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Council schedules public hearing on automated traffic enforcement ordinance after first reading
Summary
Council held a first reading of an ordinance to permit automated traffic enforcement safety devices (speed and red-light cameras) in school and pedestrian safety zones, set a public hearing for Oct. 27 and discussed privacy, vendor selection and enforcement limits.
The West Haven City Council’s legislative matters committee conducted a first reading of an ordinance to permit automated traffic enforcement safety devices (ATESDs)—commonly described as speed and red-light cameras—in school zones, pedestrian safety zones and other designated high-risk areas.
Attorney Paul Dorsey summarized the ordinance and its legal framework: the city would use ATESDs only where enabled by state law (the enabling statute cited in the discussion), impose…
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