Section 10.20.040 Operation of parking meters.

Except in a period of emergency determined by an officer of the fire or police department, or in compliance with directions of a police officer or traffic-control sign or signal, when any vehicle is parked in any parking space alongside, in front of or next to which a parking meter is located, the operator of such vehicle shall, upon entering the parking meter space, immediately deposit or cause to be deposited in the meter such proper coin of the United States as is required for such parking meter and as is designated by proper directions on the meter, and after the deposit of the proper coin or coins, shall also set in operation the timing mechanism of such meter. Failure to deposit such proper coin shall constitute a violation of this title. Upon the deposit of such coin the parking space may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle during the period of time which has been prescribed for the part of the street in which the parking space is located, provided that any person placing a vehicle in a parking meter space adjacent to a meter which indicates that unused time has been left in the meter by the previous occupant of the space shall not be required to deposit a coin so long as his occupancy of the space does not exceed the indicated unused parking time. If the vehicle remains parked in any such parking space beyond the parking time limit set for such parking space, or if the meter indicates such illegal parking, then, and in that event, such vehicle shall be considered as parking overtime and beyond the period of legal parking time, and such parking is a violation of this title. (Ord. 85/T-3504; R-12185, 1961)