For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
MECHANICAL PARKING TIME INDICATOR or PARKING METER. A device which indicates thereon: the length of time during which a vehicle may be parked in a particular place which shall have as a part thereof a receptacle or chamber for receiving and storing coins of the United States money, or a slot or place in which coins or other acceptable forms of payment may be deposited; a timing mechanism to indicate the passage of an interval of time during which parking is permissible; which shall display an appropriate signal when the aforesaid interval of time shall have elapsed; also brief instructions as to its operation.
(‘89 Code, § 63.01) (Am. Ord. 26-2010, passed 8-23-10)