A.
The Administrator may establish parking meter zones in which the
parking of vehicles upon streets or parts of streets shall be regulated
by parking meters between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of
any day except Sunday and public holidays.
B.
The Administrator may limit the period of time for which parking
is lawfully permitted in any parking meter zone in which meters are
located regardless of the number of coins deposited in a meter.
C.
The parking meter zone may be diminished or extended and enlarged,
or other parking meter zones may be created. (*)
A.
The Administrator shall install parking meters in established parking
meter zones.
B.
Parking meters shall be placed on the curb immediately adjacent to
each designated parking space.
C.
Parking meters shall be capable of being operated, either automatically
or mechanically, upon the deposit therein of a twenty-five-cent coin,
ten-cent coin, five-cent coin or one penny coin of United States currency
as provided in this chapter.
D.
Each parking meter shall be designed, constructed, installed and
set so that an appropriate signal will indicate expiration of the
lawful parking meter period which was registered by the deposit of
one or more coins as provided herein.
E.
During the lawful parking meter period registered by the deposit
of a coin or coins and prior to the expiration of the lawful parking
meter period, the meter shall indicate the interval of time which
remains of such period.
F.
Each parking meter shall bear a legend indicating the days and hours
when the requirement to deposit coins shall apply, the value of the
coins to be deposited and the limited period of time for which parking
is lawfully permitted in the parking meter zone in which such meter
is located. (*)
A.
The Administrator shall designate the parking space adjacent to each
parking meter for which the meter is to be used by appropriate markings
upon the curb or the pavement of the street or both.
B.
Designated parking meter spaces shall be of appropriate length and
width so as to be accessible from the traffic lanes of the street.
C.
No person shall park a vehicle in any designated parking meter space
during the restricted or regulated time applicable to the parking
meter zone in which the meter is located so that any part of the vehicle
occupies more than one space or protrudes beyond the markings designating
the space. However, a vehicle which is of a size too large to be parked
within a single designated parking meter zone shall be permitted to
occupy two adjoining parking meter spaces when coins of the appropriate
denominations have been deposited in the parking meter for each space
so occupied. (*)
Parking or standing a vehicle in a designated space in parking
meter zones shall be lawful upon the deposit of legal coins as indicated
on each parking meter. (*)
A.
No person shall park a vehicle in any parking space regulated by
a parking meter between the hours 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day,
except Sundays and public holidays, unless a coin or coins of the
appropriate denomination as provided in this chapter have been deposited
therein and the meter has been placed in operation.
B.
No person shall permit a vehicle within his control to be parked
in any space regulated by a parking meter between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day, except Sundays and public holidays,
while the parking meter for the space indicates by signal that the
lawful parking time in the space has expired. This subsection does
not apply to the act of parking or the necessary time which is required
to deposit immediately thereafter a coin or coins in the meter.
C.
No person shall park a vehicle in any parking meter space for a consecutive
period of time longer than the limited period of time for which parking
is lawfully permitted in the parking meter zone in which the meter
is located, irrespective of the number or amounts of coins deposited
in the meter.
D.
Failure to deposit proper coin or coins constitutes a violation of
this chapter.
E.
Upon expiration of the legal parking time, it is the duty of the
owner or driver of the vehicle to remove the vehicle from the parking
space.
F.
It is unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer a
vehicle registered in his name to be parked or to stand overtime or
remain in the parking space beyond the specified parking time limit.
G.
The provisions of this section shall not apply in a period of emergency
determined by an officer of the Fire Department or the Police Department
or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control
device.
H.
The provisions of this section shall not relieve any person from
the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions of this
chapter prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing or parking
of vehicles in specified places or at specified times. (*)
No person shall deposit or attempt to deposit in any parking
meter any slug, button or any other device or substance as substitutes
for coins of United States currency. (*)
No person shall deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully
break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter. (*)
A.
When the violation indicator is showing on a parking meter to indicate
the expiration of the lawful parking meter period for which coins
have been deposited, it shall be presumptive evidence that any vehicle
found in a regulated parking space is parked in violation.
B.
It is unlawful and an offense for any person to deposit or cause
to be deposited in a parking meter covering a metered parking stall
which he has already occupied for the meter specified time limit any
coins for the purpose of extending parking time beyond the total lawful
parking period designated for the parking meter zone in which the
meter is located. (*)
A.
It is unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle not carrying registration plates or a placard indicating disability in accordance with NMSA 1978, § 66-3-16, in a designated disabled parking space or in such a manner as to block access to any part of a curb cut. Any person who violates this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $500. Failure to properly display a parking placard or special registration plate issued pursuant to NMSA 1978, § 66-3-16, is not a defense against a charge of violation of Subsection A of this section. (66-7-352.5 NMSA 1978)
B.
As used in this section, "designated disabled parking space" means
any space, including an access aisle, marked and reserved for the
parking of a passenger vehicle that carries registration plates or
a parking placard indicating disability in accordance with NMSA 1978,
§ 66-3-16, and designated by a conspicuously posted sign
bearing the international disabled symbol of a wheelchair and, if
paved, by a clearly visible depiction of this symbol painted in blue
on the pavement of the space. "Curb cut" means a short ramp through
a curb or built up to the curb designed for access by the handicapped.
C.
A vehicle parked in violation of Subsection A of this section is subject to being towed at the expense of the vehicle owner upon authorization by law enforcement personnel or by the property owner or manager of a parking lot. (66-1-4.4E and 66-7-352.5 NMSA 1978).
D.
State, county and municipal law enforcement personnel may issue citations for violations of § 12-9-9 in their respective jurisdictions, whether the violation occurs on public property or private property. (*)
E.
Parking enforcement personnel of each of the state educational institutions designated in Article 12, Section 11, of the Constitution of New Mexico may issue citations for violations of Subsection A of this section within the exterior boundaries of lands under the control of their respective institutions, except portions of those lands that are public highways or streets. (66-7-352.6 NMSA 1987).
