Stratford, CT Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Stratford Code § 203-12, amended 4-13-2015 by Ord. No. 14-28, is the written-out time limit for vehicles left on Town land and streets. It bars any person from permitting a motor vehicle, recreational vehicle (RV), camper, trailer or boat to remain standing upon any Town common, or upon any right-of-way, highway, sidewalk or between any street lines of the Town, for a period longer than 72 hours. The rule reaches vehicles the person owns and vehicles operated by an agent or employee in the person's business.

The penalty sits in § 203-14(A): a fine not exceeding $100, with each motor vehicle parked in violation construed as a separate and distinct offense. Under § 203-14(D), a person found to have three or more violations of the parking restrictions in Chapters 60 and 203 of the Stratford Town Code has the vehicle immobilized or impounded at the owner's own risk and expense.

Ticketing runs through § 203-8. The words "Overnight parking" appear in its Group I list, penalty $25, alongside no-parking zones, more than time limit, double parking and obstructing a driveway. Group II, penalty $50, covers a properly registered inoperable motor vehicle on Town streets or Town property for more than 24 hours, a trailer as defined by Zoning Regulations Section 4.1.8 for more than 24 hours, and a properly registered and operational motor vehicle on Town streets or Town property for more than four days when the owner does not reside on that street. A police officer attaches a notice to the vehicle, and the owner has 10 days to pay the desk officer or request an informal hearing with a police department enforcement representative.

Separately, § 203-13 limits anyone in the business of repairing or selling motor vehicles to three hours in any one day on a Town common, public highway or sidewalk.