Connecticut General Statutes 14-283g – Restrictions on vending from frozen dessert truck. Penalty
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no person shall vend from a frozen dessert truck that is stopped or parked on any highway:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 14-283g
- another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Curb: includes the boundary of the traveled portion of any highway, whether or not the boundary is marked by a curbstone. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-212
- Intersection: means the area embraced within the prolongation of the lateral curb lines of two or more highways which join one another at an angle, whether or not one of the highways crosses the other. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-212
(1) When the posted speed limit on such highway is greater than twenty-five miles per hour;
(2) When such highway is less than one hundred feet from an intersection with another highway that has a posted speed limit greater than twenty-five miles per hour;
(3) Located less than five hundred feet from any property used as an elementary or middle school, one hour before and one hour after the regular school day, unless that day is not a school day and the local or regional board of education approves such vending in writing;
(4) When such person does not have a free and unobstructed view for at least two hundred feet in both directions of the highway where the frozen dessert truck is stopped or parked; or
(5) To a person standing in the highway.
(b) A local traffic authority, as defined in § 14-297, may authorize vending from a frozen dessert truck that is stopped or parked on a highway (1) that has a posted speed limit not greater than thirty-five miles per hour, or (2) that is less than one hundred feet from an intersection with another highway that has a posted speed limit not greater than thirty-five miles per hour.
(c) No person shall (1) stop on the left side of a one-way highway to vend, or (2) back up a frozen dessert truck to vend or attempt to vend.
(d) A person shall vend (1) when the frozen dessert truck is lawfully stopped or parked, and (2) from the side of the frozen dessert truck facing away from moving vehicular traffic and as close as practicable to the curb or edge of the highway.
(e) (1) On and after July 1, 2021, and until September 30, 2021, any person who violates any provision of this section shall receive a warning.
(2) On and after October 1, 2021, any person who violates any provision of this section shall, for a first offense, be deemed to have committed an infraction, and for a subsequent offense, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.