When any vehicle shall be parked in any space adjacent to which a parking meter is located in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the operator of such vehicle, upon entering the parking space, shall immediately deposit or cause to be deposited the proper coin of the United States in such parking meter and put such meter in operation. Upon the deposit of such coin and 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 part of the street in which such parking space is located. If such vehicle shall remain parked in any such parking space beyond the parking time limit fixed for such parking space, the parking meter shall by its dial and pointer indicate such illegal parking and, in that event, such vehicle shall be considered as parked overtime and beyond the period of legal parking time. The parking of a vehicle overtime or beyond the period of legal parking in any such part of a street where any such meter is located shall be a violation of this chapter and punished as hereafter set out.
Commercial trucks may park in the parking zones to load or to unload merchandise without depositing coins for a period not to exceed thirty minutes. Should any truck or delivery car be parked longer than thirty minutes, such violator will be given a ticket and classed as a violation, and the regular penalty imposed.
(Ord. 37-61. Passed 9-18-61.)