First Parking Ban of the Winter Issued in Hamilton

An on-street parking ban has been put into place in Hamilton on Thursday, for the first time this winter.

The parking ban was announced by Town Manager Michael Lombardo at about 11:30 a.m. on Thursday. The ban will be in place until further notice, he said.

"Effective immediately, a Winter Storm Parking Ban is in effect," Lombardo said in the Connect-CTY phone and e-mail message. "Parking on all town streets is prohibited until further notice."

The ban means that on-street parking is banned all over town, except by Fire Department, Police Department, Department of Public Works and "other public safety and public utility repair vehicles."

Violators face a $20 fine and could have their vehicle towed at their expense.

While Thursday's storm is not the first accumulating snow this winter, it is the first time that a parking ban has been put in place in Hamilton, Lombardo said in an interview. Before a previous storm, Lombardo said he was "on the fence" about enacting a parking ban and afterward felt the cleanup could have gone better if a parking ban had been issued.