Parking meters installed in the parking meter zones established in Section 482.01 shall be placed on the curb or sidewalk and immediately adjacent to the individual parking spaces described in Section 482.04. Each parking meter shall be placed or set in such a manner as to show that the parking space adjacent to that meter is or is not legally occupied. Each parking meter installed shall indicate, by a proper legend, the legal parking time established by this chapter, and, when occupied, shall indicate, on and by its dial and pointer, the duration of the period of legal parking, and, on the expiration of that period, shall indicate illegal parking or overparking.
(1988 Code § 7-1063)