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City of Pittsfield, MA
Berkshire County
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[Ord. No. 26, § 2; Ord. No. 29, § 2; Ord. No. 51, § 1; Ord. No. 65, § 2; Ord. No. 39, § 2; Ord. No. 124, § 2; Ord. No. 156, § 2; Ord. No. 212, §§ 3, 4; Ord. No. 262, § 2; Ord. No. 270, § 1; Ord. No. 281, § 1; Ord. No. 286, § 2; Ord. No. 287, § 4; Ord. No. 299, § 1; Ord. No. 312, § 1; Ord. No. 313, §§ 2, 4; Ord. No. 316, § 2; Ord. No. 327, § 2; Ord. No. 330, § 3; Ord. No. 331, § 1; Ord. No. 334, § 2; Ord. No. 265, § 2; Ord. No. 438, § 3; Ord. No. 534, § 2; Ord. No. 538, § 3; Ord. No. 541, § 2; Ord. No. 545, § 3; Ord. No. 568, § 3; Ord. No. 571, § 4; Ord. No. 599, § 3; Ord. No. 614, § 3; Ord. No. 12, 3-2-1967, § 3; Ord. No. 18, 4-12-1967, § 1; Ord. No. 41, 10-30-1967, § 16]
The city council may, by order, determine and designate upon which ways or parts of ways parking meter zones are to be established insofar as the parking of motor vehicles therein is permitted by Sections 13-52 to 13-55.
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Editor's Note: The specific ways and parts of ways referred to in this section are not set out in this Code, but will be found on file in the office of the city clerk.
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Editor's Note: Section 13-66 was repealed by Ord. No. 29, passed 8-11-1967.
[Ord. No. 26, § 2]
Parking meters shall be so constructed as to display a signal showing legal parking upon the deposit therein of the proper coin or coins of the United States as indicated by instructions on such meters, and for such period of time as is or shall be indicated by the instructions on such meter. Such signal shall remain in evidence until the expiration of the parking period designated, at which time the expiration of such parking period shall be indicated by the dropping of a signal automatically, or by some other mechanical operation.
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Editor's Note: Section 13-68 was repealed by Ord. No. 29, adopted 8-11-1967.
[Ord. No. 26, § 2]
No vehicle shall be parked in a parking meter zone, except within the parking meter space designated by street marking lines.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit the City Council from making provisions for bus stops, taxicab stands, service zones and loading zones, as authorized by other sections of this chapter, on any street or portion of street which has been or may hereafter be designated herein as a parking meter zone.
[Ord. No. 26, § 2]
The owner or operator of a vehicle parking, standing or stopping the same within a parking meter space shall Immediately deposit in the parking meter for such space the required coin of the United States for the maximum legal parking period, or for any permitted subdivisions thereof, as indicated or shown on the meter; and if so required he shall set the mechanism in motion.
[Ord. No. 26, § 2; Ord. No. 212, § 5; Ord. No. 513, § 3; Ord. No. 562, § 4; Ord. No. 12, 3-2-1967, § 4; Ord. No. 49, 2-28-1968, § 1; Ord. No. 467, § 1, 11-18-1983]
The Traffic Commission shall establish fees for the use of parking meter spaces.
[Ord. No. 26, § 2]
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited in a parking meter any coin for the purpose of permitting the vehicle of which he is in charge to remain In a parking space beyond the minimum period of time allowed in that space.
[Ord. No. 26, § 2]
Commercial vehicles may be parked in a parking meter space without depositing a coin for a period not to exceed 15 minutes during which such vehicle is being loaded or unloaded.
[Ord. No. 26, § 2; Ord. No. 944, § 1, 1-11-2005; Ord. No. 1094, § VIII, 11-25-2014]
The holder of a temporary permit or license issued by the Commissioner of Public Services under the provisions of § 13-5 for a deviation during the time of and to the extent necessitated by building, construction or razing operations or other temporary condition or emergency shall make full payment of parking meter fees for each parking meter space covered by such license at the rate established by this article for the full period during which each such space is used or occupied under such permit or license.
[Ord. No. 467, § 1, 11-18-1983]
After public bearings, the Traffic Commission shall adopt the regulations necessary for § 13-71. Said regulations shall take effect seven days after publication which shall be done as soon as possible after adoption by the Traffic Commission.
[Ord. No. 26, § 2; Ord. No. 49, § 1; Ord. No. 578, § 1]
It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to tamper with, open, break, injure or destroy any parking meter, or for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited in such meter any slugs, device or metallic substance, or any other substitute for the coins required for the operation of such meter; or to do any other thing or act which will render such meter inoperative.