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The city parking lots shall be operated for the purposes and under the regulations set forth in this division from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., except on Sundays and the following holidays: January 1, Easter Monday, July 4, the first Monday in September, the day designated and set aside by the President of the United States as the day of Thanksgiving and December 25. The city manager, at his discretion, may alter or suspend the normal hours of operation.
(Code 1965, § 28-129)
(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)
The proceeds derived from the use of offstreet city parking lots shall be used exclusively for the purpose of making such regulation effective and for the expenses incurred by the city in the regulation and limitation of vehicular parking. The proceeds derived from the use of such offstreet parking lots may also be used to provide for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment or extension and operation of offstreet parking facilities, as defined in G.S. 160-414(d), and may be pledged to amortize bonds or other evidence of debts issued for such purposes.
(Code 1965, § 28-132)
Editor's note(s)—Chapter 160 of the General Statutes of North Carolina has been repealed. For a city's authority to establish and operate offstreet parking facilities, see G.S. 160A-302.
Secs. 19-188—19-200. Reserved.
DIVISION 4. CITY PARKING GARAGES
(a) City parking garages are for the exclusive use of those persons who park their vehicles there, along with passengers of such vehicles. It shall be unlawful for any person to be present in a city parking garage unless the person is:
(1) In a vehicle which is in a parking space or on its way to or from a parking space;
(2) Walking to or from a parked vehicle, having entered or returning to the garage as a driver or a passenger of the vehicle; or
(3) An employee or agent of the city whose presence in the garage is required in connection with his duties.
(b) Violation of this section shall be an infraction and shall be punishable as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.
(Code 1965, § 28-133; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)
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