The Mayor or the Council, as the case may be, shall cause lines or marks to be placed on the curb or on the street about or alongside of each parking meter to designate the parking space for which it is to be used and each vehicle parking alongside of or next to any parking meter shall park within the lines or markings so established. It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle across any such line or marker or to park the vehicle in such a way that the same shall not be within the area so designated by such lines or markings, unless such vehicle be too large to be confined in any one such place.