Parking meters installed in the parking meter zones established as provided in §
365-35 hereof shall be placed upon the sidewalk and immediately adjacent to the individual parking places hereinafter described. Each parking meter shall be placed or set in such manner as to show that the parking space adjacent to such 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 operated shall indicate on and by its dial and pointer the duration of the period of legal parking, and on the expiration of such period, shall indicate illegal or overparking.
There shall be lines or markings painted or placed upon the
curb, sidewalk and/or upon the streets adjacent to each parking meter
for the purpose of designating the parking spaces for which said meter
is to be used. Parking lines shall be placed approximately 22 feet
apart. Each vehicle parked adjacent or next to any parking meter shall
be parked within the lines or markings so placed. It shall be unlawful
and a violation of this article to park any vehicle across such line
or marking or to park such vehicle in such position that the same
shall not be entirely within the area so designated by such lines
or markings.
When a parking space in any parking meter zone is parallel with
the adjacent curb or sidewalk, any vehicle parked in such parking
space shall be parked so that the foremost part of such vehicle shall
be nearest to the parking meter; when a parking space in any parking
meter zone is diagonal to the curb or sidewalk, any vehicle parked
in such parking space shall be parked with foremost part of such vehicle
nearest to such meter.
When any vehicle shall be parked in any space adjacent to which
a parking meter is located, during the time of limited parking, the
owner or operator of said vehicle shall, upon entering said parking
space, immediately deposit or cause to be deposited at least a five-cent
coin of the United States in such parking meter and operate the meter
in accordance with the instructions thereon, and failure to do so
shall constitute a violation of this article. Upon the deposit of
such five-cent coin, and placing the 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 particular amount deposited.
If such vehicle shall remain parked in any such parking space for
such a length of time that the meter shall indicate by a proper signal
that the lawful parking period has expired, such vehicle shall be
considered as parking overtime, and the parking of a vehicle overtime
shall be a violation of this article.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this
article for any person to permit a vehicle to remain or be placed
in any parking space adjacent to any parking meter while such parking
meter is displaying a signal indicating that the vehicle occupying
such parking space has already been parked beyond the period of time
prescribed for such parking space.
The amount of the coins required to be deposited in parking
meters as provided in this article are hereby levied and assessed
as fees to cover the costs of the supervision, inspection, installation,
operation, maintenance, control and use of the parking spaces, regulation
of the parking spaces, regulation of the parking of vehicles, street
cleaning and maintenance in the parking meter zones created hereby
and for the maintenance of and traffic regulation on the streets in
said City.
Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of
this article or aiding, abetting or assisting of the violation of
said provisions shall, upon conviction before a District Justice,
unless paid within the prescribed times above, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not less than $50 and not more than $300, together with
costs of prosecution and the underlying violation amount for each
offense.