The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and directed to install or cause to be installed, off-street parking meters on publicly owned off-street parking facilities hereby established or hereafter created by the Council of the City of Los Angeles, in such numbers as may be designated by said Council and on such publicly owned off-street parking facilities as may be determined by said Council to be necessary to the regulation, control and inspection of the parking of vehicles therein. Said determination shall be based upon good traffic engineering principles, traffic investigation and surveys made from time to time by the Department of Transportation. (Amended by Ord. No. 151,833, Eff. 2/10/79, Oper. 2/25/79.)
(a) Off-street meters installed on off-street parking facilities shall be placed in the area adjacent to or in the vicinity of the off-street parking meter spaces hereinafter described. (Amended by Ord. No. 180,092, Eff. 9/7/08.)
(b) No other traffic officer, board or department of the City, and no private agency or person, shall install or place any off-street parking meter within the purview of this article except upon the order of the Department of Transportation. (Amended by Ord. No. 151,833, Eff. 2/10/79, Oper. 2/25/79.)