East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-06-15

iod of legal parking time, and sucl
parking will be deemed a violation
of this ordinance.
SECTION z: Violations. 1t shal
be unlawful and violation of the
provisions of this ordinance fol
any person:
(a) To cause, allow, permit OF
suffer any vehicle to be parked
overtime or beyond the maximum
period of legal parking time estab-
Ilshed for any parking meter space
as herein described, or to deposit
IN any parking meter any coin for
the purpose of parking beyond the
maximum legal parking time for
the particular parking meter space
(b) To park any vehicle in any
parking meter space adjacent to
any parking meter while said meter
IS displaying signal indicating
illegal parking without immedi-
ately depositing in such parking
meter the coin or coins provided by
IulS ordinance.
(c) To park any vehicle across
any line or marking of parking
meter space, or in such position
that the vehicle shall not be en-
tirely within the area designated by
such lines or markings.
.(d) To deface, iniure, tamper
with, open or willfully break, de-
stroy or impair the usefulness of
any parking meter installed under
the provisions of this ordinance.
(e) To deposit or insert or
cause to be deposited or inserted
in any parking meter any matter
or substance other than lawful
coins of the United States of
America, whether or not such mat
ter or substance is inserted or de-
posted as a substitute for such
lawful coins, or to perform any
act other than the deposit of such
coins for the purpose of securing
or increasing the meter indication
of legal parking time.
(f) To fail to comply with any
other provision of this ordinance.
SECTION 8: Prima Facie Evil
dence of Unlawful Parking. In any
proceeding for violation of this
ordinance, the license or registra-
ton plate on a motor vehicle shall
constitute in evidence a prima facie
presumption that the owner of
such motor vehicle was the person
who parked or placed such vehicle
at the point where such violation
occurred.
SECTION 9: Control of Parking
Meters. The Director of Finance
shall have charge of the collection
of and accounting for the moneys
deposited in parking meters. The
Chief of Police shall be responsible
for the regulations, control, opera
ton, maintenance and use of park
ing meters.
SECTION 10: Use of Funds. The |
receipts from parking meters
shall be credited to the General
Fund of the City of East Cleve-
and.
SECTION IL: Penalty. Any per-
son who shall violate or fail to |
with any of the provisions
Of this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall |
be punished by fine of not to ex-
ceed One H u n d Dollars
($100.00), or Imprisonment for not |
to exceed thirty (30) days, or both, |
at the discretion of the court.
Notwithstanding the above pro-
visions of this section, any person
who has violated any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance, upon
and filing with the Clerk
Of the Municipal Police Court of |
the City of East Cleveland and
instrument waving the formal is
suance of an affidavit and warrant,
together with the reading of such |
affidavit and the right to be pres
ent personally at the trial of such |
action, and further waving the
right of appeal and error and
authorizing a plea of guilty to be
entered and the defendent SUBJ
mitted to the mercy of the Court,
and upon depositing with said Clerk |
the sum of One Dollar ($1.0O) |
within seventy-two (72) hours of |
the date of the citation (Sundays
and legal holidays excluded), or
upon depositing with said Clerk
The sum of Two Dollars ($2.O0) |
after seventy-two (72) hours from
,he date of the citation (Sundays
and legal holidays excluded), may
De fined said aforesaid amounts by |
The Court.
SECTION IL: Reservation of
Powers. Nothing in this ordinance
shall be construed as prohibiting
The City of East Cleveland from
providing for bus stops, taxicab
stands and other zones of similar
nature, including zones for the
oading or unloading Of trucks,
7ans. or the other commercial
yehicles. /
SECTION 13: Repeal of Con-
'licting Ordinances. All ordi-
lances and parts of ordinances in
with the terms of this
ordinance are hereby repealed;
however, that such re-
zeal shall be only to the extent of
uch inconsistency and in all other
'espects this ordinance shall be
of other ordinances
and governing the SUBJ
ect matter covered by this ordi-
lance.
SECTION ID: Severability. If
my section or provisions, or parts
hereof in this ordinance shall be
ldjudged invalid or unconstitu-
ional, such invalidity or unconsti-
shall not affect the
of the ordinance as a
whole or the validity of any other
section or provision or part here
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