Except in a period of emergency determined by an officer of the Departments of Fire or Police, or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control sign or signal, when any vehicle is parked in any parking space alongside or next to which a parking meter is located, the operator of such vehicle shall, upon entering the parking meter space, immediately deposit or cause to be deposited in the meter the proper payment as is required for such parking meter and as is designated by directions on the meter and failure to deposit such proper payment shall constitute a violation of this section. Upon the deposit of proper payment the parking space may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle during the period of time which has been prescribed for the part of the street in which the parking space is located. Any person placing a vehicle in a parking meter space adjacent to a meter which indicates that unused time has been left in the meter by the previous occupant of the space shall not be required to deposit additional payment so long as the occupancy of such space does not exceed the indicated unused parking time. If such vehicle
remains parked in any such parking space beyond the parking time limit set for such parking space, and if the meter indicates such illegal parking, then such vehicle shall be considered as parking overtime and beyond the period of legal parking time, and such parking shall be deemed a violation of this section. (Ord. 2014-122. Passed 10-15-14.)