§ 12.56.030. Parking space designation—Use.  


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  • A.

    The traffic engineer shall designate the parking space next to each parking meter for which such meter is to be used by appropriate markings upon the curb or pavement of the street. Parking spaces shall be not less than eighteen feet in length.

    B.

    When double meters are installed on a single post, the front vehicle shall park with its rear bumper aligned with the meter post and the rear vehicle shall park with its front bumper aligned with such post so that the meter post is in the center between both vehicles. In such locations an additional maneuvering area of eight feet painted with a white "X" shall be provided at the front and back of the double parking space to facilitate ingress and egress. The additional maneuvering area will not be provided where the parking space immediately joins a loading zone or yellow zone which can be used for ingress and egress.

    C.

    The parking space at single meters shall also be eighteen feet in length with space for ingress and egress as outlined above.

    D.

    No person shall park a vehicle in any such designated parking meter space during the restricted and regulated time applicable to the metered parking space in which such meter is located so that any part of such vehicle occupies more than one such space or protrudes beyond the markings designating such space, or so that any part of such vehicle occupies or protrudes into the maneuvering area at the front or back of such space, except that a vehicle which is of a size too large to be parked within a single designated parking meter space shall be permitted to occupy two adjoining parking meter spaces when coins, a parking meter fee debit card, or other approved payment method shall have been deposited in the parking meter for each space so occupied as is required in this chapter for the parking of other vehicles in such space.

    E.

    A vehicle displaying special license plates issued by the Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation to former prisoners of war as provided in Section 502.257, Texas Transportation Code, is exempt from the payment of parking fees, including those collected through parking meters, charged by the city. This exemption does not permit parking at a space in excess of the time allowed or permit parking a vehicle at a place or time that parking is prohibited.

    F.

    A vehicle displaying special license plates issued by the Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation to Pearl Harbor survivors as provided in Section 502.259, Texas Transportation Code, is exempt from the payment of private automobile parking fees at the El Paso International Airport if the vehicle is owned by a military veteran. This exemption does not permit parking at a space in excess of the time allowed or permit parking a vehicle at a place or time that parking is prohibited.

    G.

    A vehicle displaying a city-issued placard issued to persons appointed to city boards, commissions and committees on the vehicle's dashboard is exempt from the payment of parking fees, including those collected through parking meters, charged by the City. This exemption applies only for parking meters located along East Mills Avenue's north side, between North Campbell Street and North Virginia Street during scheduled City board, commission and committee meetings.

    (Ord. 17043, 12-23-2008; Ord. 15157 § 4, 2002: Ord. 10990, 1992; Ord. 8175, 1984; prior code § 20-102)

(Ord. No. 17690, § 20, 12-6-2011; Ord. No. 18484 , § 1, 3-22-2016; Ord. No. 18763 , § 2, 3-6-2018)