[Adopted 10-30-1980 (Ch.
11, § 11-4, of the Town Code)]
[Amended 5-21-2018]
The Board of Selectmen is designated the "traffic authority"
of the Town as such term is defined in Chapter 249 of the Connecticut
General Statutes, Revision of 1958, as amended ("C.G.S."). Unless
otherwise provided herein, the term "Office of the State Traffic Administration,"
"traffic," "parking," "traffic-control signal," "traffic-control sign"
and "crosswalk" shall have the meanings set forth in C.G.S. § 14-297.
The Board of Selectmen shall have all of the powers granted
to the "traffic authority" under Chapter 249 of the C.G.S., including,
without limitation, the power to:
A.
Place and maintain traffic-control signals, signs, markings and other
safety devices upon the highways under its jurisdiction;
B.
Designate, by appropriate devices or markers or by lines upon the
surface of the highway, such crosswalks and intersections as it deems
necessary;
C.
Designate any highway, or part thereof, under its control as a throughway
and revoke such designation;
D.
Erect stop signs on any or all corners of any intersection within
its jurisdiction;
E.
Designate intersections at which "yield" signs may be erected;
F.
Designate streets as one-way streets and place and maintain on each
street intersecting a one-way street appropriate signs, devices or
marks indicating the direction all traffic shall travel when using
such one-way street;
G.
Establish safety zones of such character and at such places as it
deems necessary for the protection of pedestrians;
H.
Establish bus stops and stands for public service motor vehicles
and designate the same by appropriate signs and markings;
I.
Establish a public taxi stand in connection with any hotel within
the Town and, with the approval of the owner or lessee of such hotel,
limit the use of such public taxi stand to cabs of a company designated
by such owner or lessee;
J.
Prohibit, limit or restrict the parking of vehicles and to erect
signs in each block designating the time or terms of such prohibition
or restriction on any highway or thoroughfare under the jurisdiction
of the Town and remove from state highways, except limited-access
highways, within the Town any vehicles parked in violation of any
regulation of the State Traffic Commission established in accordance
with C.G.S. § 14-307, or of any rule, regulation, order
or ordinance of the Board or the Town relative to or in connection
with parking on such highway;
K.
Determine the location of loading and unloading zones and erect and
maintain signs designating the same;
L.
In any parking area for 20 or more vehicles or for a commercial establishment
having any exit or entrance on or abutting or adjoining any highway
under its jurisdiction, establish traffic controls by signal or device,
for access to and egress from and for traffic within such parking
area or commercial establishment;
M.
Make regulations necessary to make effective the provisions of Chapter 249 of the C.G.S., and make and enforce temporary regulations to cover emergencies and special conditions. As to any rule or order to be established by the Board of Selectmen under this § 232-14, notice with references to authority to be exercised shall be sent to owners of property within 500 feet of the situs of said proposed rule or order five days before the meeting of said Board.
The Board of Selectmen is authorized to adopt such regulations
as it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out and make effective
the foregoing powers and all other powers granted to the Town by statute
regarding:
A.
The control and operation, encroachment on or obstruction of, or
excavation, altering, use or opening of streets, sidewalks, highways,
alleys, bridges, underpasses, public works, and parking lots and facilities;
B.
The regulation and prohibition of the operation of vehicles on streets
and highways; and
C.
The regulation of the speed of vehicles within the Town.
[Amended 5-21-2018]
Except as otherwise provided in the Charter of the Town, all
such regulations shall be adopted in the following manner: The regulations
shall be adopted by the Board of Selectmen at a regular or special
meeting of the Board of Selectmen at which there is a quorum of at
least two members of the Board of Selectmen, and all such regulations
adopted shall be by majority vote; provided, however, no such regulations
shall be acted upon by the Board of Selectmen unless a public hearing
on such proposed regulations shall have been held by the Board of
Selectmen. Notice of such public hearing shall be given at least seven
days in advance by publication in a newspaper having general circulation
in the Town and by posting such notice on the Town signpost. Copies
of such proposed regulations shall be made available by the Board
of Selectmen for public inspection at the Town Clerk's office at least
seven days in advance of said public hearing. Every regulation, after
approval by the Board of Selectmen, shall be filed with the Town Clerk,
who shall then record and, with the advice of the Town Counsel, compile
the same as required by the Connecticut General Statutes. Each regulation
so passed shall be published at the direction of the Town Clerk in
its entirety in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town
within 10 days after adoption by the Board of Selectmen. Each regulation
shall take effect 15 days after publication unless such regulation
shall specify a later effective date.
Any person violating any rules or orders established under this
article or any of the regulations adopted hereunder shall be fined
not more than $100 for each violation, provided nothing contained
herein shall be construed to limit the penalties set forth in C.G.S.
§ 14-314.
[Added 5-21-2018]
A.
The use
of a uniformed police officer(s) shall be required for all excavations.
This includes work and repairs on public streets, road or lane closures
and work performed adjacent to roadways that significantly restricts
said roadway to traffic and creates a traffic hazard, when construction
is performed upon any part of Town or state roadways, when deemed
a hazard by the Resident State Trooper or his/her designee, due to
the effect on traffic patterns and flow at the time of the work, for
the purpose of traffic control and public safety. Such officer(s)
shall be authorized by the Town of Woodbury and the cost of same shall
be charged directly to the permittee or company performing such work.
Where such officer(s) provides services to more than one permittee,
each permittee shall be responsible proportionately for such services.
B.
The Resident
State Trooper or his/her designees or the Board of Selectmen acting
as the traffic control authority may authorize the temporary use of
a traffic control person for public utilities, or other entities responding
to emergency situations that may threaten public safety, until a police
officer arrives at the location of the emergency or for other good
cause when the ability to obtain uniformed police officers is exhausted.
If it is determined that a uniformed police officer should be assigned
to the location for the purpose of traffic control and public safety,
the public utility company or other entity shall bear the cost of
such traffic control.
C.
The provisions
of this section shall not apply to the official operations of the
Town of Woodbury and the State of Connecticut.
