[Amended 10-11-2011 by Ord. No. 3-2011]
The City Council may from time to time authorize
by resolution the installation of parking meters in those places in
the City as the Council may deem necessary.
[Amended 4-12-1982 by Ord. No. 3-82; 8-9-1999 by Ord. No. 8-99; 10-11-2011 by Ord. No. 3-2011
It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator
of any motor or other vehicle to park that vehicle in violation of
meter time regulations stated on the meter, except on Sundays and
City-observed holidays, in the areas designated as parking meter zones.
[Amended 6-8-1981 by Ord. No. 11-81]
On streets designated as meter zones, the proper officers shall designate parking spaces on the curb or pavements or by other appropriate means and in each space so marked shall erect or cause to be erected a parking meter which, upon the deposit of a coin or combination of coins of the United States indicated on the parking meter, will entitle the party to park his or her car for a limited time as is indicated on the parking meter, but in any event no longer than the period of time provided in § 193-22 of this article.
[Amended 6-8-1981 by Ord. No. 12-81]
A person parking a vehicle in a metered parking
space during the time of limited parking shall deposit a coin or coins
sufficient to pay for the amount of time he or she intends to use
the parking space. Parking rates and maximum parking time limits shall
be set from time to time by the Council. If the vehicle shall remain
parked in any parking space for any length of time so that the meter
shall indicate by a proper signal that the lawful parking period has
expired, the vehicle and its operator shall be considered as parking
overtime, and the parking of a vehicle overtime shall be a violation
of this article.
It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle across
any line or marking designating a parking space or to park the vehicle
in any way that the same shall not be wholly within a parking space
as designated by those lines or markings.
A.
It shall be unlawful to deposit or cause to be deposited
in any parking meter a slug, device or metallic substitute for a coin
of the United States.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, tamper
with, damage, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness
of any parking meter installed under the terms of this article.
C.
Violation of this section shall be a municipal infraction.
The penalty for violation shall be $50 for each initial offense and
$100 for each repeat offense.
[Added 8-9-1999 by Ord. No. 8-99]
[Amended 6-8-1981 by Ord. No. 13-81; 8-9-1999 by Ord. No. 8-99; 10-11-2011 by Ord. No. 3-2011
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause,
allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in the name of or operated
by such person to remain at a parking meter in violation and in any
event longer than two consecutive hours. Following the offense, the
Police Department may cause the offending vehicle to be towed and
stored at the owner's expense. The owner of the vehicle shall also
be subject to the penalties of this aticle.
[Amended 5-12-1980 by Ord. No. 4-80; 1-14-1985 by Ord. No. 14-84; 3-13-1989 by Ord. No. 2-89; 9-11-1989 by Ord. No. 7-89; 8-10-1992 by Ord. No. 8-92; 8-9-1999 by Ord. No. 8-99; 10-11-2011 by Ord. No. 3-2011
