§ 78-38. Parking time limits; fees.

(a)

The period of time of parking in areas designated as parking meter zones shall be registered by mechanical parking meters, and the charges which are reasonable and necessary to defray the expenses incident thereto, for such parking shall be as set out in subsection (b) of this section.

(b)

Such meters shall provide for maximum time limits as indicated on each meter of either 15 minutes, 18 minutes, 30 minutes, one hour or two hours. The fee in each instance shall be at the rate of $0.01 for each three minutes of time allowed; provided, however, that in those areas wherein ten-hour meters are installed, the parking time limits shall be ten hours, and the meter charges therefor shall be $0.05 per hour.

(Code 1983, § 29-2-2)