Ordinance 123-71 - Laserfiche WebLink

Section 289 . 46 .61 .910 Parking spaces to be designated'. The • ' Traffic Engineer is hereby nstructed• to have lines or marks. painted •.or 'placed upon the curb and/or. tipbn_ th•e street adjacent to each. •.` parking meter for the purpose of designating the parking space for . which said meter is to be used, and each vehicle parking alongside of • or adjacent to any parking meter shall park within the lines or markings so established. It shall be unlawful and in violation of this chapter to park any vehicle across such lines or markings or to park said vehicle in such position that the same shall not be entirely within the area designated by such lines or markings . Section 290 . 46 .61.915 Operation of meters - Overtime parking. When any vehicle shall be parked in any space alongside of or next to which a parking meter is located, it shall be the duty of the operator of said vehicle upon entering said parking space to activate the timing mechanism provided in either the automatically or manually operated parking meter by immediately depositing coin, or coins , necessary for the time desired by the said operator, and it shall be unlawful for said operator to fail to activate the parking meter immediately upon parking a vehicle in a space alongside or next to a parking meter. If a person shall allow his or her vehicle to remain parked in any such space beyond the time fixed for such parking space or beyond the period for which a coin, or coins , have been deposited, the parking meter shall display a sign or signal showing illegal parking and in that event such vehicle shall be deemed to be parked overtime and beyond the time of legal parking in any such part of the street wherein such meter is located and such act or omission shall be unlawful and a violation of the parking ordi- nance of the City of Everett. Section 291. 46 .61.920 Overtime parking - Unlawful: It shall be unlawful for any person to permit a vehicle to remain parked overtime or beyond the legal parking time established for any legal parking zone as described in the Traffic and Parking Ordinances of the City of Everett. Section 292 . 46 .61 .925 Extending parking time - Unlawful: It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter coin or coins for the purpose of increasing or extending the parking time of any vehicle beyond the legal parking time which has been established for a parking space adjacent to which said parking meter is placed. Section 293 . 46 .61.930 Enforcement Parking Checkers : Enforcement of parking and parking meter ordinances shall be primarily the responsibility of parking checkers or meter maids who shall be employees of the City of Everett under the direction of the Finance and Budget Director. The Police Department shall also be responsible. It shall be the duty of parking checkers to check all meters in the City on a regular basis and issue notices of violation as hereinafter provided. Said notice of violation shall be deemed served when placed in a prominent position on the windshield of any automobile found in violation of this ordinance. Section 294 . 46 .61 .935 Period of Time Parking Meter Shall Be In Operation - Parking meters shall be in operation and restrictions on parking as herein set forth and the requirements contained herein for the depositing of coins in parking meters shall be from 9 : 30 a.m. to 5: 30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, inclusive, and parking meters shall not be in operation on Sundays or on the following holidays : January 1st The day designated for observance of George Washington's Birthday July 4th The first Monday in September, to be known as Labor Day The day set aside for observance of Veteran 's Day December 25th The day designated and set aside by the President of the United States as Thanksgiving Day or such day as may by law be designated for the celebration of the above holidays . Section 295 . 46 .61 .940 Tampering with Meters - Unlawful . It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to deface, injure, open, tamper with or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed or maintained by the City of Everett. A violation of this section shall be enforced as a general penalty under this title . -47-