The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-04-23

uie period prescribed for .tha
Done hy this ordinance. A fiv,
cent coin win permit the vehicl,
- DC parked for q period of on,
When a vehicle is too large :,
oe confined in a single space
only the meter nearest the hoof
~ iront end OF said vehicle nees
be opearted. N
I II vehicle shall remain mark
co ~ any parking space for long.
er than the time prescribed h,
tnis ordinance or for such Length
o. time that the parking metel
snail display a signal indicatine
liieeai parking, then in that event
such vehicle shall be considered
as parked overtime.
Section z. 1t shall be unlawf,
curing the hours from 700 A. M
20 600 p. M, Mondays through
Fridays, and between the hour,
OF 700 A. NJ. and 900 p. M on
saturdays, except the HOLIDAYS
herelnbefore enumerated, to per.
nut a vehicle to remain parked
IN designated parking space
while the parking meter for said
space indicates that said vehicle
IS Illegally parked, whether said
indication is the result of the
failure to deposit a coin and
operate a lever or other actual
ing device of the meter, or the
result of the automatic operation
OF the meter following the ex-
plration OF the authorized park
ing time subsequent to deposit
ing OF a coin therein at the time
said vehicle was parked. The
fact that a vehicle is parked in
a metered parking space, during
the hours of limited parking,
without the meter time signal
showing permitted parking, shall
be prima facio evidence that the
vehicle has been parked at such
space longer than the lawfully
permitted parking period. 1t
shall be unlawful for any per-
son to cause or permit any We
hicle registered in his name to
be unlawfully parked as set out
in this section.
Section 8. 1t shall be unlaw-
full for any person to deposit or
cause to be deposited in any
parking meter a five cent coin
for the purpose of obtaining an
extension of indicated parking
time beyond the maximum limit
prescribed by this ordinance for
parking of vehicles alongside of
said meter.
Section 8. 1t shall be unlaw-
full TO deposit or cause to be de-
posted in any parking meter
any slug, device or other SUBJ
stitutes for a five cent coin of the
United States.
Section 10. 1t shall be ,unlaw-
ful for any person to deface, i'm
iuTe, tamper with, open, break
or destroy any parking meter, or
otherwise to willfully impair its
usefulness.
Section IL. The placing of said
coins in such meters shall not be
required of the owner or oper-
ator of any vehicle while actually
engaged in the loading or UNI
loading of persons therefrom,
provided the parking for such
purpose is restricted to such
length of time as is absolutely
necessary therefor, nor in the
case of commercial trucks load
ing or unloading of merchandise;
provided, however, that such
loading and unloading of merch-
andise is restricted to such length
of time as is absolutely necessary
therefor and to places of business
where it is not possible to so
load, unload, receive or deliver
merchandise at rear entrance.
Section IL. 1t shall be the
duty of police officers of the City,
acting in accordance with in
structions issued by the City
Manager or Director of Public
Safety, to report:
(a) The number of each
parking meter which indi-
Gates the vehicle occupying
the parking space adjacent
to such parking meter is or
has been parking in violation
of any of the provisions of
this ordinance;
(b) The State license
number and City Identified
ton tag number, if any, of
such vehicle;
Co The time during
which such vehicle is parked
in violation of any of the
provisions of this ordinance;
I'D Any other facts,
knowledge of which is neces-
sary to a thorough under
standing of the circumstances
attending such violation.
Each police officer shall also
attach to such vehicle
notice to the owner or oper-
ator thereof that such vehicle
has been parked in violation
| of n nroviSion of This ordin-