(a)

A limited residential parking district is created to:

(1)

Reduce vehicular congestion and hazardous traffic conditions resulting from the use of streets within areas zoned for residential uses for the parking of vehicles by persons not residing in or having social or business dealings with the residents of the district;

(2)

Protect the residents of the district from polluted air, excessive noise, and trash and refuse caused by the entry of such vehicles into the district;

(3)

Protect the residents of the district from unreasonable burdens in gaining access to the residents' own residences;

(4)

Preserve the residential character of the district;

(5)

Promote efficiency in the maintenance of the streets within the district in a clean and safe condition;

(6)

Preserve the value of the residential property in the district; and

(7)

Preserve the safety and the peace, good order, comfort, convenience and welfare of the residents of the district.

(b)

The regulations in this article shall be in addition to the requirements and regulations of this chapter otherwise applicable to the land and buildings situated within the district. A limited residential parking district may be established by the town council pursuant to this article in any area zoned for residential uses.

(Rev. Ords. 1974, § 17-16-1)

Before any residential area is designated and established as a limited residential parking district, a determination shall be made that on frequent occasions, at least as often as on two separate occasions during each calendar week for three successive calendar weeks, more than 75 percent of the available parking spaces on public streets in the area are occupied by parked vehicles and that on such occasions more than 50 percent of such parked vehicles were parked by persons who are not residents or owners of real property in the area or visiting or doing business in the area with residents or owners of real property in the area. The procedure for designating and establishing a limited residential parking district shall be in accordance with section 21-8, and a map delineating the area so designated and established shall be filed in the office of the town clerk.

(Rev. Ords. 1974, § 17-16-2)

The public works department shall post and keep posted signs in each limited residential parking district designated and established under this article which give notice of the parking regulations in effect in such district by virtue of this article.

(Rev. Ords. 1974, § 17-16-3)

The police department shall issue a free parking permit to any person residing or owning real property in a limited residential parking district and to any person doing business in the district with the persons residing or owning real property therein. Such permit shall authorize the parking of the vehicle for which the permit was issued on the public streets within the district in a manner and at such locations as is not unlawful by virtue of any state law or any other town ordinance. A parking sticker issued by the police department with such permit shall be affixed to a window of the vehicle for which the permit is issued. Such permits and stickers shall be valid for the period stated thereon, not to exceed 12 months from the date of issuance, and the police department may require identification and other evidence or entitlement from any person requesting such a permit. The police department shall also issue to the head of each residential household located in the district two guest parking permits for use by social or business invitees of the holder's residential household.

(Rev. Ords. 1974, § 17-16-4)

Except for an officer or employee of the United States, the state or the town or any agency thereof, while in the course of official business, no person shall park a vehicle on a public street in a limited residential parking district unless a permit is in effect which authorizes the parking of such vehicle in the district and a parking sticker is affixed to a window of such vehicle or a guest permit is displayed in a window of such vehicle while it is parked.

(Rev. Ords. 1974, § 17-16-5)

A person who shall violate this article shall be punished by a fine of $5.00 for the first offense, $15.00 for a second offense within 12 months of the first offense, and $25.00 for a third or any subsequent offense within 12 months of the first offense. Any such fine shall be paid in the manner specified in article I of chapter 11.

(Rev. Ords. 1974, § 17-16-6)