(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle which he is operating or over which he has any control to be parked overtime or in any space designated for parking in a city parking lot on a monthly basis to an individual or group of individuals upon any city parking lot or to be parked in a city parking lot beyond the period of authorized parking time, applicable to the parking space in which such vehicle is parked. Each hour that any such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(b) In addition to the other provisions of this division, in all cases in which a vehicle is parked on any city parking lot in violation of this division, such vehicle may be towed away from such city parking lot and stored in such place as may be designated by the police. If it becomes necessary to have such vehicle towed away and stored, the charges for towing and storage shall be paid by the owner or other person responsible for such vehicle.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter or parking control device located on any city parking lot any slug, device or metal substance or other substitute for lawful money of the United States. Violation of this provision shall be an infraction and shall be punishable as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully and unlawfully deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter or parking control device located on any city parking lot, buffer or any other property, installation or appliance installed and maintained at any city parking lot in connection with the operation thereof. Violation of this provision shall be an infraction and shall be punishable as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.
(Code 1965, § 28-130; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)