(a) The parking meters installed in the parking meter zones as established and provided for in § 15-22.2 shall be placed upon the curb or public parking area immediately adjacent to the individual parking spaces heretofore mentioned or in the use of multispace parking meters at a location in the vicinity of the parking spaces. Each parking meter shall be placed or set in such manner as to show or display by a signal that the parking space adjacent to such meter is or is not legally in use or, if required by the directions on the parking meter, the vehicle operator shall place or cause to be placed, the receipt provided in or on the vehicle according to the directions on the meter.
(b) The director of transportation services may, upon request of the owner, tenant, or occupant of the abutting property, remove or relocate any parking meter that obstructs or interferes with the construction of any authorized driveway or the construction of improvements on the abutting property; provided the person requesting the removal or relocation of the parking meter or meters shall reimburse the city for all costs incurred in the removal or relocation, including costs of labor, materials, and equipment.
(Sec. 15-22.5, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 15, Art. 22, § 15-22.5) (Am. Ord. 04-32)