Around Town

With Two Weeks Left, 23 Workers Downtown Have Put in for 40 New ‘Commercial’ Parking Permits

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One week after officials started taking request forms, a total of 23 employees of downtown businesses have put in for 40 permits that will those selected through a lottery to park at one of two centrally located lots. About 65 percent of those who have already submitted their forms are seeking a permit for the Park Street lot, while 22 percent want a permit for Morse Court and 13 percent are open to either one, according to Parking Bureau Superintendent Stacy Miltenberg. The bureau will accept “Downtown Parking Permit Request Forms” —available for download here—through May 26, making 20 permits available each in lot during an initial trial year. Miltenberg said she was “a little bit surprised” that more people hadn’t put in for the new permits, though “maybe just people they know they have until the 26th to get it in, without any repercussions of when it is coming in, so maybe they have not done it yet.”

“As I have seen in the past with permit requests, a lot of times people will wait until the very end and then everything will come in,” Miltenberg said. The new permits—in reality, no physical “permit” will be issued (rather, the license plates of those selected will be registered with the bureau)—will cost $429 and will be valid for a 12-month period ending June 30, 2018.

Around Town

‘This Tax Is an Outrage’: Parking Ticket Appeals

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What follows are excerpts from parking ticket appeals letters filed recently with the New Canaan Parking Bureau. Where available, we’ve included information on the violation for which these people were cited, in what amount, and where and when the violation occurred. We preserve spelling, capital letters and punctuation as written by the appellant. ***

“Could not see ticket machine screen because of sun. Found traffic cop + he said I was paid up for 1.5 hrs.

Around Town

‘I Had an Emergency Notification Regarding My Tire System’: Parking Ticket Appeals

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What follows are excerpts from parking ticket appeals letters filed recently with the New Canaan Parking Bureau. Where available, we’ve included information on the violation for which these people were cited, in what amount, and where and when the violation occurred. We preserve spelling, capital letters and punctuation as written by the appellant. ***

“I am requesting that you please provide a waiver for this ticket. I am not from Connecticut and I was only passing through briefly (after a visit with my parents) with a quick stop at the bagel shop before heading to the Merritt Parkway.

Government

Town Hires Volunteer Firefighter, WWE Security Officer as Parking Enforcement Officers

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Town officials on Tuesday approved the hiring of a long-serving New Canaan volunteer firefighter and a veteran of the U.S. Navy as parking enforcement officers. Michael Esposito is a second lieutenant in New Canaan Fire Company No. 1 and has been volunteering with the service since 2011, according to Cheryl Pickering-Jones, director of human resources for the town. He also has been employed as a WB Mason driver and auto mechanic, and is working toward a criminal justice degree at the University of Connecticut, she said. Maurice Herring has been working as a WWE security officer since 2012, she said, and had worked for a decade prior to that as a judicial marshal.

Business

Officials To Vote on Contract for New, User-Friendly Parking Machines for Downtown

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Town officials on Tuesday will vote on a $50,000 contract to bring seven new parking machines to the business district, a much-needed upgrade that proponents say will improve dramatically the downtown experience for workers and visitors alike. If approved by the Board of Selectmen, four of the new machines, from a Moorestown, N.J.-based company, would be installed at Morse Court and Park Street lots (two apiece), with single machines going to Locust Avenue, the Playhouse and Center School lots. Stacy Miltenberg, interim superintendent of the New Canaan Parking Bureau, said her agency supports acquiring the solar-powered Parkeon Srada Pal Rapide model machines for reasons that will benefit both motorists and the town. “They are going to be very user-friendly,” Miltenberg told NewCanaanite.com. “It’s going to be interactive where it will give you written instructions and graphics and on a 7-inch color screen.