NEWS RELEASE: PARKING BAN ALERT.
For Immediate Release:  Saturday, January 22,  2005
 

THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, FIRE CHIEF AND POLICE CHIEF OF THE CITY OF HARTFORD ANNOUNCE  PARKING BAN.

STARTING:  Saturday, January 22, 2005 at 5:00 p.m.
ENDING: Sunday, January 23, 2005 at 5:00 p.m.
 

(Hartford ) - The City of Hartford has declared a  city-wide total parking ban beginning Saturday, January 22, 2005 at 5:00 p.m.

The parking ban will continue  through Sunday, January 23, 2005 at 5:00 p.m.   Depending upon circumstances, the parking ban may be extended.

During a city-wide total parking ban parking on all city streets is banned.   Any vehicle parked on a city street in violation of the parking ban is subject to tag and tow.  Violation of the parking ban can result in a towing fee and fine in excess of $160.00.  Anyone who violates the parking ban, resulting in their vehicle being tagged and towed should contact the Hartford Police Department's Records Division at (860) 527-6300 to file the appropriate form and pay the fine which will allow for retrieval of their vehicle.

Individuals attending downtown events on Saturday or Sunday, January 22 and 23, 2005, are encouraged to utlized off street parking in surface parking lots or garages.

During the parking ban, city of Hartford residents without alternative off street parking may park their cars in any Board of Education Public School parking lot. In so doing, residents are asked to park in a group away from the school building.  Motorists parking in public school lots are responsible for removal of their vehicle by the termination of the parking ban.
 

Contact:   Nancy Mulroy, Public Information Officer, Hartford Police Department,  (860) 543-8746
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