The Parking Bureau is responsible for managing most parking activities for the Town of New Canaan by attempting to maintain a safe parking environment for pedestrians and vehicle operations.

PROFILE

The Parking Bureau provides a broad range of parking services and facilities to meet the parking needs of the town residents, businesses and visitors.These services include:

• Enforcing parking regulations
• Providing parking information
• Processing payments for all parking citations and parking permits
• Responsibility for meter collection, installation and maintenance
• Issuing annual parking permits for New Canaan resident commuters and businesses

The Parking Bureau is a unit of the Public Safety Division.

• Parking Permits
• Forms
• Enforcement
• Parking Commission
• Parking Penalty Schedule
• Parking Space Inventory
• FAQs

             Maps:

• In Town Parking Map
• Talmadge Hill Parking Map

Main Telephone: 203-594-3040
Main Fax: 203-594-3126

Monday - Friday    8:30am - 4:30pm

Town Hall, 2nd Floor
77 Main Street
New Canaan, CT 06840

Regulations that govern vehicular traffic, including parking, are contained in the General Statutes of Connecticut (state laws). These laws are supplemented by local regulations established by the Town's Parking Commission and/or Police Commission, and subsequently published in the Town Code.

Regardless of who operates a vehicle, parking violations (tickets) are officially issued to the registered owner of an offending vehicle. Fines may be paid by mail, in person at the Parking Bureau or by credit card online over the Internet. Online Parking Payments Unpaid fines are doubled 14 days after citation. Accumulations of five or more unpaid fines may result in immobilization (e.g. the "boot") or towing. Citations may be appealed before the Parking Commission by giving written notice of intent to the Parking Bureau within 10 days of the date of citation. You may print out the Formal Hearing Request form from this Web site, fill it out, and return it to the Parking Bureau.

Parking Penalty Schedule effective August 30, 2004.

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On-Street Parking

Free on-street parking is available on most downtown streets. Some spaces are reserved for handicapped users only. Parking time limits and on-street parking restrictions are shown by official signs on each street (and are strictly enforced). A few spaces (in Morse Court) along sidewalk can be used free for only 15 minutes. Most on-street spaces allow parking for 1 or 2 hours.

Be sure that your car is parked entirely within any parking space lines on the street or next to curb, right (passenger) side of car next to curb except where signs permit, tires within 12" of curb (car centered with one tire 6" from curb in diagonal spaces). You must leave diagonal parking headed in the same directions in which you arrived. You may not park on a curb.

After parking the maximum-posted time limit on a street, you may not park again (in the same block) for at least 1 hour.

Be sure that you observe all markings and signs for restricted places (crosswalks, fire hydrants and zones, handicapped spaces, 25' from-street-corners, stop signs, etc.). Be careful not to obstruct the view or free passage of any driveway. Double-parking is not allowed (except for commercial trucks allowed 20 minutes maximum time to unload).

Where signs or markings are absent, state traffic regulations apply.

All Night Parking

All night parking on any street or most public lots in New Canaan is prohibited from mid-November to mid-April between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.

All night parking is permitted in the Locust Avenue Lot. If you are not a permit holder, regular parking enforcement will resume the next business day after 8:30 a.m. (except for weekends and holidays).

Metered Parking

Metered spaces are located in various parking lots around town. Depending on location,1 2, 3, 4,5, 6,7, 8, and 12 hour spaces are available. Please be advised that all Town "Iron Mikes"/meters have posted instructions for use and will only function when quarters are inserted. Dimes and nickels will fit into the coin slot but will not be credited with any time.

All 2-hour meter spaces located in the Morse Court Lot require payment on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. All other meter spaces are free on Saturdays, as well as Sundays and Legal Holidays.

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Parking Lots

A. Locust Avenue Lot - (155 permit/metered spaces, "Iron Mike" system, 25 cents per hour, 8-hour maximum)  

• Meters are free on weekends and holidays.

B. Park Street Lot - (21 permit spaces, 95 non-permit spaces, "Iron Mike" system, 25 cents per hour, 3-hour maximum)    

• 21 permit spaces (along stonewall).
• All spaces are free on weekends and holidays.

C. Playhouse Lot - ("Iron Mike" system, 50 cents per hour)(plus 8 meter spaces in alley)    

• 3-hour spaces, quarters only, 3-hour maximum (in effect 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.), or New Canaan Parking Debit Cards 
• 6-hour spaces, 12 quarters required, 6-hour maximum.
• Metered spaces are free all day on weekends and holidays.

D. Town Hall Lot - (reserved for Town Hall employees and visitors)   

• 1-hour visitors' spaces / Town Hall business only.
• Permit spaces / Employee permits only Monday through Friday (in effect 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.).
• Reserved spaces / Reserved at all times Monday through Friday (in effect 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.).
• Permit spaces and reserved spaces are free on weekends and holidays.
• There are 2 handicapped parking permit spaces / State handicapped parking permit required.

E. Railroad Station Lot -  (150 spaces, "Iron Mike" system)   

• 12-hour spaces / Iron Mike System - 12 quarters, 3 Susan B. Anthony dollars or Parking Debit Cards (in effect 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.).
• There are 5 handicapped parking permit spaces / State handicapped parking permit required - no time limit.
• All spaces are after 2:00p.m. Monday - Friday, and all day parking on weekends and Hoildays.

F. Pine Street Lot - (8 2-hour spaces plus 4 "15 minute" spaces)    

• All spaces are free on weekends and holidays.

G. Morse Court Lot - (97 spaces, "Iron Mike" system)    

• 2-hour spaces / 50 cents per hour, quarters only (in effect 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.).
• There are 2 handicapped parking permit spaces / State handicapped parking permit required all days - all hours - no time limit.

H. Telephone Co. Lot - (18 permit spaces)    

• Permit spaces only
• Spaces are free after 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, and all day on weekends and holidays.

I. Richmond Hill Lot - (70 permit spaces)   

• Permit spaces only
• Spaces are free after 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, and all day on weekends and holidays.

J. Center School Lot - (183 permit/metered spaces)    

•  "Iron Mike" system, 25 cents per hour - 8 hour maximum.
• Spaces are free on weekends / holidays.

K. Talmadge Hill Lot - (226 permit, 96 non-permit spaces, "Iron Mike" system)    

• 12-hour spaces, "Iron Mike" system - 12 quarters, 3 Susan B. Anthony dollars or Parking Debit Card (in effect 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.).
• All spaces are free after 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.
• There are 2 handicapped parking permit spaces / State handicapped parking permit required - no time limit.
• All spaces are free on weekends and holidays.

L. RR/Lumberyard Lot - (298 permit spaces)

• Permit spaces only.
• Spaces are free all day on weekends and holidays.
• Permit spaces are free after 2 p.m. Monday through Friday

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