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; provided, however, that where double
parking meters are installed upon one standard so as to serve two
parking spaces, any vehicle parked in the space just beyond the parking
meters shall be parked so that the rear bumper of such vehicle shall
be nearest to the parking meters. 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 the 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 in accordance with the provisions of this
article, the operator shall, upon entering the said parking space,
immediately deposit or cause to be deposited such coin or coins of
the United States as is required for such parking meter and as is
designated by proper instructions on the parking meter, and failure
to deposit such coin or coins shall constitute a breach of this article
and shall subject each person to the penalty prescribed hereafter.
Upon the deposit of such coin, or coins and placing said 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
zone in which said parking space is located, and for which a coin
or coins is or are deposited, as indicated on the parking meter. If
said vehicle shall remain parked in any such parking space beyond
the parking time limit so fixed for such parking space, the parking
meter shall, by its violation signal, dial or pointer, indicate such
illegal parking, and, in that event, such vehicle shall be considered
as parked overtime and beyond the period of legal parking time. The
parking of a vehicle overtime or beyond the period of legal parking
time in any such space where any such parking meter is located shall
be a violation of this article and punishable as hereinafter set forth.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this
article for any person to:
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,
or to deposit in any parking meter any coin for the purpose of parking
beyond the maximum legal parking time for the particular parking meter
zone.
B. Permit
any vehicle to remain or be placed in any parking space adjacent to
any parking meter while said meter is displaying a signal indicating
that the vehicle occupying such parking space has already been parked
beyond the period prescribed for such parking space.
C. Park any
vehicle across any line or marking of a parking meter space or in
such position that the vehicle shall not be entirely within the area
designated by such lines or markings.
D. Deface,
injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the
usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions of
this article.
E. Deposit
or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slug, device or
metal substance or other substitute for lawful coins.
It shall be the duty of the police officers of the Borough of
North East and such other persons as may be designated and authorized
by the Chief of Police, acting in accordance with instructions issued
by the Chief of Police, to report:
A. The number
of each parking meter which indicates that the vehicle occupying the
parking space and adjacent to such parking meter is or has been parked
in violation of any of the provisions of this article.
B. The state
license number of such vehicle.
C. The length
of time during which such vehicle is parked in violation of any of
the provisions of this article at the time of his inspection, if known.
D. Any other
facts, knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough understanding
of the circumstances attending such violation.
E. Both Borough
of North East police officers and Borough of North East meter enforcement
personnel are hereby authorized to enforce this article and are granted
the authority to issue citations to violators.
It shall be the duty of the Borough Manager to designate some
proper person or persons to make regular collections of the moneys
deposited in said meters.
The provisions of this article shall be severable, and if any
of its provisions shall be held to be unconstitutional, illegal or
otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of
any of the remaining provisions of this chapter. It is hereby declared
as a legislative intent that this article would have been adopted
had such unconstitutional, illegal or otherwise invalid provision
not been included herein.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $50 and
costs of prosecution and, in the event of nonpayment of such fine
and costs of prosecution, such person shall be subject to imprisonment
for a period not exceeding 10 days except that, if he shall report
to the Police Department of the Borough of North East and pay the
$10 penalty imposed for such violation within the time prescribed
on such notice, or if he shall place such sum within the envelope
provided in any of the special parking fine boxes installed in various
places in the Borough of North East within such time limit, the same
shall save the violator from prosecution and from payment of the fine
and costs above prescribed.