Except in a period of emergency determined by an officer of the Fire or Police Department, or in compliance with the directions of a police officer, when any vehicle shall be parked in any parking space alongside or next to which a parking meter is located, the operator of the vehicle shall, upon entering the parking meter space, immediately, cause to be deposited the proper fees as is required for the parking meter and as is designated by proper directions on the meter, and, failure to deposit the proper fees shall constitute a violation of this subchapter. Upon the deposit of fees the parking space may be lawfully occupied by the vehicle during the period of time which has been prescribed for the zone in which the parking space is located. 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 that the time has elapsed and that parking is illegal, then, and in that event, the vehicle shall be considered as parking overtime and beyond the period of legal parking time, and the parking shall be deemed a violation of this subchapter.
(Ord. 230, passed 2-3-1953; Am. Res. 2020-32.2, passed 5-26-2020) Penalty, see §
72.999