Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15
NOTICE.

LA io-N VI IA1hlNG ME-
TIERS; PROVIDING FOR AND
REGULATING THE PARKING
ON CERTAIN STREETS; AU-
THORIZ1NG THE USE OF
PARKING METERS THERE
FOR; AND PROVIDING PEN
ALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION
THEREOF.
Be it ordained and enacted by
the Council of the City of Milford
of the State of Delaware and it is .
hereby ordained and enacted by .
the authority of the same:
SECTION l. The proper officers
of the City Of Milford are hereby /
authorized and directed to enter /
into d contract for the leasing and
installation of Parking Meters, said /
contract to be made subject to the !
conditions and in the manner pro-
vided by law, the payment of such
meters and the installation there
of to be provided for solely from
the receipts, funds and revenues
obtained by the City of Milford
from the operation of said Park
ing Meters, without in any manner
obligating the City of Milford to
pay for same from any other
source.
SECTION 2. After the installa-
tiOn of said Parking Meters, it shall
be unlawful for the owner or Op-
orator of any motor or other We
hicle to park such vehicle between
/ the hours of A. M. and O'Clock
p. NJ. on any day, except Sundays
and Legal Holidays and from A.
| NJ. and 9 O'Clock p. M. on Satur-
days, for more than two hours at
any one time upon positions of the
streets as designated by the Police
Committee of the Milford City
Council, by erection of parking
meters. Until meters are actually
installed in the parking zones here
inbefOre described, the parking of
cars in said zones, or that part of
the zone in which parking meters
are not installed, shall be limited
to such parking time as has been
fixed by other ordinances of the
City of Milford.
SECTION 3. On streets so desig-
mated the proper officers shall cause
parking spaces, on the curb or
pavements, or by other apprOpri-
=, ate means, and III each space so
marked shall erect or cause to be
| erected a parking meter, which
/ upon the deposit of a coin or COM
bination of coins of the United
States indicated on the parking
l meter which will entitle the party
/ parking his car for a limited time
/ as is indicated on the parking me-
\ ter, and, the time when such period
has elapsed.
SECTION 4. In order that the
police officers may properly com
pute the time during which a We
hicle is parked, the owner or Op
| orator of said vehicle shall. upo1
!, entering such parking space. dur
| ing the time of limited parking
immediately deposit coin OF com
bination of coins of the Unitet
| States in the Parking Meters stu
ated at the side of said parkin:
space, and operate same accOrdin;
to instructions thereon. Failure t
do so shall constitute violation O
| this ordinance. Upon the depOsi
| of such One-Cent or fiVe-cent cOiI
| and placing the meter in operation
the parking space may be lawful
occupied by such vehicle durin
the period of parking time, whic
has been prescribed for the partiC
ular amount deposited. The park
ing meters, when installed an
| properly operated, shall be so &C
| justed so that One-cent coins an
five-cent coins may be deposited 6
any time throughout the two hOu
range of the meters, each One-cer
coin permitting the vehicle TO /
parked for a period of twelve nil
uteS, and each five-cent coin pei
hitting the vehicle to be parke
for period of sixty minutes.
| such vehicle shall remain parke
in any such parking space for sue
| length of time that the meter Sha
indicate by proper signal that II
lawful parking period has expire
such vehicle shall be considered /;
parking overtime, and the parkir
| of a vehicle overtime shall be
violation of this ordinance.
| SECTION 5. 1t shall be unlaN
full to park any vehicle across al
line or marking designating a par
| ing space, or to park said vehic
in any way that the same shall II
be wholly within parking spa
j as designated by said lines
markings.
SECTION g. 1t shall be unla'
ful to deposit or cause to be d
posted in any parking meter
slug, device or metallic subStitu
for a coin of the United States.
SECTION Z. 1t shall be unla
full for any person to deface, tai
per with, damage, open or w
fully break, destroy or impair t
usefulness of any parking met
installed under the terms of ii
ordinance.
SECTION s. Any person, fiji
or corporation violating the pl
visions of this ordinance, or aidil
abetting, or assisting in the vic
ton of said provisions, shall, up
conviction before the proper o
cials of the City of Milford be st
fenced to pay a fine of not less th
One Dollar ($10O and not mC
| than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) a
costs of prosecution for each
fense or Imprisonment of not m(
than five days.
(A). For overtime parking
the designated areas the fine sh
be $1.00 payable at the City Off
| SECTION 8. If any section
provision, or part thereof, of t