Waterbury, CT Mobility & Curb Rules: Red-Light Cameras (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- Red light or 10+ mph over limit
- Allowed locations
- School and pedestrian safety zones
- Warning period
- First 30 days: written warning only
- First/repeat fine
- $50 first, $75 repeat within 1 year
- Processing fee
- $15 per violation
- Adopted
- Ordinance passed April 21, 2025
Summary
Waterbury authorizes automated red-light and speed cameras in school zones, pedestrian safety zones and other approved locations under a 2025 ordinance. Owners get a written warning for the first 30 days a camera is active, then face a $50 first fine, $75 for repeats, plus a $15 processing fee.
(A) The use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices at locations within school zones, pedestrian safety zones, and other places in the city is hereby authorized. (B) The locations of any such devices will be identified in a plan approved by the state Department of Transportation in accordance with Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-307e... (4) for the first 30 days after a location is equipped with an operational automated traffic enforcement safety device, the owner of a motor vehicle allegedly committing a violation of such ordinance that is detected by such device shall receive a written warning instead of a citation.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-8: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through September 8, 2025).
Full Breakdown
01. 02 confines device placement to school zones, pedestrian safety zones and other locations identified in a plan the state Department of Transportation must approve under Conn. Gen. § 14-307e, and permits the city to contract with vendors, but bars any vendor fee structure tied to the number of citations or fines collected. Consistent with the state enabling statute, Conn. Gen. § 14-307c, each device must be run by a certified operator; a sworn police officer or designated city employee must personally review and approve every recorded image before a citation goes out; and for the first 30 days after a given location's camera goes live, the registered owner gets only a written warning instead of a citation.
For a leased vehicle held more than 30 days, the lessee, not the leasing company, is treated as the OWNER responsible for the violation. Owners retain every statutory defense listed in Conn. Gen. § 14-307c(j), and fines can be paid electronically.
Violations & Fines
Section 71.99 sets the fine at $50 for a first violation and $75 for any subsequent violation occurring within one year of the owner's last one; a violation more than a year after the last one resets to first-offense pricing. A flat $15 electronic-processing fee applies on top of every fine. Owners may contest an assessment at a hearing before a citation hearing officer, with judicial review by appeal available under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-152c.
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