(a) Nothing contained in this article, or in any ordinance hereafter establishing parking meter zones, shall be construed to permit parking of vehicles in those spaces or places within such zone or zones in which parking is prohibited by any ordinance.
(b) Nothing contained herein shall prohibit or shall be construed to prohibit, the City Manager, or the Chief of Police of the City, from granting permission to persons and churches to use such parking spaces at which parking meters have been erected for the purpose of conducting funerals, without complying with the provisions of this article.
(1972 Code §13-11-13)