Parking Rules in Connecticut (2026)

Bridgeport Municipal Code § 10.12.015 bars parking any motor vehicle, including boats, RVs, trucks, and motorcycles, on…

Meriden bans outdoor storage of trailers, recreation vehicles and boats citywide, with one exception per household…

New Britain keeps large recreational vehicles out of view from the street. Section 240-50-35 of the Zoning Ordinance…

Stamford bars oversized RVs, camp trailers, and commercial trailers from residential streets overnight or for more than…

In the City of West Haven, Connecticut, no more than one unregistered boat, or one registered boat not in seaworthy…

Bethel allows one recreational vehicle, whether a camper, motor home, boat or trailer carrying jet skis, ATVs or a…

Recreational vehicles like motor homes, campers and boat trailers can only sit on a City of Bristol, Connecticut public…

Danbury caps homeowners to two camping trailers, campers, or boats-with-trailers per lot, limits each to 36 feet long…

Hartford bars parking a recreational vehicle, as defined by Connecticut General Statutes § 14-1, on any city street…

Boat trailers, camper trailers and RVs can sit on a Norwalk public street for up to 12 hours under § 98-26. In the AAA…

In the Town of Stratford, Connecticut, a residential lot outside a garage can hold no more than one recreational…

Danbury's zoning code flatly bars parking in the required front yard for any use in every residential zoning district…

Hartford's Zoning Regulations bar side-yard parking lots from encroaching into the front yard and require paved…

In the BA-1 and BA-2 business districts, New Haven bans front-yard parking outright, requires off-street parking behind…

Bethel limits how many vehicles a one- or two-family home may park in its own front yard and requires that every parked…

Bridgeport bans parking vehicles on lawns or yards; only an approved, zoning-permitted driveway surface counts, with…

In the City of Meriden's Transit Oriented Development District, residential driveways cannot exceed 24 feet in width…

New Britain will not let a residential front yard turn into an informal parking lot. Section 240-50-40 of the Zoning…

Ridgefield requires at least three off-street parking spaces for a property adding an accessory dwelling unit, but none…

In the Town of Stratford, Connecticut, no one can build a driveway approach across the public right-of-way without a…

West Hartford requires overnight parking in one-family districts to stay behind the building line, with a narrow…

In the City of West Haven, Connecticut, no motor vehicle or boat can be parked on residential property between the…

A Bethel homeowner may park exactly one registered commercial vehicle on residential property, capped at 11,500 pounds…

Bridgeport bars tractor-trailers and commercial vehicles of 10,000 pounds or more from parking overnight on designated…

Most commercial trucks cannot sit outdoors overnight in a residential zone in the City of Bristol, Connecticut. Bristol…

Hamden bars parking or leaving standing a commercial motor vehicle of 11,000 pounds or more gross weight on any town…

Hartford bars parking tractor-trailers, semi-trailers, commercial vehicle combinations, and box trucks on city streets…

Meriden bans parking or storing any commercial vehicle heavier than three-fourths-ton in a residential district. The…

Sec. 15-72 bars parking any vehicle over 10,000 pounds, or longer than 30 feet or taller than 8 feet, on a New Britain…

New Haven bars parking any vehicle over 10,000 pounds, or longer than 20 feet, taller than 12 feet, or wider than 8…

The Stratford Zoning Regulations allow a maximum of one commercial vehicle on a residential property in the Town of…

Waterbury bans parking any truck or vehicle with a load capacity over one ton on residential streets at any time of day…

Danbury Code of Ordinances Section 46-121 makes it unlawful to park or leave standing a commercial vehicle on any…

Greenwich bars parking or leaving standing an oversized or heavy vehicle on a residential street between 9:00 p.m. and…

Manchester bars parking any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 16,001 pounds or more, any trailer, or any…

Norwalk caps how long commercial vehicles and trailers can sit on public streets: four hours for trucks over 1.25 tons…

Ridgefield allows one commercial motor vehicle per residential lot as an accessory use, but Zoning Regulations §…

Stamford bars vehicles with commercial-type plates that exceed set size or weight thresholds, over 8 feet tall, 20 feet…

West Hartford bars parking a commercial vehicle or truck in any residential zone under Code Section 168-13B, except…

Bethel bans parking within 25 feet of intersections, crosswalks and stop signs, and fines drivers $15 for blocking a…

Bridgeport bans parking more than 12 inches from the curb, blocking a driveway, or stopping within 25 feet of an…

In the City of Bristol, Connecticut, a parked car must sit parallel to the curb, headed the right way with traffic, and…

Danbury requires vehicles parked on any street to sit within 12 inches of the curb, facing the direction of travel, and…

Greenwich bars parking on any street within five feet of a private driveway or alleyway without the owner's permission…

Hamden's § 70.34(A) bars a long list of on-street parking violations, including blocking a private driveway, parking on…

Hartford fines $45 for parking on the wrong side of the street or facing oncoming traffic, and for parking within five…

Manchester's Code bars parking more than 12 inches from the curb, within 10 feet of a hydrant, in a loading zone…

In the City of Meriden, a police officer who finds a vehicle parked in violation of Chapter 200 tags it with a notice…

New Britain's Code of Ordinances bans specific on-street parking violations citywide: facing the wrong way against…

New Haven bans parking within an intersection, in front of a driveway, on a sidewalk, or anywhere it blocks traffic…

Norwalk requires cars parked on the traveled portion of a street to sit on the right-hand side facing the direction of…

Ridgefield bars parking within 10 feet of a fire hydrant, in front of a private driveway, or on a crosswalk or street…

Stamford bans stopping or parking in specific spots citywide, blocking a driveway, parking the wrong way against…

In the Town of Stratford, Connecticut, parking where signs or pavement and curb markings prohibit it is unlawful…

Waterbury's parking rules apply at all times unless a specific time is posted on an official sign, and the definition…

West Hartford Code Section 168-13B bars parking more than 12 inches from the curb, in a loading zone, on the wrong side…

In the City of West Haven, Connecticut, Chapter 218 of the city code sets the fine for each on-street parking…

Bridgeport bans overnight on-street parking from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. citywide, with an alternating odd/even-side schedule…

Meriden prohibits parking any commercial vehicle overnight on a public street anywhere in the City. Section 213-42(B)…

Bethel bars overnight parking in Town-owned lots, including the Railroad Station, Public Library and Municipal Center…

Greenwich has no blanket overnight parking curfew, but Sec. 14-17.1 of the Code of Ordinances caps how long any vehicle…

From December 1 through April 1, Manchester bars parking on any public highway or Town-owned, leased or operated…

New Haven bars leaving a vehicle parked in the same on-street space for more than 72 consecutive hours, though the cap…

Ridgefield bans all-night parking on every street, highway and municipal lot under Town Code § 340-7, and lets police…

In the Town of Stratford, Connecticut, no one can leave a motor vehicle, RV, camper, trailer or boat standing on a Town…

West Hartford bans parking on any street between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. townwide under Code Section 168-13A, with a…

Danbury allows electric vehicle charging stations as an accessory use in every zoning district, and requires new…

The Town of Greenwich reserves specific municipal parking spaces at Town Hall and the Town Hall Garage exclusively for…

New Hartford construction must wire for electric vehicle charging under § 7.2.2.D: even a new one- or two-unit house…

In New Haven's MULW, CGD, and TOC zoning districts, developments that propose more parking than the district maximum…

Norwalk's SoNo Station Design District requires that at least 5% of the off-street parking spaces a development is…

Ridgefield requires new commercial buildings and multiunit residential buildings with five or more parking spaces to…

Stamford's Zoning Regulations require EV-ready wiring for one space per condo or townhouse unit and EV charging for 10%…

West Hartford's Code Article VIII, added September 29, 2025, lets the Town Manager set and adjust rates for public…

Connecticut state law defines abandoned motor vehicles and authorizes police and municipalities to remove them…

Bethel bans storing an abandoned, junked, discarded or unlicensed motor vehicle on private property under § 106-3, with…

It is unlawful in Meriden to deposit, park, store or keep an abandoned, inoperable or unregistered motor vehicle on any…

Waterbury bans leaving any abandoned, damaged, dismantled or inoperative unregistered motor vehicle on public or…

In the City of West Haven, Connecticut, no more than one unregistered motor vehicle, or one registered vehicle not fit…

In Bridgeport, a car left abandoned or inoperable on a property for more than 30 days counts as a blight condition…

In the City of Bristol, Connecticut, owners must keep the exterior of their property free of abandoned vehicles under…

Danbury treats abandoned, inoperative, or unregistered vehicles left on another's property as a public nuisance, with a…

Greenwich's nuisance ordinance treats an inoperative, abandoned or discarded motor vehicle or motor vehicle parts as a…

Chapter 91 of the Hamden Code of Ordinances bars any owner or operator of land in town from depositing or keeping a…

Hartford bans abandoning any motor vehicle citywide and lets the director of licenses and inspections tow abandoned or…

Manchester's Property Maintenance Code, Section 242-16H, allows no more than one currently unregistered motor vehicle…

When a New Britain police officer finds an apparently abandoned or unregistered vehicle, Sec. 15-42 requires a…

New Haven prohibits leaving an abandoned, inoperable or unregistered vehicle on private or public land for more than 30…

Ridgefield bars keeping, depositing or storing an unregistered motor vehicle or its used parts on any premises under…

Stamford police sticker any abandoned or unregistered vehicle found on a street; if it isn't removed within 24 hours…

In the Town of Stratford, Connecticut, abandoning a motor vehicle on a street, Town property or someone else's private…

In fire zones the fire marshal designates under New Britain Code of Ordinances § 8-80 through 8-84, the property owner…

New Haven's traffic code limits authority over curb markings to the Traffic Authority, the city's Board of Police…

Bethel's zoning regulations require every establishment needing off-street loading, including hospitals, hotels…

In the City of Bristol, Connecticut, a vehicle parked in a marked loading zone may stop only long enough to load or…

Sec. 14-18 of the Code of Ordinances limits any vehicle in a Schedule XIV loading or unloading zone to only as long as…

Hartford requires off-street loading spaces for every use outside the residential and lodging, open space, and civic…

Sec. 15-71 bars standing a vehicle on any New Britain street to load or unload merchandise, or for any purpose, in a…

In New Haven, Connecticut, a posted loading zone belongs to commercial vehicles only, and only while they are actually…

Norwalk requires hotels, hospitals, stores, office buildings, warehouses and freight stations to provide clearly marked…

Ridgefield's Zoning Regulations require every commercial, industrial or institutional use to provide its own off-street…

Stamford requires vehicles to park within 12 inches of the curb and bars stopping in loading zones or double-parking at…

Section 6.8.10 of the Stratford Zoning Regulations sets how many loading berths a building in the Town of Stratford…

West Hartford's Code § 168-13 lists parking in a loading zone among prohibited parking acts and sets a flat $38 fine…

Danbury lets vehicles bearing commercial license plates use a metered space to load or unload merchandise or packages…

In the City of Meriden, commercial vehicles may occupy a metered parking space to load or unload merchandise without…

Residents of a City of Bristol, Connecticut street can petition the board of police commissioners to create a…

New Haven lets a majority of residents on a block petition the board of aldermen to create a residential parking zone…

Streets in Schedule X of the Code of Ordinances are reserved for Greenwich residential permit parking under Sec. 14-11…

Hartford lets the parking authority carve out resident parking permit zones on specific streets, after consulting…

New Britain's Common Council can designate residential street parking zones on metered blocks after a public hearing…

Norwalk adopted a Residential Parking Permit Program on October 28, 2025 to curb nonresident on-street congestion in…

Stamford lets a neighborhood petition, with 65% of dwellings signing and a $100 fee, for a residential parking permit…

When a storm hits the City of Bristol, Connecticut, the mayor, police chief or director of public works can declare an…

In the Town of Greenwich, Sec. 14-40 lets the Traffic Authority, the Board of Selectmen acting as the Police…

In the City of Meriden, parking on any public street or highway is banned from November 15 to March 15 during any snow…

Once New Haven's mayor declares a snow emergency, any vehicle left standing on a posted city street can be towed to a…

A snowfall of five inches or more in Waterbury automatically counts as legal notice that street parking is prohibited…

Bethel bans on-street parking from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. every night between November 15 and April 15 so town crews can…

Bridgeport runs a standing wintertime alternate-side parking rule to keep plows moving, plus mayoral snow-emergency…

Once the Mayor declares a snow emergency, Danbury requires vehicles to clear City streets within two hours or face…

When the Mayor declares a snow emergency in Hamden, it is unlawful to park on any odd-numbered side of a town street or…

Parking in any area the city has demarcated a temporary no-parking zone for snow or ice removal draws a $100 fine plus…

From December 1 through April 15, New Britain bars parking on any street marked a "snow emergency route" between 1:00…

Norwalk bans parking on designated snow emergency routes once two or more inches of snow or ice sit on the road for an…

Stamford's Mayor can declare a snow emergency banning street parking, and once snow tops two inches, alternate-side…

In the Town of Stratford, Connecticut, alternate-side-of-the-street parking takes effect automatically during any…

West Hartford bans parking in any area declared a temporary no-parking zone for snow or ice removal under Code Section…

In the City of West Haven, Connecticut, the Severe Weather Ordinance bars parking on the even-numbered side of city…

A Connecticut private commercial lot may tow an unauthorized vehicle only if it has posted conspicuous signage saying…

New Haven fixes the charge for a city-ordered tow at a flat seventy-seven dollars with no mileage fee, caps storage at…

Bridgeport may tow, impound or immobilize a vehicle once its owner owes $100 or more in delinquent parking fines, and…

Danbury may tow or immobilize an illegally parked vehicle under Division 3 of its parking article, but Sec. 46-189…

Hartford police may tow any vehicle parked in violation of a municipal traffic rule, and may boot or tow once a…

Stamford may tow or boot a vehicle once its registered owner owes $250.00 in delinquent parking fines or has three…