixty-five (65) percent of the eligible RRPZ addresses along both sides of the street or portion thereof to be so included.

(d)

The office of the chief of police shall act as the agent of the board of police commissioners for the receipt of any such petition. Upon receipt of a petition containing the required signatures at least ten (10) days prior to a regularly scheduled meeting, the board of police commissioners shall conduct a public hearing within thirty-five (35) days to take testimony and evidence in accordance with this article. The receipt of a petition shall be deemed to be the day of the next regularly scheduled meeting of the board of police commissioners following the day of submission to the board's agent or thirty-five (35) days after its submission to the board's agent, whichever is sooner.

(e)

The board of police commissioners, upon its own initiative, may propose an RRPZ without need for a petition. Upon motion and vote to propose an RRPZ it shall conduct a public hearing within thirty-five (35) days to take testimony and evidence in accordance with this article, following the same procedure required for petition-initiated proposals.

(Ord. of 4-13-99; Ord. of 9-14-04)

Editor's note

An ordinance adopted Feb. 24, 1995, enacted provisions pertaining to restricted residential parking and designated as § 14-51. At the discretion of the editor, such provisions have been redesignated as § 14-52 to avoid duplication of section numbers.