§ 24-12-9-5. Deposit of coins.

A.

No person shall park a vehicle in any parking space regulated by a parking meter between the hours 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sundays and public holidays unless a coin or coins of the appropriate denomination as provided in this ordinance have been deposited therein and the meter has been placed in operation.

B.

No person shall permit a vehicle within his control to be parked in any space regulated by a parking meter between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on any day except Sundays and public holidays while the parking meter for the space indicates by signal that the lawful parking time in the space has expired. This provision does not apply to the act of parking or the necessary time which is required to deposit immediately thereafter a coin or coins in the meter.

C.

No person shall park a vehicle in any parking meter space for a consecutive period of time longer than the limited period of time for which parking is lawfully permitted in the parking meter zone in which the meter is located, irrespective of the number or amounts of coins deposited in the meter.

D.

Failure to deposit proper coin or coins constitutes a violation of this ordinance.

E.

Upon expiration of the legal parking time, it is the duty of the owner or driver of the vehicle to remove the vehicle from the parking space.

F.

It is unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer a vehicle registered in his name to be parked or to stand overtime or remain in the parking space beyond the specified parking time limit.

G.

The provisions of this section shall not apply in a period of emergency determined by an officer of the fire department or the police department or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device.

H.

The provisions of this section shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions of this ordinance prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.(*)

(Ord. No. 1567 , 5-29-18)