Title 7 — Title 7: Municipalities

Sec. 7-202. Definitions. When used in this chapter, “parking facilities” means lots, garages, parking terminals or other structures and accommodations for the parking of motor vehicles off the street or highway and open to public use with or without charge; “parking authority” me…

Sec. 7-203. Creation of parking authorities. Any municipality may provide parking facilities and may, by ordinance, create a parking authority or designate a parking division for the purposes of creating and establishing off-street parking facilities. A parking authority created …

Sec. 7-204. Powers of parking authority. Such parking authority or parking division shall have the power, in the name of the municipality, to (1) create, establish, and expand wherever built by such municipality, off-street parking facilities; (2) acquire by purchase, gift, devis…

Sec. 7-204a. Enforcement of municipal parking regulations. Any municipality may, by ordinance adopted by its legislative body or, where the legislative body is a town meeting, by the board of selectmen, authorize the parking authority of such municipality to (1) enforce the parki…

Sec. 7-205. Financing. Such parking authority or parking division, subject to the specific authorization and approval of the legislative body, may finance the creation and establishment of parking facilities by any one, or any combination, of the following methods: (a) General ob…

Sec. 7-206. Revenue bonds. (a) The legislative body of any municipality is authorized to provide, by ordinance, for the issuance of revenue bonds of the municipality to finance parking facilities. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at such rate or rates, …

Sec. 7-206a. Bonds and notes not subject to statutory debt limit. Conveyance of title by municipality to public agency lessee. Bonds and notes issued under the provisions of section 7-206 for the purposes of sections 7-204 and 7-205 shall not be subject to any statutory limitatio…

Sec. 7-207. Rates and charges. The legislative body shall, in the ordinance providing for the issuance of revenue bonds, fix the initial schedule of minimum rates, rentals, fees and other charges for the use of, and for the service and facilities furnished or to be furnished by, …

Sec. 7-207a. Use of parking meter revenues. Any municipality may, by ordinance, authorize its parking authority or parking division to collect and receive all revenue from parking meters located on public streets in the municipality or to establish metered on-street parking zones…

Sec. 7-208. Rights of bondholders. Any holder of revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto, except to the extent that the rights herein given may be restricted by the authorizing ordinance, may, either at law or in equ…

Sec. 7-209. Bonds to be tax-exempt. Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, their transfer and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state. (1953, S. 287d.)

Sec. 7-210. Receipts to be trust funds. All moneys received under the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be trust funds, to be held and applied as provided in this chapter. The ordinance authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds shall provide that any officer to whom, …

Sec. 7-211. Provisions of special acts not affected. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the powers enjoyed by any municipality under any special act. (1953, S. 289d.)

Sec. 7-212. Parking authorities; tax exemption; investment of funds. The property of any parking authority created under the authority of any general or special act shall be exempt from taxation, unless otherwise specifically provided in such general or special act or in the ordi…

Sec. 7-212a. Public parking garages. Any town, city or borough shall have the power to enter into agreements or contracts with any person or corporation for the erection and construction of public parking garages by such town, city or borough, or by such person or corporation or …