(a) (1) No person shall park a vehicle in a parking meter space nor allow such vehicle to remain in such parking meter space except pursuant to the provisions of this Traffic Code between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., except on Sundays and holidays. Within the meaning of this chapter, the term
HOLIDAYS
includes the following days only:
A. The first day of January (New Year’s Day);
B. The third Monday in January (Martin Luther King Day);
C. The third Monday in February (President’s Day);
D. The last Monday in May (Memorial Day);
E. The fourth day of July (Independence Day);
F. The first Monday in September (Labor Day);
G. The second Monday in October (Columbus Day);
H. The eleventh day of November (Veterans Day);
I. The fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day); and
J. The 25th day of December (Christmas Day).
(2) On Sundays and holidays and between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., the provisions of this Traffic Code relating to the parking of vehicles in parking meter spaces shall not be operative and the parking of vehicles in such parking meter spaces will be governed and controlled by such legislation and Police Department regulations as are now in force or may be hereafter promulgated.
(b) Between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., except on Sundays and holidays, the maximum continuous legal parking time permitted for any vehicle in any parking meter space shall be determined by the Chief of Police, shall be clearly indicated on the parking meter adjacent to such space and shall in no event exceed two hours. Subject to such maximum determined by the Chief of Police and the other provisions of this Traffic Code, the parking of a vehicle in a parking meter space shall be lawful for:
(1) Twenty-four minutes upon the deposit of two five-cent coins or one ten-cent coin;
(2) Sixty minutes upon the deposit of $0.25 in the form of a quarter or in any combination of five-cent coins, or ten-cent coins, or both, totaling $0.25; and
(3) One hundred twenty minutes upon the deposit of two quarters for 120 minutes, or upon deposit of any combination of five-cent coins or ten-cent coins, or both, totaling the foregoing amounts in coins of the United States of America, or $0.25 for every additional hour above the first 60 minutes.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of divisions (a) and (b) above, the Chief of Police, for the proper regulation of traffic, may entirely prohibit parking in any parking meter space or parking meter zone at any time for such period or periods as he or she may determine. Such prohibition or limitation shall be indicated by the installation of appropriate signs, meter hoods or other devices.
(Ord. 6833, passed 3-2-1976; Ord. 7702, passed 1-17-1984) Penalty, see § 353.99