In one of the most perplexing moves by the City, the Farmers market held at the Imax parking lot on North Water Street is being asked to cough up parking fees for using the lot each Wednesday afternoon during the season that runs through October. the reasoning, according to the Hour,

Mayor Richard Moccia said the farmers market is no different than any other Norwalk business whose customers pay to use the city’s metered lots.

“He lives in Trumbull and he’s making money (in Norwalk),” the mayor said, referring to Plasko. “Certainly we want the farmers market here, but, on the other hand, we have regulations. We’re charging everyone else … He can’t be the exception to the rule.”

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