The following words and phrases shall have the
meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section for purposes
of this article:
PARKING METER
Any mechanical device or meter not inconsistent with this
article placed or erected for the regulation of parking by authority
of this article. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by proper
legend the legal parking time established by the Director of Public
Safety and, when operated, shall at all times indicate the balance
of legal parking time and, at the expiration of such period, shall
indicate illegal or overtime parking.
PARKING METER SPACE
Any space within a parking meter zone, which is 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
curb or on the surface of the street or lot adjacent to or adjoining
the parking meters.
PARKING METER ZONE
Any restricted on-street parking area or off-street parking
lot upon which parking meters are installed and in operation.
ZONE PARKING
Any restricted on-street parking area which limits the amount
of time a person can park any vehicle within a designated area.
The Director of Public Safety is hereby authorized to provide for the marking off of individual parking spaces in the parking meter zones and zone parking areas designated and described in Schedule XXVII (§
224-101), said parking spaces to be designated by lines painted or marked on the curbing or surface of the street or lot or by signage. At each space so marked off, it shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in such a way that said vehicle shall not be entirely within the limits of the space so designated.
In said parking meter zones, the Director of
Public Safety shall cause parking meters and/or zone parking signage
to be installed upon the curb, sidewalk or area immediately adjacent
to the parking spaces provided in this article. No parking meters
shall be installed in areas where parking is prohibited pursuant to
other regulations. The Director of Public Safety shall be responsible
for the regulation, control, operation, maintenance and use of such
parking meters. Each device shall be so set as to display a signal
showing legal parking upon the deposit of the appropriate coin, lawful
money of the United States of America, for the period of time prescribed
in this article. Each device shall be so arranged that upon the expiration
of the lawful time limit, it will indicate by a proper, visible signal
that the lawful parking period has expired, and in such case the right
of such vehicle to occupy such space shall cease, and the operator,
owner, possessor or manager thereof shall be subject to the penalties
hereinafter provided.
There shall not be permitted in any parking
space controlled by a meter, whether bagged or not, or area designated
as zone parking, any carrying on of commercial or other business without
special permission from the City Council.
When a parking meter space is parallel with
the adjacent curb or sidewalk, no person shall park or permit the
parking of any vehicle in such parking space in any other position
than with the foremost part of such vehicle nearest to the parking
meter; when a parking meter space is diagonal to the curb or sidewalk,
no person shall park or permit the parking of any vehicle in such
parking space in any other position than with the foremost part of
such vehicle nearest to the parking meter. In any event, a vehicle
shall be parked within the lines marked on the pavement measuring
such parking space.
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 zone parking space or in such position that the vehicle
shall not be entirely within the area designated by such lines, markings
or signs.
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.
F. Park or permit the parking of any vehicle in any parking
meter space where the meter does not register lawful parking.
G. Park in excess of any time limit of a designated zone
parking area.
Any vehicle left parked for a period exceeding
24 hours succeeding expiration of the maximum parking time indicated
during the hours of operation specified in the space in which the
vehicle is parked may be towed at the owner's expense, under the direction
of the Chief of Police or his/her designee. After removal of any vehicle
as provided in this article, the Chief of Police or his/her designee
may store or cause to be stored such vehicle in a suitable place at
the expense of the owner.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police
to designate a person or persons to make regular collections of the
moneys deposited in said meters and such person shall deliver the
same to the Finance Department.