A.
The Police Department is hereby authorized to provide for the marking off of individual parking spaces in the parking zones and areas designated and described in § 535-42, said parking spaces to be designated by lines painted or marked on the curbing or surface of the highway or area. At each space so marked off, it shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in such a way that said vehicle shall not be entirely within the limits of the space so designated.
A.
In said parking meter zones, parking meters shall be installed upon the curb, sidewalk or pavement immediately adjacent to the parking spaces provided in § 535-42 of this article. The Police Department shall be responsible for the regulation, control, operation, maintenance and use of such parking meters.
B.
Each device shall be so set as to display a signal
showing legal parking upon the deposit of the appropriate coin for
the period of time hereinafter prescribed. Each device shall be so
arranged that, upon the expiration of the lawful time limit, it will
indicate by a proper, visible signal that the lawful parking period
has expired, and in such case the right of such vehicle to occupy
such space shall cease and the operator, owner, possessor or manager
thereof shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter provided.
A.
When a parking space in any parking meter zone is
parallel with the adjacent curb or sidewalk, any vehicle parked in
such parking space shall be parked so that the foremost part of such
vehicle shall be nearest to the parking meter; provided, however,
that where double parking meters are installed upon one standard so
as to serve two parking spaces, any vehicle parked in the space just
beyond the parking meters shall be parked so that the rear bumper
of such vehicle shall be nearest to the parking meters. When a parking
space in any parking meter zone is diagonal to the curb or sidewalk,
any vehicle parked in such parking space shall be parked with the
foremost part of such vehicle nearest to such meter.
B.
Where lines or markings are painted or placed upon
the curb, sidewalk, highway and/or paved surface adjacent to each
parking meter providing for parking at an angle and not parallel or
perpendicular to the curb; it shall be unlawful for the operator of
any motor vehicle to cross the center line of the highway to enter
or leave said parking area.
When any vehicle shall be parked in any space
adjacent to which a parking meter is located in accordance with the
provisions of this article, the operator shall, upon entering said
parking space, immediately deposit or cause to be deposited such coin
or coins of the United States as are required for such parking meter
and as are designated by proper instructions on the parking meter,
and failure to deposit such coin or coins shall constitute a breach
of this article and shall subject each person to the penalty prescribed
hereafter. Upon the deposit of such coin or coins and placing said
meter in operation, the parking space may be lawfully occupied by
such vehicle during the period of parking time which has been prescribed
for the zone in which said parking space is located and for which
a coin or coins is or are deposited, as indicated on the parking meter.
If said vehicle shall remain parked in any such parking space beyond
the parking time limit so fixed for such parking space, the parking
meter shall, by its violation signal, dial or pointer, indicate such
illegal parking, and in that event such vehicle shall be considered
as parked overtime and beyond the period of legal parking time. The
parking of a vehicle overtime or beyond the period of legal parking
time in any such space where any such parking meter is located shall
be a violation of this article and punishable as hereinafter set forth.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the
provisions of this article for any person:
A.
To cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered
in the name of or operated by such person to be parked overtime or
beyond the period of legal parking time established for any parking
meter zone 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 zone.
B.
To permit any vehicle to remain or be placed in any
parking space adjacent to any parking meter while said meter is displaying
a signal indicating that the vehicle occupying such parking space
has already been parked beyond the period prescribed for such parking
space.
C.
To park any vehicle across any line or marking of
a parking meter space or in such position that the vehicle shall not
be entirely within the area designated by such lines or markings.
D.
To deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully
break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed
under the provisions of this article.
E.
To deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking
meter any slug, device or metal substance or other substitute for
lawful coins.
It shall be the duty of the police officers
of the Borough of Bridgeport and such other persons as may be designated
and authorized by the Chief of Police, acting in accordance with instructions
issued by the Chief of Police, to report:
A.
The number of each parking meter which indicates that
the vehicle occupying the parking space and adjacent to such parking
meter is or has been parked in violation of any of the provisions
of this article.
B.
The state license number of such vehicle.
C.
The length of time during which such vehicle is parked
in violation of any of the provisions of this article at the time
of his inspection.
D.
Any other facts, a knowledge of which is necessary
to a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending such violation.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police
to designate some proper person or persons to make regular collections
of the moneys deposited in said meters.
A.
Temporary suspension of provisions. The provisions
of this article may be temporarily suspended by the Borough Council,
and it may prescribe temporarily such other rules and regulations
as traffic conditions may require.
B.
Suspension of provisions on designated holidays. The
use of parking meters throughout the Borough of Bridgeport be and
the same is hereby dispensed with on the following holidays: New Year's
Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
C.
Erection of signs. The Borough Council is authorized
to erect or cause to be erected appropriate signs notifying the operators
of motor vehicles of the provisions of this article.
D.
Tokens. Where the deposit of any coin or coins is
required under the provisions of this article, it shall be permissible
to use such token or tokens for that deposit as shall be designated
and approved by the Borough Council.
E.
Clergy parking permits may be issued annually to members of clergy
to park when conducting ministerial duties at their houses of worship,
funeral homes and hospitals. Clergy permits allow parking for up to
five hours in no-parking zones adjacent to the house of worship, funeral
homes and hospitals when such member of the clergy is performing official
duties. Clergy qualify if they work an average of at least 20 hours
per week officiating at or presiding over services of a religious
corporation or association of any denomination.
[Added 9-26-2017 by Ord.
No. 2017-007]
A.
On-highway parking zones. Parking meter zones are
hereby established upon the highways or parts of highways described
below with maximum parking time periods as indicated on all days,
except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, during the hours of 9:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
[Amended 11-23-1976 by Ord. No. 435, approved 11-23-1976; 12-9-1997 by Ord. No.
97-552, approved 12-9-1997]
|
Name of Highway
|
Side
|
Time Limit
|
Location
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DeKalb Street
|
Both
|
As indicated on meter
|
From Fourth Street to Sixth Street
| |
|
Fifth Street
|
Both
|
As indicated on meter
|
From Ford Street to Merion Street
| |
|
Ford Street
|
Both
|
As indicated on meter
|
From Front Street to Crooked Lane
| |
|
Fourth Street
|
Both
|
As indicated on meter
|
From Coates Street to the Baptist Church
| |
|
Front Street
|
North
|
As indicated on meter
|
From DeKalb Street to a point 325 feet east
thereof
| |
|
Green Street
|
Both
|
As indicated on meter
|
From Front Street to Sixth Street
| |
|
Holstein Street
[Amended 3-26-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-003, approved 3-26-2013] |
Both
|
As indicated on meter
|
From Bush Street to Coates Street
| |
|
Merion Street
|
Both
|
As indicated on meter
|
From Fourth Street to Sixth Street
| |
|
Mill Street
|
Both
|
As indicated on meter
|
From Front Street to Sixth Street
| |
|
Second Street
|
Both
|
As indicated on meter
|
From Green Street to Merion Street
|
B.
Off-highway parking zones. Off-highway parking meter
areas are hereby established as described below, with maximum parking
time periods as indicated on all days, except Sundays and holidays,
during the hours of ______ to __________. The use of meters in such
parking meter areas shall be subject to the provisions of this article
governing the use of meters generally.
|
Area
|
Time Limit
|
Location
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
(Reserved)
| |||
[Amended 2-14-1984 by Ord. No. 475, approved 2-14-1984; 9-10-1991 by Ord. No.
511, approved 9-10-1991]
A.
The charges for zones established by provisions of
this chapter or its amendment shall be $0.25, in the form of one twenty-five-cent
coin (quarter), each fifteen-minute interval of parking.
[Amended 12-29-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-002, approved 12-29-2009]
B.
Metered parking. Metered parking in the Borough of
Bridgeport shall be free of charge between the hours of noon and 2:00
p.m., prevailing time, effective upon the enactment of this subsection.
The meters shall be marked accordingly. In all other respects, parking
meter enforcement remains as previously resolved.
[Added 3-9-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-001, approved 3-9-2004]
