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Norwalk authority sets 4-hour daytime limit on Union Place, Byington Place and Bedford Avenue parking
Summary
The Norwalk Traffic Authority voted to limit daytime parking to four hours on parts of Union Place, Byington Place and Bedford Avenue, after staff cited long-term parking and a vehicle-storage issue under a nearby connector.
The Norwalk Traffic Authority on Jan. 27 approved a change to daytime parking limits on sections of Union Place, Byington Place and Bedford Avenue, extending daytime time limits to four hours between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Overnight parking would remain unrestricted to allow residents to park overnight.
Traffic staff said the change follows observations that some vehicles were left for days or weeks in the area and that at least one person had been using the public curb as storage for multiple vehicles. Officer Gian Tasio of the police department's abandoned-vehicle unit discovered a group of vehicles being stored and staff told the authority that an owner subsequently removed the cars after contact from police.
Staff told commissioners that, prior to the proposal, only a subset of marked curbside spaces in the area carried two-hour limits and that several curb segments under the Route 7 connector had no signs at all. The proposal would standardize signed daytime limits to four hours along the affected corridor and ensure those segments are signed and enforceable.
Traffic staff said they contacted the mosque near Union Place to verify the longer daytime limit would accommodate its services, but staff received no response; staff believes a four-hour limit would cover typical service lengths. Commissioners asked whether residents had been notified; staff said they had not conducted direct outreach to neighbors.
Police leadership described enforcement as similar to other timed parking in the city: officers would conduct periodic checks and investigate resident complaints. The chief said the change would not have a negative impact on patrol resources but would require periodic checks when complaints were received.
The motion, described at the meeting as: “Set daytime parking limit to 4 hours from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday–Saturday, with overnight parking allowed,” passed unanimously. The transcript did not record a mover or seconder.
Staff said signs will be installed to make the 4-hour limit uniform along the corridor; no implementation date was specified at the meeting.
