§ 66-61. Metered parking zones.

(a)

Parking restricted. When parking meters are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any metered parking zone for a period of time longer than designated by the parking meters upon the deposit of a coin of United States currency of the designated denomination, on any day except Saturdays and Sundays and full legal holidays, unless otherwise posted, upon any of the streets or lots described by ordinance.

(b)

Parking position. Every vehicle shall be parked wholly within the metered parking space for which the meter shows parking privilege has been granted, and with the front end of such vehicle immediately opposite the parking meter for such space.

(c)

Depositing slugs; tampering with meters. It is unlawful for any person to deposit or attempt to deposit in any parking meter anything other than a lawful coin of the United States, or any coin that is bent, cut, torn, battered or otherwise misshapen. It is unlawful for any unauthorized person to remove, deface, tamper with, open, willfully break, destroy or damage any parking meter, and no person shall willfully manipulate any parking meter in such a manner that the indicator will fail to show the correct amount of unexpired time before a violation.

(Code 1961, § 20-30(2), (15); Code 1985, § 23-71; Ord. No. 2012-15, § 10, 1-3-12)