Thanks for the post. The Parking Meter Division will be notified to inspect this parking meter and make repairs if needed.

If a meter is not working properly, you need to park at a different one, otherwise you will get a ticket, as it is a city ordinance. If you came to our office to contest a ticket, we would direct you to one of two terminals set up to allow you to do so online.
You can also contest the ticket online by going to our website via this link: http://duncan.imageenforcement.com/AdminReviewSites/NewHavenReview

Department of Transportation, thank you for the information. I have already contested the ticket online. I am confident that justice will prevail!

If the parking meter is not working properly, YOU NEED TO FIX IT! (or at the very least put an official bag on it to let motorists know it isn't working.) It's hard enough to find a parking space, but when one is found and a person takes the time to park, get out, attempt to pay a broken meter only to find out it is out of order, and then be expected to pull away to find another space is just plain rude and inexcusable. If this is a city ordinance, then this ordinance needs TO BE CHANGED. To not do so is an insult to citizens and should cast shame on all involved in creating this illogical, money-grubbing ordinance. To knowingly give out tickets to motorists at meters that are known to be out of order is unconscionable and down right illegal. FIX THIS HORRIBLE PRACTICE!

Issue Closed

Just what I figured!