When any vehicle shall be parked in any space
adjacent to which a parking meter is located in accordance with the
provisions of this article, the operator shall, upon entering said
parking space, immediately deposit or cause to be deposited such coin
or coins of the United States as are required for such parking meter
and as are designated by proper instructions on the parking meter,
and failure to deposit such coin or coins shall constitute a breach
of this article and shall subject each person to the penalty prescribed
hereafter. Upon the deposit of such coin or coins and placing said
meter in operation, the parking space may be lawfully occupied by
such vehicle during the period of parking time which has been prescribed
for the zone in which said parking space is located and for which
a coin or coins is or are deposited, as indicated on the parking meter.
If said vehicle shall remain parked in any such parking space beyond
the parking time limit so fixed for such parking space, the parking
meter shall, by its violation signal, dial or pointer, indicate such
illegal parking, and in that event such vehicle shall be considered
as parked overtime and beyond the period of legal parking time. The
parking of a vehicle overtime or beyond the period of legal parking
time in any such space where any such parking meter is located shall
be a violation of this article and punishable as hereinafter set forth.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the
provisions of this article for any person:
A. To cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered
in the name of or operated by such person to be parked overtime or
beyond the period of legal parking time established for any parking
meter zone as herein described, or to deposit in any parking meter
any coin for the purpose of parking beyond the maximum legal parking
time for the particular parking meter zone.
B. To permit any vehicle to remain or be placed in any
parking space adjacent to any parking meter while said meter is displaying
a signal indicating that the vehicle occupying such parking space
has already been parked beyond the period prescribed for such parking
space.
C. To park any vehicle across any line or marking of
a parking meter space or in such position that the vehicle shall not
be entirely within the area designated by such lines or markings.
D. 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.
E. To deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking
meter any slug, device or metal substance or other substitute for
lawful coins.
F. To park or permit the parking of any vehicle in any
parking meter space where the meter does not register lawful parking.
It shall be the duty of the police officers
of the Borough of Eddystone and such other persons as may be designated
and authorized by the Chief of Police, acting in accordance with instructions
issued by the Chief of Police, to report:
A. The number of each parking meter which indicates that
the vehicle occupying the parking space and adjacent to such parking
meter is or has been parked in violation of any of the provisions
of this article.
B. The state license number of such vehicle.
C. The length of time during which such vehicle is parked
in violation of any of the provisions of this article at the time
of his inspection.
D. Any other facts, a knowledge of which is necessary
to a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending such violation.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police
to designate some proper person or persons to make regular collections
of the moneys deposited in said meters.
Parking meter zones are hereby established upon
the highways or parts of highways described below, with maximum parking
time periods as indicated on all days, except Sundays and holidays,
during the hours designated by the Borough Council:
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(Where designated by Borough Council)
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