§ 8-2002. Parking meters.

(a)

Any person parking any vehicle in a parking space for which a parking meter or pay station has been installed on the city streets or municipal parking lots shall upon entering the parking space, immediately deposit or cause to be deposited in the meter or pay station the proper coinage, or other legal tender, to satisfy the machine's requirements for the time period to be used. Failure to so deposit coins or sufficient legal tender to put the meter or pay station in timed operation shall constitute a violation of this section and shall subject the person to the punishments hereinafter set forth.

(b)

Parking rates shall be one dollar ($1.00) for each hour on Bay Street, Bay Street Extension, Port Republic Street, and the side streets from Bay Street to Port Republic Street.

Parking rates shall be one dollar ($1.00) for each hour in the Marina Lot, Library Lot, Playground Lot, Saltus Lot and Scott Street Lot.

Parking rates shall be fifty cents ($0.50) for each hour on side streets north of Port Republic Street, Craven Street excluding the ninety-minute parking in front of the chamber of commerce which will have a rate of one dollar ($1.00) for each hour.

Parking rates for the Carteret Street Lot shall be fifty cents ($0.50) for each hour.

Parking on Bay Street and side streets to Port Republic Street shall have a time limitation of two (2) hours.

Parking on Port Republic Street and side streets north of Port Republic Street shall have a time limitation of four (4) hours.

Parking in the Library Lot and Playground Lot shall have a time limitation of two (2) hours.

Parking in the Marina lot, Scott Street lot, Saltus lot, the Carteret Street Lot, and on Craven Street, Bay Street Extension and Newcastle Street shall not have a time limitation.

All other streets with meters shall have a time limitation of four (4) hours.

(c)

It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provision of this section for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy, steal, take or impair the usefulness of any parking meter or pay station installed on the streets of the city. Each meter or pay station violation is a separate offense.

(d)

It shall be unlawful and a violation of this section to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter or pay station, any slugs, device, metallic substance, or paper, that does not constitute legal tender of the United States of America.

(e)

The city shall have lines or parkings painted or placed upon the curb and on the street adjacent to each parking meter for the purpose of designating the parking space for which each meter is to be used and the operator of a vehicle, when parking the vehicle in a parking space shall keep the vehicle within the lines or markings so established.

(f)

It shall be the duty of the police officers, or other authorized enforcement agent, acting in accordance with instruction issued by the chief of police or city manager, to report:

(1)

The number of each parking meter which indicates that the vehicle occupying the parking space adjacent to the meter is or has been parked in violation of any of the provisions of this section.

(2)

The state license number of the vehicle.

(3)

The time during which the vehicle is parked in violation of any of the provisions of this section.

(4)

Any other facts, a knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending the violation.

(5)

Each police officer or meter attendant shall attach to any vehicle found violating the provisions of this section a "Police Notice for Parking Violation." The registered owner of the vehicle shall be responsible for the payment of the fine indicated or must appear in municipal court for trial. Payment of the fine may be made by enclosing the fine in the parking violation envelope and depositing the envelope in any yellow courtesy box installed on the parking meter standards or mailing the envelope to city hall by the U.S. Postal Service. If a receipt is required, the fine must be paid at city hall. Should the owner or operator desire a trial in municipal court for the parking violation, they must contact the clerk of municipal court within seven (7) days to schedule a hearing.

(6)

The "Notice of Parking Violation" envelope will be issued for the following parking violations with the accompanying fine, and penalty increase, shown beside each violation, as follows:

Violation	Within 7 days	2nd Week (day 8—14)	3rd Week (thereafter)
Expired meter	$10.00	$25.00	$45.00
Parking in fire lane	50.00	125.00	150.00
Parked on wrong side of street	25.00	75.00	100.00
Parked in no parking zone	50.00	125.00	150.00
Double parked	25.00	50.00	75.00
Blocking driveway	50.00	125.00	150.00
Parking in loading zone	50.00	125.00	150.00
Blocking a fire hydrant	75.00	175.00	200.00
Parking on private property	25.00	50.00	75.00
Parking illegally in handicapped space	400.00	State Mandate
Boot fee	60.00	80.00	100.00
Other parking violations	25.00	50.00	75.00

 

An arrest warrant may be issued to enforce payment if the above provisions are not complied with.

(g)

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section or any person who shall assist in the violation, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction be punished as provided in section 1-3048.

(h)

Parking regulations as herein set forth shall be in effect from the hours of 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. each Monday through Saturday, except as otherwise noted herein. Sundays and federally recognized holidays are excluded from the provisions hereof.

(i)

The specified coin or coins required to be deposited in parking meters as provided herein are hereby levied and assessed to provide for the proper regulation and control of traffic upon the public streets, and also the cost of supervision and regulating the parking of vehicles in the parking spaces of the streets and to cover the cost of purchasing, acquiring, installation, operation, maintenance, supervision, regulation and control of the parking meters mentioned herein. Parking revenues may also be used to encourage and promote tourism and business in the city.

(Ord. No. O-14-80, 10-28-80; Ord. No. O-06-81, 4-14-81; Ord. No. O-25-85, 11-12-85; Ord. No. O-32-89, 12-12-89; Ord. No. O-02-90, 3-13-90; Ord. No. O-30-90, 12-11-90; Ord. No. O-07-91, 2-12-91; Ord. No. O-17-94, 8-9-94; Ord. No. O-04-95, 3-28-95; Ord. No. O-23-99, 4-27-99; Ord. No. O-25-99, 5-11-99; Ord. No. O-20-04, §§ 2, 3, 7-27-04; Ord. No. O-07-10, §§ 1—6, 3-9-10; Ord. No. O-04-11, § 1, 1-11-11; Ord. No. O-11-14, 4-22-14; Ord. No. O-04-16, 2-23-16)