1915 ORD SUSPENDING PARKING METER ZONES ON STREETS OF COP

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ORDINANCE NO. 1915 AN ORDINANCE SUSPENDING PARKING METER ZONFS ON THE STREETS OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, FROM AUGUST 1, 1969 TO DECEMBER 31, 1969~ AND REGULATING THE PARKING OF VEHICLFS IN THE AREAS PRESENTLY CONTROLLED SY PENNY AND NICKEL METERS; PRO- VIDING UP TO TWO (2) HOURS OF FREE PARKING IN SAID AREAS; PRO- VIDING FOR A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200.00; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF AUGUST 1, 1969. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. Effective August 1, 1969 and continuing to the 31st day of December, 1969, metered parking on the streets of Paris, Texas is suspended. Section 2. It shall be lawful for any person to permit a vehicle under his control to remain in a metered parking space marked and dedicated on the streets of the City of Paris for parallel or angle parking,in areas heretofore controlled by dime meters,for twenty-four (24) hours. Section 3. It shall be lawful for any person to permit a vehicle under his control to remain in a metered parking space marked and dedicated on the streets of the City of Paris for parallel or angle parking, presently controlled by penny or nickel meters,for two (2) hours. Section 4. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in his name or owned or operated by him or in his possession or under his con- trol to be or remain in any space or area in the metered parking spaces on the streets of the City of Paris, heretofore controlled by penny or nickel meters, for more than two (2) hours, from 8:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M., Monday thru Saturday, during the time prescribed in this Ordinance, and said person shall be subject to a fine not to exceed Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars for each hour or part thereof over two (2) hours, except on legal holidays. Section 5. It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person in any mannez to attempt to evade provisions ofthis Ordinance by the movement of his vehicle or destroying marks thereon within a parking space or in any other manner, and any person violating the provisions of this offense shall be fined not less than $15.00 or more than $200.00. Section 6. The provisions of this Ordinance shall not affect any metered parking lot and shall be effective only on the streets where metered parking has been authorized. Section 7. This ordinance shall become effective on the lst day of August, 1969.