When any vehicle shall be parked in any space
alongside of or next to where there is located a parking meter, the
operator or driver of said vehicle shall, upon entering said parking
space, immediately deposit the required coin or coins in the parking
meter alongside of or next to said parking space and shall operate
any handle or other mechanical device necessary to start operation
of the meters, and said parking spaces may then be used by such vehicle
during the parking limit provided for the part of the highway or parking
lot in which such said parking space is located. If any vehicle shall
remain parked in any such parking space beyond the parking limit fixed
for such parking space, such vehicle shall be considered as parked
overtime or beyond the time fixed, and the parking of a vehicle overtime
or beyond the period of time fixed in any such part of a highway or
parking lot where any such meter is located shall be deemed a violation
of this article and shall be punishable as hereinafter set forth.
It shall be unlawful and an offense for any
person to permit a vehicle to remain parked in any parking space alongside
of or next to which any parking meter is placed while said meter is
displaying a signal showing that such vehicle shall have been already
parked beyond the period of time fixed for such parking space.
A.
Any vehicle parked in any parking space in any parking
meter zone shall be parked with the hood of such vehicle alongside
of or next to the parking meter alongside of such parking space, and
said vehicle shall be parked within the lines marked on the street
or parking lot for such parking space as hereinafter provided and
parallel to the curb, except where otherwise specified.
B.
The Highway Superintendent, or such officer or employee
of the Town of Southeast as he shall select, shall place lines or
markers on the curb and/or on the street about or alongside of each
parking meter to designate the parking space for which said meter
is to be used, and each vehicle parked alongside of or next to the
parking meter shall park within the lines or markings so established.
It shall be unlawful and an offense to park any vehicle across any
such line or mark or to park said vehicle in such a way that the same
shall not be within the area so designated by such lines or markings.
A.
It shall be unlawful and an offense to deposit or
cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slug, device or substitute
for coins of the United States.
B.
It shall be unlawful for an offense for any unauthorized
person to deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy
or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the
provisions of this article.
It shall be the duty of the Town Board to designate
some employee or employees of the Town of Southeast to make regular
collections of the money deposited in said meters. In this connection,
it shall be the duty of such person or persons so designated to pick
up the coins so deposited in the meters and promptly to deliver such
to the Clerk of the Town of Southeast. It shall be the duty of said
Clerk to count the funds so received and deposit same to the credit
of the Town of Southeast in such account or accounts of the Town of
Southeast as may be designated from time to time by the Town Board.
The duties prescribed to the officer and/or officers and employees
of the Town of Southeast under the provision of this section shall
be in addition to their regular duties which they are now performing.
