On-street parking zones. Parking meter zones are hereby established
upon those streets and highways, or parts thereof, designated and
described as provided in § TC3-4G of this chapter.
Off-street parking zones. Parking meter zones are hereby established in those Town parking lots, or parts thereof, designated and described as provided in Chapter 4, Off-Street Parking Areas, § 4-2, of this Code.
Installation. The Director of Public Safety shall be responsible
for the installation, operation, maintenance, policing and supervision
of the parking meters in the Town in accordance with the following:
No parking spaces shall be established at, nor meters installed adjacent
to, locations where parking, standing or stopping is prohibited pursuant
to § 1202 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law or by this Code
or other ordinance or law of this Town where such parking meter spaces
are in conflict with such prohibitions.
No person shall park a vehicle in a parking meter space of any parking
meter zone adjacent to a parking meter during the hours of parking
meter operation unless the appropriate fee is immediately deposited
in such meter.
No person shall park a vehicle in a parking meter space of any parking
meter zone adjacent to a parking meter during the hours of parking
meter operation while such meter is displaying a signal indicating
the expiration of the time period associated with deposit of fees.
No person shall deposit in any parking meter any coin for the purpose
of parking beyond the maximum legal parking time for the particular
parking meter zone.
Legal currency required. No person shall deposit or attempt to deposit
in any parking meter any slug or button, or any other device or substance,
as substitutes for coins of United States currency.
Injury to meters. It shall be unlawful for any person to deface,
injure, tamper with, willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness
of, or to open without lawful authority, any parking meter.
[Amended 12-2-2014]
The fees and time limits for parking in the parking meter zone
shall be clearly posted within the parking meter zone.