Amend Code Relating to Traffic & Regulating of the Streets & Highways Defining Parking Meter Zones, Etc.

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Saturday, and between the hours of eight (8:00) o'clock A.M. and eight - thirty (8:30) o'clock P.M. on any Monday, except holidays; provided however that within the meaning of this Ordinance the term "holiday" shall include the following days only: The first day of January, the 30th day of May, the fourth of July, the first Monday in September, the twenty -fifth day of December, and the day designated and set aside by the President of the United States as a day of Thanksgiving. Section 10. It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provi- sions of this Ordinance 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 par- king 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 wilfully break, destroy, or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions of this Ordinance. (e) To deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slugs7 device or metal substance, or other substitute for lawful coin or coins. Section 11. It shall be the duty of the Police Department to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance. Whenever a member of the police department of the City of South Bend, Indiana, or other person charged with the enforcement of this Ordinances shall find that Section three (3) or Section four 0+) or Section seven (7) or Section eight (8) or Section nine (9) or Section ten (10) (a) (b) or (c) is being or has been violated by -7-