Parking Rules in Connecticut (2026)

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

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

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

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…

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…

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

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…

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

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

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

Commercial vehicles over 3/4-ton or 10,000 pounds GVW cannot park on residential streets in Danbury between 9 p.m. and…

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…

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…

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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…

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

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%…

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…

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

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

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

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

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…

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…

Hartford's 2022 form-based zoning code requires off-street loading facilities sized to a building's gross floor area…

New Haven lets residents petition to turn their block into a permit-only residential parking zone, where no one may…

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…

Danbury lets vehicles with commercial plates load or unload at metered spaces without paying the meter, provided they…

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

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

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…

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…

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

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…

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…