(a) Operation. Except in a period of emergency determined by Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office or Department of Fire and Rescue, when any vehicle shall be parked in any parking space or area within a parking meter zone, during the hours of meter operation the operator of such vehicle shall, upon entering such space or area, immediately use a credit card or other acceptable form of payment as determined by the County Administrator or his designee, and when appropriate display a receipt in or on the vehicle per the instructions on the parking meter, or on a sign posted within the multi-space parking zone, whichever is applicable. Failure to deposit such credit card or other acceptable form of payment and when appropriate to display a receipt in or on the vehicle per said instruction shall constitute a violation of this section. Upon the deposit of such credit card or other acceptable form of payment, or when appropriate the proper display of such receipt in or on the vehicle, the parking space or area may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle during the period of time which has been prescribed for the part of the street in which such parking space is located.
(b) Overparking. 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 a credit card, or other acceptable form of payment so long as his occupancy of such space does not exceed the unused parking time indicated on the parking meter for such space. If such vehicle shall remain parked in any parking space beyond the parking time limit set for such parking, or if the meter shall indicate illegal parking, then, and in that event, 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. 19-20. Passed 12-11-19; Ord. 22-06. Passed 4-5-22; Ord. 22-12. Passed 9-14-22.)