West Haven Code of Ordinances Chapter 188 (Vehicles and Traffic) and Article II (Parking and Parking Areas) regulate on-street parking. The city does not prohibit routine overnight on-street parking citywide but enforces a strict snow-emergency parking ban (11 p.m.-7 a.m.) when the Mayor declares one, with $100 fines and tow at owner expense. Time-limited zones, hydrant clearance and street-cleaning restrictions are also enforced.
West Haven (pop. 55,584, New Haven County) regulates street parking through Chapter 188 of its Code of Ordinances (eCode360). Article II — Parking and Parking Areas (https://ecode360.com/14119443) — sets time-limited zones, no-parking-here-to-corner restrictions, and prohibitions on parking within 10 feet of a hydrant or in marked street-cleaning windows. Severe-weather parking is governed by Chapter 188's 'severe weather' provisions: when the Mayor declares a snow emergency, parking is prohibited on both sides of designated streets (including Campbell Avenue, Savin Avenue, Morgan Lane, Elm Street, Meloy Road, West Spring Street, Kelsey Avenue, Spring Street, Second Avenue from Elm to Beach, Benham Hill Road, Shingle Hill Road, and Main Street, among others) from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. Off-street parking is provided during emergencies at City Hall, Johnson Community Center and other municipal lots. Outside of emergencies, parking penalties (Chapter 188 schedule, see eCode360 https://ecode360.com/30993068) cover meter violations, expired-plate offenses, and parking in fire lanes.
Snow-emergency violators face a $100 fine plus tow-and-storage charges. Routine parking violations (expired meter, time-limit, fire-lane) carry fines from $20-$100 under the Vehicles, Parking Penalties section.
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