As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A mechanical device located upon a public area in a place
designated by ordinance as a parking meter zone hereafter defined.
Each "parking meter" installed shall indicate by proper legend the
legal parking time established by the Township and, when operated,
shall at all times indicate legal parking time and, at the expiration
of such period, indicate illegal or overtime parking.
Any space within a parking meter zone adjacent to a parking
meter and which is duly designated for the parking of a single vehicle
by lines painted or otherwise durably marked on the surface of the
public area adjacent to or adjoining the parking meters.
Includes any public area upon which parking meters are installed
and in operation.
[Amended 12-8-1981 by Ord. No. 1460; 6-26-1989 by Ord. No. 2126]
The following named and described public areas, streets or portions
of streets and such other public areas, streets or portion of streets
as may hereafter be included in this section by amendment hereto,
lying within the corporate limits of the Township, shall constitute
a parking meter zone, namely:
Parking meters shall be installed in the parking meter zones
as established by this article and shall be placed immediately adjacent
to the individual parking places herein described. Each parking meter
shall be placed or set in such manner as to show or display by a signal
whether or not the parking space adjacent to such meter is legally
in use.
Any person desiring to park any vehicle within such parking
meter space shall deposit the proper coins for the time desired.
No person shall:
A.
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 between the hours designated thereon, except on
Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays.
B.
Park any vehicle across any line or marking of a parking space or
in such position that the vehicle shall not be entirely within the
area designated by such lines or markings.
C.
Deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or
impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions
of this article.
