Smyrna times., 1955-05-12

VI bhe 1ONH OOuncll OF the Town of
Smyrna be and they hereby are auth
orized and directed to enter into a
contract for the leasing by the Town
OF Smyrna and the installation by the
lessor of parking meters, said contract
to be subject to the conditions and in
the manner provided by law and the
payment for such meters and the in
stallation thereof to be provided for
solely from receipts, funds and revenue
obtained by the Town of Smyrna from
the operation of said parking meters
and without in any manner obligating
same or be responsible for the payment
of the same from any other source
whatsoever.
Section 2-After the installation of
said parking meters, it shall be unlaw-
full for the owner or operator of any
motor or other kind of vehicle to park
such vehicle between the hours of AM.
and Pm. Monday thru Thursday and
between the hours of Am. and 8 PM.
Friday and Saturday except 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 designated and
prescribed as parking meter zones by the
Mayor and Council of The Town of
Smyrna.
Section 3-0n streets so designated as
parking meter zones, the Town Manager
shall cause parking spaces to be clearly
painted or otherwise marked on the curb
and/or street pavements and /or other
wise as may be deemed by him most
eXpedient, and in each parking space so
marked and defined he shall cause to
be erected a parking meter, which upon
the deposit of a 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
/ fOp hn tn1 ne fc oil -
dicated 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
compute the time during which a motor
or other motor vehicle is parked, the
owner or operator of such vehicle shall,
upon entering such parking space dur
ing the time of limited parking. inn
mediately deposit a coin 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 accord
ance with the instructions thereon. Fail
ure to do the part of such per-
son last herein named shall constitute
violation of this ordinance. Upon de-
posit of such one-cent or fve-cent coins
and placing the meter in operation there
by, such parking space may be lawfully
occupied by such vehicle during the per-
iod of parking time which has been
prescribed for the particular 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 throughout the two hour range of 1
the meters. each one-cent coin permit 4
ting the vehicle to-, be parked in such
space for a period not in excess of
twelve minutes and each five-cent coin 4
permitting the vehicle to be parked in
such space for a period not exceeding
sixty minutes. If such vehicle shall re-
main parked in any such parking space
for such length of time that the meter
shall 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 violation of this ordinance.
Section Sit shall be unlawful and II
shall be a violation of this ordinance
to park any vehicle across any line de-
slgnated parking space or to so park
a vehicle in any manner that all parts
of the vehicle shall not be wholly with
IN parking space as designated by said
lines or other markings.
Section ct shall be unlawful and
shall be a violation of this ordinance
meter slug, device or any metallic or
other substitute for a coin of the United |
States deposited or attempted to be de- |
posted in said meter to cause the oper- |
alton 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, |
damage, open or wifully break, destroy |
or impair the usefulness and FOR opera
ton of any parking meter installed under |
the terms of this ordinance.
Section 5-It shall be the duty of the |
police officers of the town, acting in |
accordance with the instructions issued |
py the Chief OF Police. to report:
ta) The number of each parking meter |
which indicates that the vehicle oc- /
cupying the parking space adjacent to |
such parking meter is, or has been, /
parked in violation of any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance.
(b) The date and hour of such viola
ton.
(cl The State License number of such
vehicle.
(d) Any other facts and knowledge of
which is necessary to a thorough un-
derstanding of the circumstances at
tending such violation.
Each police officer shall also place on i
such vehicle a notice to the owner or !
operator thereof, that such vehicle has |
been parked in violation of the provi- |
sions of his ordinance and instructing |
such owner or operator to report at the |
office of the Town Manager of the Town |
of Smyrna in regard to such violation. /
Each such owner or operator may, with |
in seventy-two hours of the time when |
such notice was attached to such vehicle, |
pay at the Office of the Town Manager |
as a penalty for and in full satisfac-
ton of such violation, the sum of One |
Dollar (S1 00l Tho failura of e1lch own-
er or operator to make such payment |
at the office of the Town Manager |
within said seventy-two hours, shall rend- |
er such owner or operator subject to /
the penalties hereinafter provided for vio- |
lation of the provisions of this ordin- |
ance.
Section 9-Any person. firm or corpora
ton violating any provision of this ord |
nance or aiding, abetting or assisting |
in the violation of any provision of this |
ordinance shall upon conviction before |
the Alderman of the Town of Smyrna, |
or any other person having legal author
ity in lieu of the Alderman. be SEN |
fenced to pay a fine of not less than |
One Dollar ($1.00) and not more than
One Hundred Dollars (sl0o.001s together
with, the costs of prosecution, for each
offense and in lieu of the payment thereof
shall be sentenced TO- Imprisonment for
a term Of not more than five days.
section 1O-lt any secuon OF provision.
or part thereof, of this ordinance. shall
be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitu-
tional by a court of competent jurisdc-
ton. such adjudication shall not affect the
validity of the ordinance as a whole, or
of any section, provision or part thereof.
not specifically SO adjudged to be invalid
or unconstitutional.
adopted August 13, 194S)
(Revised May A, 1861