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Mayor: police posted municipal-lot signs so staff can enforce unattended-vehicle rule
Summary
Mayor Hedland said police posted signs across municipal lots after a resident successfully argued the rule could not be enforced without posted notice; the signage allows town officers to remove boats and campers and enforce the ordinance.
Mayor Robert Hedland explained why the police department recently posted new signs on town-owned parking lots. A resident challenged enforcement because the ordinance restricting unattended vehicles had not been posted; after review the police posted the lots so officers could enforce the rule.
"There was a bylaw on the books but it wasn't posted. So now it's posted and they can enforce the town…ordinance," Hedland said. He described examples that prompted action, including a boat left in a municipal lot and a camper occupied in another lot, and said neighbors had complained about those uses.
The mayor said the West August lot is temporarily being used for construction staging for the beach connection project, which has delayed improvements there. He said the posted signage clarifies enforcement authority and lets police address long-standing problems in multiple municipal lots.
Hedland asked residents to report problems and said town staff and the police department would continue to manage lot usage and enforcement under the posted rules.
