§ 71 - Parking - Vermont Statutes

§ 71. Parking

(a) Any state-owned or leased parking lot in the capitol complex, as defined in subdivision 182(1) of Title 29, or any state-owned or leased area used for parking outside the capitol complex but within the Montpelier area, shall be considered a "public highway," as defined in subdivision 4(13) of Title 23, for enforcement purposes, whether or not open to the public or general circulation of vehicles. The driver or owner of any motor vehicle in such a state parking lot shall obey the instructions of any applicable posted sign or marking.

(b) On land or in structures owned or leased by the state, including state parking lots described in subsection (a) of this section, an enforcement officer is authorized:

(1) to enforce signs and markings relating to parking, stopping, standing and operation of motor vehicles in a state parking lot;

(2) to issue a Vermont traffic summons and complaint, pursuant to chapter 24 of Title 23, to the driver or owner of a motor vehicle stopped, parked, standing or being operated contrary to the instructions on an applicable posted sign or marking; or

(3) pursuant to section 1102 of Title 23, at the driver's or the owner's expense, to move, remove or immobilize, or cause to be moved, removed or immobilized, any motor vehicle which is stopped, parked, standing or being operated contrary to applicable posted signs and markings.

(c) Any sign or marking shall be presumed to have been placed at the direction of the sergeant at arms or the commissioner of buildings and general services, unless the contrary is established by competent evidence. (Added 1999, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 47, eff. May 24, 2000; amended 2001, No. 61, § 34, eff. June 16, 2001.)