[Amended 8-25-1993 by Ord. No. 3275; 10-28-1998 by Ord. No.
3624; 12-17-2002 by Ord. No. 4251; 3-2-2004 by Ord. No. 4480; 7-26-2006 by Ord. No. 4840; 12-28-2006 by Ord. No. 4907; 4-13-2011 by Ord. No.
5304; 6-22-2011 by Ord. No. 5320]
Parking meter zones are established upon and
along certain streets in the City as follows.
[Amended 8-25-1993 by Ord. No. 3275; 2-20-2007 by Ord. No.
4922; 5-11-2011 by Ord. No. 5311; 6-22-2011 by Ord. No. 5320; 3-11-2015 by Ord. No. 5486]
Parking meters shall be operated by the deposit of a coin or other acceptable payment in the meter, as prescribed by §
560-62 of this article and the parking rates for specified lengths of time, as well as maximum parking times prescribed in §
560-58 of this article shall apply at all times as set forth in §
560-58, Table 1.
[Amended 6-22-2011 by Ord. No. 5320]
Parking meters installed in the parking meter zones established by §
560-58 of this article shall be placed upon the curb or sidewalk and immediately adjacent to the individual parking spaces described in §
560-61 of this article. Each parking meter shall be placed or set so as to show that the parking space adjacent to that meter is or is not legally occupied. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by a proper legend the legal parking time established by the City, and when the adjacent space is occupied by a vehicle, the parking meter shall indicate on and by its display the duration of the period of legal parking and, on the expiration of that period, shall indicate illegal parking or overparking.
Lines and/or markings shall be painted or placed
upon the curb, sidewalk or roadway adjacent to each parking meter
for the purpose of delineating the parking space for which that meter
shall be used. Every vehicle parked at any parking meter shall be
parked wholly within the lines or markings so placed and applicable
to that meter. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article
for any person to park a vehicle across any such line or marking,
or to park a vehicle in such a position that the vehicle is not wholly
within the area designated by those lines or markings.
[Amended 8-25-1993 by Ord. No. 3275; 3-11-2015 by Ord. No. 5486]
Whenever a vehicle is to be parked in any space adjacent to a parking meter at any time in the period of limited parking as prescribed by §
560-68 of this article, the driver of the vehicle, upon entering the parking space, shall immediately deposit or cause to be deposited in that parking meter one or more proper coins of the United States of America or payment by approved credit card at meters designed to accept such payment as specified in the legend on the parking meter. Upon the deposit of the coin, coins or credit cards and placing the meter in operation, by following operating instructions on the meter, the parking space may be lawfully occupied by the vehicle for the time indicated on the meter. If any vehicle shall remain in any such parking space for such length of time that the meter shall indicate by proper signal that the lawful parking time has expired, that vehicle shall be considered as having been parked overtime, and the parking of a vehicle overtime shall be a violation of this article.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit
in any parking meter installed under the provisions of this article
any slug or other substitute for a coin of the United States of America.
[Amended 8-25-1993 by Ord. No. 3275; 6-22-2011 by Ord. No.
5320; 3-11-2015 by Ord. No. 5486]
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter installed under this provision of this article any coin or other acceptable payment for the purpose of increasing or extending the parking time of any vehicle beyond the maximum legal parking limit as set forth in §
560-58, Table 1.
[Amended 3-11-2015 by Ord. No. 5486]
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for any
person to permit a vehicle to remain in a parking space adjacent to
a parking meter installed under this article when that meter displays
a signal indicating that the vehicle has already been parked there
beyond the period of time for that parking space or the time for which
a coin, coins or other acceptable payment was deposited in that meter
for the parking of that vehicle.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this
article for any person to deface, tamper with, open or willfully break,
destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under
the provisions of this article, provided nothing in this section shall
apply to the servicing or opening of parking meters by officers, employees
or police officers of the City under the direction of the Mayor or
Council.
[Amended 12-26-1990 by Ord. No. 3140; 10-27-2004 by Ord. No.
4581; 2-11-2009 by Ord. No. 5190; 2-13-2013 by Ord. No. 5392; 11-13-2013 by Ord. No. 5440; 3-11-2015 by Ord. No. 5486]
A. Any person who violates any provision of this article, with the exception of §
560-63, Unlawful to deposit substitute for coin in meter, and §
560-66, Unlawful to tamper with meter, shall pay a fine as specified in Chapter
285, Fees.
(1) If
payment of the fine is made within 24 hours or before 4:00 p.m. on
the next business day, the fine shall be $15. Payment may be made
in person at the Easton Finance Department.