There shall be established in the Borough of
Media four Parking Meter Zones as follows:
A. Zone 1 (short-term parking): the north and south sides
of State Street between Lemon Street and Gayley Street; the east and
west sides of Veterans Square between Baker Street and State Street;
the east and west sides of Olive Street from Baker Street to Jasper
Street; the east and west sides of Jackson Street from Baker Street
to Jasper Street; the east and west sides of Orange Street between
Baker Street and Jasper Street; the east and west sides of Monroe
Street between Baker Street and Jasper Street; the east and west sides
of Lemon Street between Jasper Street and Baker Street; the east and
west sides of Church Street between State Street and Baker Street;
the municipal parking lot within the block encompassed by State Street,
Church Street, Baker Street and Monroe Street.
B. Zone 2: the parking lots owned by the Borough of Media
and which are improved for off-street parking of motor vehicles located
at Baltimore Avenue and Olive Street, Front Street and Olive Street,
Front Street and Jasper Street (beside the Media Fire House), Gayley
Street and State Street and Baltimore Avenue and Orange Street.
C. Zone 3: all parking areas within the Borough that
are included in Zones 1, 2, 4 and/or 5.
D. Zone 4: (quick stop): In parking meter zones within a distance of 75 feet from the intersection of all streets, the Council may designate the parking spaces closest to the corner on each street and on both sides of each street as a quick-stop parking space, and when the same is done, the meter installed shall be of a red color, and thereafter, parking shall be no longer than 15 minutes during the hours specified in §
291-27 of this article.
E. Zone 5: the parking areas located on the north side
of Front Street between Orange Street and Olive Street (the angled
parking directly in front of the Courthouse).
Parking meters and kiosks installed in the parking meter zones established as provided in §
291-24 hereof shall be placed upon the sidewalk and within a reasonable distance to the individual parking places described by lines painted or placed upon the curb, sidewalk and/or upon the streets. Each parking meter and kiosk installed shall indicate by a proper legend the legal parking time established by the Borough.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article to deposit
or cause to be deposited or attempt to deposit in any parking meter
or kiosk any slug, device or metallic substitute for currency of the
United States, or counterfeit currency or to insert or attempt to
insert any metallic, wooden, paper or other substance or device in
the coin slot of any parking meter or kiosk.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this
article for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully
break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter or kiosk
installed under the provisions of this article.
Nothing in this article shall be in conflict with the provisions
of this article providing parking space for loading and unloading
purposes, for bus stops, taxicab stands and other matters of similar
nature. Commercial vehicles actively engaged in loading and unloading
in parking meter zones shall be exempt from the provisions of this
article.