(a) In order that the police officers may properly compute the time during which a vehicle is parked, the owner or operator of such vehicle shall, upon entering such parking space during the time of limited parking, immediately deposit required payment in the parking meter and operate same according to instructions thereon. Failure to do so shall constitute a violation of this section. Upon deposit of payment, thereby placing the meter in operation, the parking space may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle during the period of parking time which has been prescribed for the particular amount deposited.
(b) If such vehicle shall remain parked in any such parking space for a length of time that the meter shall indicate by proper signal that the lawful parking time has expired, such vehicle shall be considered as parking overtime, and the parking of a vehicle overtime shall be a violation of this section.
(c) No person shall park any vehicle across any line or marking designating a parking space, or park such vehicle in any way that the same shall not be wholly within a parking space as designated by such lines or markings.
(d) No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter a slug, device or metallic substance for a coin of the United States.
(e) No person shall deface, tamper with, damage, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the terms of this article.
(Ord. passed 10-4-2003)