(a) Whenever a vehicle is parked in a metered parking zone where a parking meter has been installed, the person parking such vehicle shall deposit in the parking meter a coin of United States money of the denomination designated on the plates attached to the parking meter, if such meter displays a signal showing that legal parking is only permitted on such deposit. The coin required in any metered parking zone, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be as follows:
(1) One nickel for each 24 minutes.
(2) One dime for each 48 minutes.
(3) One quarter for each 120 minutes.
(4) Two quarters for special ten hour meters.
(Ord. 9-85. Passed 7-22-85.)
(b) Notice to the public shall be given by appropriate signs setting forth the length of time parking is permitted and the conditions thereof. Such notice may be placed upon the parking meter stand or in the immediate vicinity thereof. Vehicles shall be parked entirely within a metered parking zone at each place where such zones are established as provided in Section 147.21 and are so marked off.
(Ord. 9-63. Passed 3-11-63.)
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles parked upon streets of the City or upon Municipal off-street parking areas between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. of the following day and on Sundays and the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
(Ord. 10-96. Passed 3-25-96; Ord. 30-12. Passed 9-24-12.)