(a) Any person who shall fail to make the coin deposit or deposits of said coins in operation of the meter timing mechanism as required under Section363.05
, may lawfully be ticketed by any member of the Police Department of the City of Keyser, or other person lawfully authorized by the Chief of Police and the Council of the City of Keyser to so act, which tickets shall be so marked as to indicate a “Failing to Pay Meter” charge and shall be placed upon the vehicle parking overtime, under the windshield or some other conspicuous place thereof, and such ticket shall also have noted thereon the date and time of said violation and the license number of such vehicle, and be signed by the policeman or other authorized officer making said charge. If within one (1) hour after the charge of said violation, the person so charged, or someone in his behalf, shall pay the said parking meter violation, the fine shall be fifty ($0.50) cents; within twenty-four (24) hours one dollar ($1.00); within forty-eight (48) hours, ten dollars ($10.00). Notwithstanding the fines herein set forth above, should any vehicle be left standing or parked within a parking meter zone for a period of twelve (12) hours from the time such vehicle is ticketed, the Chief of Police of the City of Keyser, or any other officer acting under the authority or direction of the Chief of Police, may have such vehicle removed from the parking meter zone wherein it is parked or standing by way of towing, or other practical means, to a garage or car lot or other place deemed by said Chief of Police or such officer to be reasonable and convenient, and the reasonable and necessary costs of such removal and storage shall be paid by the owner of the vehicle so removed and stored, or by some person on his behalf before the same may be removed from the place of storage and again operated upon the streets and highways of the City of Keyser.
(b) In addition to the above fines and penalties set forth under subsection (a) hereof, any person who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance, or who shall counsel the same, aid or abet any such violation or failure to comply, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed twenty- five dollars ($25.00) and costs, or by imprisonment in the jail used and employed by the City of Keyser, for a period not to exceed ten (10) days, or by either or both said fines and imprisonment at the discretion of the Chief of Police or Judge of the City of Keyser.
(Ord. 221. Passed 6-4-86.)