[Ord. No. 26, § 2; Ord. No. 29, § 2; Ord.
No. 51, § 1; Ord. No. 65, § 2; Ord. No. 39, § 2; Ord. No. 124, § 2; Ord. No. 156, § 2; Ord. No. 212, §§ 3,
4; Ord. No. 262, § 2; Ord. No. 270, § 1; Ord.
No. 281, § 1; Ord. No. 286, § 2; Ord. No. 287, § 4; Ord. No. 299, § 1; Ord. No. 312, § 1; Ord. No. 313, §§ 2,
4; Ord. No. 316, § 2; Ord. No. 327, § 2; Ord.
No. 330, § 3; Ord. No. 331, § 1; Ord. No. 334, § 2; Ord. No. 265, § 2; Ord. No. 438, § 3; Ord. No. 534, § 2; Ord. No. 538, § 3; Ord. No. 541, § 2; Ord. No. 545, § 3; Ord. No. 568, § 3; Ord. No. 571, § 4; Ord. No. 599, § 3; Ord. No. 614, § 3; Ord. No. 12, 3-2-1967, § 3; Ord.
No. 18, 4-12-1967, § 1; Ord. No. 41, 10-30-1967, § 16]
The city council may, by order, determine and designate upon which ways or parts of ways parking meter zones are to be established insofar as the parking of motor vehicles therein is permitted by Sections
13-52 to
13-55.
[Ord. No. 1277, § I, 5-14-2024]
Any qualified veteran, as defined below, shall be able to utilize all municipal lots in the City provided for in Article
VII herein without needing a permit to utilize said lot and shall be able to utilize any parking meter in the City as provided for in Article
VI without a fee to utilize said meter.
A veteran qualifies under this section if they have a valid
current veterans license plate or are registered with the City pursuant
to any system established to implement this section.
A veterans license plate shall be defined as a license plate
that is issued to a veteran, as defined by MGL c. 4, § 7,
Clause 43, by the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles that includes
the wording "Veteran" on said plate.
The qualified veteran must be driving a vehicle with the veterans
license plate on the vehicle or duly registered with the City to be
able to utilize the municipal lots and parking meters referenced above
without a permit or fee.
This section shall not be interpreted to include a veteran's
usage of a handicapped parking spot without the required placard.
[Ord. No. 26, § 2]
Parking meters shall be so constructed as to display a signal
showing legal parking upon the deposit therein of the proper coin
or coins of the United States as indicated by instructions on such
meters, and for such period of time as is or shall be indicated by
the instructions on such meter. Such signal shall remain in evidence
until the expiration of the parking period designated, at which time
the expiration of such parking period shall be indicated by the dropping
of a signal automatically, or by some other mechanical operation.
[Ord. No. 26, § 2]
No vehicle shall be parked in a parking meter zone, except within
the parking meter space designated by street marking lines.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit
the City Council from making provisions for bus stops, taxicab stands,
service zones and loading zones, as authorized by other sections of
this chapter, on any street or portion of street which has been or
may hereafter be designated herein as a parking meter zone.
[Ord. No. 26, § 2]
The owner or operator of a vehicle parking, standing or stopping
the same within a parking meter space shall Immediately deposit in
the parking meter for such space the required coin of the United States
for the maximum legal parking period, or for any permitted subdivisions
thereof, as indicated or shown on the meter; and if so required he
shall set the mechanism in motion.
[Ord. No. 26, § 2; Ord. No. 212, § 5; Ord.
No. 513, § 3; Ord. No. 562, § 4; Ord. No. 12, 3-2-1967, § 4; Ord.
No. 49, 2-28-1968, § 1; Ord. No. 467, § 1, 11-18-1983]
The Traffic Commission shall establish fees for the use of parking
meter spaces.
[Ord. No. 26, § 2]
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause to be
deposited in a parking meter any coin for the purpose of permitting
the vehicle of which he is in charge to remain In a parking space
beyond the minimum period of time allowed in that space.
[Ord. No. 26, § 2]
Commercial vehicles may be parked in a parking meter space without
depositing a coin for a period not to exceed 15 minutes during which
such vehicle is being loaded or unloaded.
[Ord. No. 26, § 2; Ord. No. 944, § 1, 1-11-2005; Ord. No. 1094, § VIII, 11-25-2014]
The holder of a temporary permit or license issued by the Commissioner of Public Services under the provisions of §
13-5 for a deviation during the time of and to the extent necessitated by building, construction or razing operations or other temporary condition or emergency shall make full payment of parking meter fees for each parking meter space covered by such license at the rate established by this article for the full period during which each such space is used or occupied under such permit or license.
[Ord. No. 467,
§ 1, 11-18-1983]
After public bearings, the Traffic Commission shall adopt the regulations necessary for §
13-71. Said regulations shall take effect seven days after publication which shall be done as soon as possible after adoption by the Traffic Commission.
[Ord. No. 26, § 2; Ord. No. 49, § 1; Ord.
No. 578, § 1]
It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to tamper with,
open, break, injure or destroy any parking meter, or for any person
to deposit or cause to be deposited in such meter any slugs, device
or metallic substance, or any other substitute for the coins required
for the operation of such meter; or to do any other thing or act which
will render such meter inoperative.