Smyrna times., 1948-08-19

from any other source whatsoever.
SECTION 2.-After the installation of
said parking meters. it shall be unlawful
for the owner or operator of any motor or
other kind Of vehicle to park such vehicle
between the hours of A. Nj. and 6 =. M.
on any day except Sundays and Legal Holi-
days as designated by the laws of the State
of Delaware, for more than two hours at
any one time upon positions or locations
on the streets herein designated and pre-
scrbed as parking meter zones. to-wit, on
both sides Of Main Street from South
Street to Mt. Vernon Street.
Until parking meters are actually INSTALL
ed and in operation in the above parking
meter Zones the parking of motor and
other vehicles in said zones or that part OF
the zone in which parking meters are not
installed. shall be limited 10 such parking
time and subject to such parking reeula-
tions as have heretofore been fixed by other
ordinance or ordinances OF The Town OF
Smyrna
SECTION 3.-On streets 80 designated
as parking meter zones. the Town Manager
shall cause parking spaces to be clearly
painted on otherwise marked on the curb
and Zor street pavements and/or otherwise
as may be deemed by him most eNpedient,
and in each parking space SO marked and
defined he shall cause to be erected park
ing meter. which upon the deposit OF 9
coin or combination of coins Of the United
States as indicated on the parking meter,
will entitle the person parking IN such
| space or location for the limited time as
! is also indicated on the parking meter and
the time when such parking period has
elapsed.
SECTION 4.-In order that the police
officers of The Town of Smyrna may COM
pute the time during which motor or
other vehicle is parked, the owner or oper-
ator of such vehicle shall. upon entering
such parking space during the time of
;tol tpV 1pnOSlt a
or combination of coins OF the United
States in the parking meter installed at
the side of said parking space so occupied
and shall operate such parking meter IN
accordance with the instructions thereon
Failure so to do on the part of such person
last herein named shall constitute viola.
ltion of this Ordinance. Upon deposit Oh
such one-cent or five-cent coins and placing
the meter in operation thereby, such park
ing space may be lawfully occupied by such
vehicle during the period of parking time
which has been prescribed for the par
Iticular coin or amount deposited.
The parking meters. when installed and
properly in operation, shall be SO adjusted
so that one-cent and five-cent coins may
be deposited therein at any time through
out the two hour range of the meters, each
one-cent coin permitting the vehicle TO pe
parked in such space for a period not IN
excess of twelve minutes and each hVe-cent
coin permitting the vehicle to be parked In
such space for period not exceeding sixty
minutes If such vehicle shall remain
parked in any such parking space for
such length of time that the meter snail
! indicate by proper signal thereon that the
lawful period so paid for has expired, such
vehicle shall be considered as having been
parked overtime and such overtime parking
of such vehicle shall be a violation of this
ordinance.
SECTION Sit shall be unlawful and
it shall be a violation of this ordinance
/ to park any vehicle across any line or
other marking designating parking
space or to so park vehicle in any man
her that all parts of the vehicle shall not
be wholly within a parking space as desig-
mated by said lines or other markings.
SECTION 6.-It shall be unlawful and
shall be a violation of this ordinance to
cause to be deposited in any parking meter
slug. device or any metallic or other SUBJ
stitute for coin of the United States de-
posted or attempted to be deposited in said
meter to cause the operation thereof in
lieu of a coin of the United States.
SECTION Tt shall be unlawful and
shall be a violation of this ordinance for
any person to deface. tamper with, dam
age. open or wilfully break, destroy or inn
pair the usefulness and /or operation of
any parking meter installed under the
terms of this Ordinance.
SECTION SIN each case of violation
of any provision of this ordinance, the
police officer of the Town of Smyrna oh
serving such violation shall place on the
vehicle which is parked in violation of any
provision of this ordinance a written notice
to the owner or operator thereof that such
vehicle has been or is parked in violation
of one or more of the provisions of this
ordinance and notifying such owner or
operator to report at the office of the
Town Manager in the Municipal Building
Main Street. Smyrna, Delaware, and if
such owner or operator within seventy-two
hours Of the time of such notice shall pay
for the benefit of the Town of Smyrna at
the said Municipal Building a penalty Of
One Dollar (Sl.00) for each such violation
such owner or operator shall not be sub
iect to further prosecution for such specific
violation of this ordinance and shall not
be liable under the provisions of Section .
of this ordinance.
SECTION 9.-Any person. firm, or corr
poration violating any provision of this
Ordinance or aiding, abetting or assisting
in the violation of any provision of this
ordinance and who does not pay the PEN
atty of One Dollar (S1.00) at the place and
within the time limit established in Section
8 of this ordinance, shall upon conviction
before the Alderman of The Town of
Smyrna, or before any other person having
legal authority in lieu of the Alderman, be
sentenced to pay a fine of not less than
Five Dollars (S5.00l and not more than
One Hundred Dollars tSl0000), together
with the costs of prosecution. for each Of
fense. and in lieu of the payment of such
fine and costs, shall be sentenced to i'm
prisonment for a term of not more than
five days.
SECTION 10.-If any section or pro-
vision. or part thereof, of this ordinance.
shall be adiudged to be invalid or uncon-
stitutional by a court of competent juris-
dction. such adjudication shall not affect
the validity of the ordinance as whole,
or of any section. provision or part there
of. not specifically so adjudged TO be in
valid or unconstitutional.