(A) Except in a period of emergency determined by an officer of the Fire or Police Division, or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control sign or signal, when any vehicle shall be parked in any parking space alongside or next to which a parking meter space, immediately deposit or cause to be deposited in the meter the proper coin of the United States or approved token as is required for the parking meter and as is designated by proper directions on the meter. When required by the directions on the meter, the operator of the vehicle, after the deposit of the proper coin or coins or approved token, shall also set in operation the timing mechanism on the meter in accordance with directions properly appearing thereon. Failure to deposit the proper coin or approved token or to set the timing mechanism in operation when so required shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
(B) Upon depositing the coin or approved token and setting the timing mechanism in operation when so required, the parking space may be lawfully occupied by the vehicle during the period of time which has been prescribed for the part of the street in which the parking space is located. However, any person placing a vehicle in a parking meter space adjacent to a meter which indicates that unused time has been left in the meter by the previous occupant of the space shall not be required to deposit a coin or approved token so long as his or her occupancy of the space does not exceed the indicated unused parking time. If the vehicle shall remain parked in any parking space beyond the parking time limit set for the parking space, and if the meter shall indicate illegal parking, then the vehicle shall be considered as parking overtime and beyond the period of legal parking time. Such parking overtime shall be deemed a violation of this chapter. However, no person shall park a bicycle, tricycle, or child’s wagon in any parking space.
(C) On application to the Safety Director and with advance payments of established rates to the Finance Director, parking permits in specified metered spaces shall be permitted.
(1) Identification permits will be issued by the Police Division. The permits shall be placed on the internal rear view mirror of the vehicle.
(2) Issuing of the permits shall allow parking only at long-term meters in accordance with the parking space allocation plan filed in the office of the Safety Director. However, no long-term meters will be reserved for permit holders.
(3) Permits will only be issued for 26 weeks or 52 weeks at a rate as established by § 35.70. No reduction shall be made for holidays occurring within the permit period.
(4) The issuing of, display of, or purchase of a parking permit shall not permit the use of any other type of parking meter than a long term (ten hour) meter without inserting the proper coins or approved tokens.
(5) The Safety Director is authorized to recall any issued permit and refund the prorated monies collected for the permit for failure to comply with all requirements of this section.
(D) Reserving of meters for a fee as established by § 35.70 is arranged through the Police Division under the authority of the Safety Director. The reservation of a meter may not occur for more than 30 consecutive days. Extensions beyond 30 days will require approval of the Safety Director.
(Ord. 3094, passed 3-4-1974; Am. Ord. 3428, passed 3-15-1976; Am. Ord. 3454, passed 5-3-1976; Am. Ord. 3796, passed 11-6-1978; Am. Ord. 4056, passed 12-15-1980; Am. Ord. 5703, passed 5-2-1994; Am. Ord. 6864, passed 11-5-2001; Am. Ord. 7788, passed 7-21-2008; Am. Ord. 8402, passed 3-2-2015; Am. Ord. 8704, passed 1-22-2019; Am. Ord. 8808, passed 11-4-2019; Am. Ord. 9046, passed 12-19-2022)