FARMINGTON – Those little tickets tucked under your wiper blade may double in cost if a proposed change to the town’s traffic ordinance is approved.

Selectmen will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. June 24 at the Municipal Building to give people an opportunity to comment and question proposed amendments to the ordinance.

There are three areas of concern, Town Manager Richard Davis said Monday. Fines for parking violations and some new limitations are included.

Parking tickets, now $5 for exceeding time limits, will increase to $10, he said. “Five dollars seems low and needs to be increased to keep pace,” Davis said of the proposed increase.

Fines for unlawful parking in spaces reserved for people with disabilities, now at $100, will jump to $200. State statues are already at $200 for violation of handicapped parking and the change reflects that fine, he added.

The third increase raises $10 fines to $20 for other parking violations. Those violations include winter parking bans. Overnight parking on town streets is banned from midnight to 6 a.m. from Nov. 15 to April 15 to help with winter snow plowing, he said.

The noon to 2 p.m. Sunday ban at the parking lot on Front Street is also a winter parking rule effective from Nov. 15 to April 15.

Parking on Church Street is addressed in two amendments. A two-hour limit for seven spaces on Church Street is being proposed, he said.

Since the street was changed to one-way and new curbing and paving done, there have been requests from some people who do business on Church Street to limit parking. Some vehicles have been left there for several days, he said.

There have been mixed feelings on that change, Davis said, so instead of limiting parking on the entire street, the two-hour limit will apply to seven spaces but closer to High Street, parking will not be limited. The amendments will also prohibit nighttime parking on Church Street.

The final proposal would stop parking on the north side of Middle Street from the intersection of High Street and Middle Street to the entrance to the SAD 9/UMF parking lot.

“It’s a congested area and we need to get vehicles back away from the corner,” he said. Accidents have occurred there and it’s a tight turn for school buses, he added.

Enforcement for the changes will include signs and police patrols, Davis said.