Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-12

FOR THE INSTALLATION OF
PARKING METERS AND REG
ULATING THEIR OPERATION
AND PROVIDING PENALTIES
FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH.
SECTION I.
For the purposes of this ordinance; !;
Ia THE word vehicle" shall
mean any device in, upon or by
which any person or property is or
may be transported upon a high
way, except cevice which is oper-
ated upon rails or tracks;
! (b) The word street shall
mean any public street, avenue, road,
boulevard, highway or other public
place located in the City of Ell
Centro and established for the use
of vehicles;
Co The word person" shall mean
and incluee an individual, firm,
corporation or co-partnership:
I'D The Wcrd operator" shall
mean and include every individual
or person who shall operate a We
hicle as the owner thereof or as
agent, employee or permittee of the
owner.
SECTION II.
That all streets included within
such portions of the City of El
Centro as may now or may here
after be specified by resolution of
this council as being in the Central
Traffic District "a" are hereby oe-
clared to be Parking Meter Zones,
and in the event parking meters are
established as herein provided
along the curb adjacent to any
parking space in such zones, the
provisions of this ordinance shall
govern parking IN such parking
space, provided, however, that in
, the event no parking meters are
installed in any parking space with
in said Traffic District "A" then
the maximum time for parking in
any space shall be one hour in any
parking space. Central Traffic Dis
trict "a" as hereinafter referred to
is such traffic district as pre5crib-
ed by resolution CT this council pur-
suant Ito the provisions of this ordi-
nance.
SECTION III.
Parking meters may be installed
i'll all or any part of parking meter
zones. Each parking meter shall
De of such type as to display a sig
nal showing legal parking upon the
cerosit therein of one, one-cent OF
five-cent coins of the United States
for the part of the street upon
which said meter is placed; eacn
meter shall by its device provide
! IL minutes parking upon the depos-
IL CT one cent and one hours park
ing upon the DEPOSIT of one nickel,
and shall ce SO arranged that upon
the expiration of said parking time
it will indicate by mechanical oper-
alton that the lawful parking period
has expired. Said meters shall be
placed upon the curb alongside OF
and next to parking spaces. Such
parking spaces shall be of sufficient
size to accommodate an automobile
and shall be indicated by painted
lines on the pavement.
SECTION w.
Whenever any vehicle shall be
parked in any space alongside or
next to which there is located, under
this ordinance, parking meter,
the owner, operator Or manager OF
criver of said vehicle shall upon
entering said space Immediately
deposit the proper coin OF the Unit
ed States in said meter and said
parking space may then be used
oy such vehicle during the parking
limit provided for the coin deposit
ed. All parking shall be between
the lines of parking space.
SECTION v.
T. shall De unlawful fer any per-
son to cause, allow, permit or suffer
any vehicle to be parked overtime
or beyond the lawful period of time
as herein provided, or to remain
parked in any parking space while
g. signal showing legal parking is
not displayed by such atjacent
meter.
SECTION VT.
The provisions of this ordinance
shall be effective between the hours
of 800 am. and 500 pm. each day
except Sundays and legal holidays.
SECTION VII.
1t shall he unlawful 20 deposit or
cause to be deposited in any park
ing meter any slug, device or metal
tic substitute for a one cent Or five
cent ccin CT the United States, or
for any person to deface, injure,
.amper with, open or Wilfully break,
destroy or impair the usefulness of
any parking meter.
SECTION VIII.
1t shall oe the duty of each police
officer to take the number cf any
ms.er at which any vehicle is over
parked; as provided in this ordi-
nance; the State vehicle license of
such vehicle; the time anc' date of
such overparking, and the make OF
such vehicle; and to issue, in writ
ing, citation for illegal parking in
the same form and subject to the
same procedure provided for by the
ordinances OF the City OF Ell Centro
and the laws OF the state of Califor-
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