Chapter 10.08
PARKING

Sections:

10.08.010    Reserved.

10.08.020    Reserved.

10.08.030    Notice on illegally parked vehicle.

10.08.040    Failure to comply with notice on parked vehicle.

10.08.050    Presumption in reference to illegal parking.

10.08.060    Reserved.

10.08.070    Parking on State highways during snow removal.

10.08.080    Parking at curb or edge of roadway.

10.08.090    Obedience to angle-parking signs or markings.

10.08.100    Lamps on parked vehicles.

10.08.110    Unattended motor vehicle.

10.08.120    Parking not to obstruct traffic or maintenance.

10.08.130    Parking in alleys.

10.08.140    Moving unattended vehicle.

10.08.150    Clearance between vehicles.

10.08.160    Waiting for parking space being cleared.

10.08.170    Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places.

10.08.180    Parking for certain purposes prohibited.

10.08.190    Stopping, standing or parking on highway.

10.08.200    Regulations not exclusive.

10.08.210    Obedience to stopping, standing or parking regulations.

10.08.220    Parking privileges for persons with disabilities.

10.08.230    All-night parking.

10.08.240    Emergency stopping or parking only.

10.08.250    Standing in passenger loading zone.

10.08.260    Standing in freight loading zone.

10.08.270    Permits for loading zones.

10.08.280    Bus stops regulated.

10.08.290    Taxicab stands regulated.

10.08.300    Standing in restricted parking zone.

10.08.310    Parking meter zones.

10.08.320    Parking meters.

10.08.330    Parking meter spaces.

10.08.340    Deposit of coins or tokens and time limits.

10.08.350    Tampering with meter.

10.08.360    Authorized service vehicles.

10.08.370    Parking where spaces are designated.

10.08.380    Parking privileges for Purple Heart medal veterans.

10.08.010 Reserved.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.020 Reserved.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.030 Notice on illegally parked vehicle.

(a)    Whenever any motor vehicle without driver is found parked or stopped in violation of any of the restrictions imposed by the ordinances of this municipality, the officer finding such vehicle shall take its registration number and may take any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its user, and shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a penalty assessment notice, directing the driver thereof to respond to and answer the charge against him at a place and at a time specified in said notice.

(b)    If upon the violation of any of the parking restrictions imposed by this chapter a person produces photographic evidence of a stopping, standing or parking violation and reports the same to the municipal law enforcement agency, then the municipal law enforcement agency or the City Attorney, upon a determination of probable cause to believe that a stopping, standing or parking violation has been committed, may issue a penalty assessment notice to the registered owner of the vehicle as otherwise provided in this section. Upon a determination of the registered owner of the vehicle, a penalty assessment may be mailed to the address of record shown on the current registration for the vehicle.

(c)    For purposes of this section, “photographic evidence” means still photographs, video or digital images which show the violation, the front and rear license plates of the vehicle and the date and time of the violation. The person procuring the photographic evidence shall for the purposes of prosecution be considered the complaining witness. The person procuring the photographic evidence shall in order for a prosecution thereon to be sustained, be sworn and under oath or affirmation testify that the photographic evidence is true and accurate and faithfully depicts what he/she observed.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.040 Failure to comply with notice on parked vehicle.

(a)    If the driver or owner of an unattended motor vehicle charged with an apparent violation of the restrictions on stopping, standing or parking under the traffic ordinances of this municipality does not respond within the time specified to a penalty assessment notice affixed to such vehicle, by appearance and payment at the court having jurisdiction, or by mailing payment by means of the United States mail, or by other disposition of the charge as provided by law, the Clerk of said court shall send another notice by mail to the registered owner of the vehicle to which the original notice was affixed, warning him that in the event such notice is disregarded for a period of 20 days from date of mailing, a complaint will be filed and a warrant of arrest will be issued.

(b)    If the driver or owner of an unattended motor vehicle charged with an apparent violation of the restrictions on stopping, standing or parking under the traffic ordinances of this municipality does not respond within the time specified to a penalty assessment notice affixed to such vehicle or mailed to the registered owner of the vehicle, as provided in GJMC 10.08.030, by appearance and payment at the Traffic Violations Bureau or court having jurisdiction, or by mailing payment by means of the United States mail or by other disposition of the charges as provided by law, the clerk of said court or Traffic Violations Bureau shall send notice by mail to the registered owner of the vehicle to which the penalty assessment was affixed or another notice to the registered owner of the vehicle to which the first mailed notice was sent, warning him that in the event such notice is disregarded for a period of 20 days from the date of mailing, a warrant of arrest will be issued.

(c)    When a driver, owner, or person in charge of a vehicle has failed to respond to the following notices of illegal parking:

(1)    A notice placed on the vehicle pursuant to GJMC 10.08.030; and

(2)    An additional notice mailed to the registered owner of the vehicle;

A police officer or other authorized person of the City, acting in his official capacity, may temporarily immobilize such vehicle by attaching to it a device designed to restrict the normal movement of the vehicle; provided, however, that the vehicle shall be located on a public right-of-way or in such a place frequented by the public for public purposes, or private property where the public frequents for public purposes, or private property where the public is a business invitee. Prior to immobilization the Municipal Court shall review the procedure followed and enter an order directing the immobilization.

(d)    If a vehicle is immobilized, the officer shall affix a conspicuous notice to the vehicle informing the driver, owner or person in charge of the vehicle that:

(1)    The vehicle has been immobilized by the City of Grand Junction for a parking violation pursuant to the code of ordinances of the City of Grand Junction by an order issued by the Judge of the Municipal Court.

(2)    The owner of the vehicle may request an immediate hearing in the Grand Junction Municipal Court to contest the citation or immobilization of the vehicle, or the owner of the vehicle shall have the right, upon request, to a post-deprivation hearing within 48 hours after the request for such hearing, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. In the alternative, the owner may obtain immediate release of the vehicle by posting bond in the amount of the delinquent parking fines and fees plus booting costs as established by resolution of the City Council and on file in the City Clerk’s office with the Clerk of the Municipal Court. If the vehicle is so released, any hearing requested will be set within the normal time limits of any other hearing in Municipal Court.

(3)    Release of the vehicle may be obtained without a hearing by payment of fines, fees and costs as established by resolution of the City Council and on file in the City Clerk’s office to the Clerk of the Municipal Court.

(4)    Unless arrangements are made for the release of the vehicle within 72 hours, the vehicle shall be removed from the streets by a police officer pursuant to GJMC 10.12.010.

(5)    That removing or attempting to remove the device before a release is obtained is unlawful.

(e)    It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or attempt to remove an immobilized vehicle before a release is obtained or to move any such vehicle before the Police Department releases it.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.050 Presumption in reference to illegal parking.

In any prosecution charging a violation of any provision of this chapter governing the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked in violation of any such regulation, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time of such parking the registered owner of such vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of such vehicle was the person who parked or placed such vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, such violation occurred.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.060 Reserved.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.070 Parking on State highways during snow removal.

There shall be no parking whatsoever on any roadway or contiguous shoulder of any State highway or connecting link within the City during the times and places where snow removal operations are in progress.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.080 Parking at curb or edge of roadway.

(a)    Except where angle parking is permitted by this code and, in the case of State highways, is approved by the State Department of Highways, and except as otherwise provided by this code every vehicle stopped or parked upon a two-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels parallel to and within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder.

(b)    Except as otherwise provided by this code, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a one-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked parallel to the curb or edge of the roadway, in the direction of authorized traffic movement, with its right-hand wheels within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder or with its left-hand wheels within 12 inches of the left-hand curb or as close as practicable to the left edge of the left-hand shoulder.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.090 Obedience to angle-parking signs or markings.

(a)    On those streets which have been approved and signed or marked for angle parking, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by such signs or markings.

(b)    No person shall park a vehicle at an angle upon any street except those streets upon which angle parking is specifically permitted.

(c)    Where signs are posted specifying the direction of a vehicle for angle parking, it shall be unlawful to park a vehicle not in accordance with the signs. No person shall park front-in or head-in in a space or area designated for rear-in angle parking.

(d)    When parked at an angle, a vehicle shall be parked only within the designated angle parking space with the front wheel of the vehicle nearest the curb within 12 inches of the curb or, in those areas specifically designated for back-in angle parking, with the back wheel nearest to the curb within 12 inches of such curb.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.100 Lamps on parked vehicles.

(a)    Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a highway during the hours between sunset and sunrise, and in the event there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of 1,000 feet upon such highway, no lights need be displayed upon such parked vehicle.

(b)    Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the hours between sunset and sunrise, and there is not sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of 1,000 feet upon such highway, such vehicle so parked or stopped shall be equipped with one or more operating lamps meeting the following requirements: At least one lamp shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the front of the vehicle, and the same lamp or at least one other lamp shall display a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear of the vehicle, and the location of said lamp or lamps shall always be such that at least one lamp or a combination of lamps meeting the requirements of this section is installed as near as practicable to the side of the vehicle which is closest to passing traffic. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to a motor-driven cycle.

(c)    Any lighted headlamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.110 Unattended motor vehicle.

No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key from the ignition and effectively setting the brake thereon, and, when standing upon any grade, said person shall turn the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway in such a manner as to prevent the vehicle from rolling onto the traveled way.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.120 Parking not to obstruct traffic or maintenance.

No person shall park any vehicle upon a street or highway in such a manner or under such conditions as to interfere with the free movement of vehicular traffic or proper street or highway maintenance.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.130 Parking in alleys.

(a)    No person shall park a vehicle within an alley except during the necessary and expeditious loading and unloading of merchandise or freight.

(b)    No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley in such position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.140 Moving unattended vehicle.

No person shall move a vehicle not owned by or in charge of such person into any prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.150 Clearance between vehicles.

No person shall stand or park a vehicle in such a manner as to leave available less than two feet clearance between vehicles when parked.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.160 Waiting for parking space being cleared.

The driver of a vehicle while waiting for a parking space to be cleared by another vehicle which is in the actual process of leaving such parking space shall stop on the roadway side immediately to the rear of such leaving vehicle and shall remain in such position until the parking space has been cleared.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.170 Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places.

(a)    No person, other than a peace officer conducting traffic enforcement in or on a marked patrol vehicle at or along an arterial or collector street or roadway as defined or described in the Grand Junction Circulation Plan, a duly adopted neighborhood plan or street plan, or GJMC Title 29, Transportation Engineering Design Standards (TEDS), shall stop, stand or park a vehicle except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, in any of the following places:

(1)    On a sidewalk;

(2)    Within an intersection;

(3)    On a crosswalk;

(4)    Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the traffic authority indicates a different length by signs or markings; every vehicle shall be parked wholly within a designated parking space. Parking space designations shall be made by markings, signs or other appropriate indication upon the curb and/or pavement. Except where prohibited by other provision of this code, a vehicle which is of a size too large to be parked within a single space shall be permitted to occupy two adjoining spaces when the vehicle will fit wholly and completely within the designated spaces and where, as applicable, the necessary number of parking meter charges have been paid;

(5)    Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;

(6)    On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;

(7)    Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;

(8)    On any railroad tracks;

(9)    On any controlled-access highway;

(10)    In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers;

(11)    At any other place where official signs prohibit stopping, standing, or parking;

(12)    Either in whole or in part on a planting strip.

(b)    In addition to the restrictions specified in subsection (a) of this section, no person, other than a peace officer conducting traffic enforcement in or on a marked patrol vehicle at or along an arterial or collector street or roadway as defined or described in the Grand Junction Circulation Plan, a duly adopted neighborhood plan or street plan, or GJMC Title 29, Transportation Engineering Design Standards (TEDS), shall stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, in any of the following places:

(1)    Within five feet of a public or private driveway;

(2)    Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;

(3)    Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;

(4)    Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon or signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;

(5)    Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station or, on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station, within 75 feet of said entrance when properly signposted;

(6)    At any other place where official signs prohibit standing.

(c)    In addition to the restrictions specified in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, no person, other than a peace officer conducting traffic enforcement in or on a marked patrol vehicle at or along an arterial or collector street or roadway as defined or described in the Grand Junction Circulation Plan, a duly adopted neighborhood plan or street plan, or GJMC Title 29, Transportation Engineering Design Standards (TEDS), shall park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, in any of the following places:

(1)    Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;

(2)    At any other place where official signs prohibit parking.

(d)    Nothing in this section shall prohibit persons from parking bicycles in accordance with GJMC 10.04.1412.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.180 Parking for certain purposes prohibited.

No person shall park a vehicle upon a roadway for the principal purpose of:

(a)    Displaying such vehicle for sale;

(b)    Washing, greasing, painting, or repairing such vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency;

(c)    Displaying advertising.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.190 Stopping, standing or parking on highway.

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle on any highway ramp or on any other portion of the main-traveled way of such highway.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.200 Regulations not exclusive.

The provisions of this chapter imposing a time limit on parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in specified places, at specified times, or in a specified manner.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.210 Obedience to stopping, standing or parking regulations.

On any street or at any place within this municipality where official signs are posted giving notice of stopping, standing or parking restrictions or prohibitions as authorized in this code and described in traffic control schedules, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any manner in violation of the provisions contained on such sign or signs except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device or except for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers when such standing does not obstruct, impede or endanger any traffic.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.220 Parking privileges for persons with disabilities.

(a)    A vehicle with distinguishing license plates or an identifying placard indicating a person with a disability as defined in § 42-3-204, C.R.S., where such distinguishing license plate or identifying placard has been issued pursuant to § 42-3-204, C.R.S., may be parked along public streets regardless of any time limitation imposed by official signs upon parking in such area; except that such privilege shall not apply to zones in which:

(1)    Stopping, standing, or parking of all vehicles is prohibited at all times;

(2)    Only special vehicles may be parked; or

(3)    Parking is not allowed during specific periods of the day in order to accommodate heavy traffic.

(b)    It is unlawful for any person other than a person with a disability as defined in § 42-3-204, C.R.S., to park in a parking space on public or private property that is clearly identified by an official sign as being reserved for use by persons with disabilities unless:

(1)    Such person is parking the vehicle for the direct benefit of a person with a disability to enter or exit the vehicle while it is parked in the space reserved for use by persons with disabilities; and

(2)    A valid license plate or placard is displayed in or on such vehicle.

(c)    A person with a disability as defined in § 42-3-204, C.R.S., may park in a parking space identified as reserved for use by persons with disabilities whether on public property or private property available for public use; provided, that such person has conspicuously displayed at all times on the vehicle parked in such space a placard or license plate obtained pursuant to § 42-3-204, C.R.S.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.230 All-night parking.

No person, except physicians or other persons on emergency calls, shall park a vehicle on any street signed to prohibit all-night parking, for a period of time longer than 30 minutes between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. of any day.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.240 Emergency stopping or parking only.

When official signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle on the shoulder of any highway or any other facility so marked except in case of emergency involving the vehicle or its occupants.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.250 Standing in passenger loading zone.

No person shall stand a vehicle for any purpose or period of time other than for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers in any place officially marked as a passenger loading zone during hours when the regulations applicable to such loading zone are effective and then only for a period not to exceed three minutes.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.260 Standing in freight loading zone.

(a)    No person shall stand a vehicle for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials in any place officially marked as a freight loading zone during hours when the provisions applicable to such zones are in effect.

(b)    In no case shall the standing for loading and unloading of materials exceed 30 minutes.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.270 Permits for loading zones.

Whenever special permits are issued, as authorized by the Transportation Engineer, to establish or control the use of loading zones or to allow the backing of a vehicle for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or materials subject to certain conditions, no permittee or other person shall violate any of the special terms of any such permit.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.280 Bus stops regulated.

(a)    The operator of a bus shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than a bus stop so designated as authorized by the Transportation Engineer.

(b)    The operator of a bus shall not stop such vehicle upon any street at any place for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or their baggage other than at a bus stop so designated as authorized by the Transportation Engineer, except in case of an emergency.

(c)    The operator of a bus shall enter a bus stop on a public street in such a manner that the bus when stopped to load or unload passengers or baggage shall be in a position with the right front wheel of such vehicle not further than 18 inches from the curb and the bus approximately parallel to the curb so as not to unduly impede the movement of other vehicular traffic.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.290 Taxicab stands regulated.

(a)    The operator of a taxicab shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than in a taxicab stand so designated as authorized by the Transportation Engineer.

(b)    This provision shall not prevent the operator of a taxicab from temporarily stopping in accordance with other parking, standing or stopping regulations at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.300 Standing in restricted parking zone.

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time in any restricted parking zone other than for the purpose specified on official signs marking such restricted zone and during the period of time the restriction is effective, except that the driver of a passenger vehicle may stop momentarily therein for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such standing or stopping does not interfere with the kind of traffic for which the zone is reserved.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.310 Parking meter zones.

Wherever parking meter zones have been established on streets or in parking areas regulated by this municipality, the parking of vehicles at places, streets or parts of streets so designated shall be controlled by parking meters between the hours and on the days declared in said schedules or records and specified on authorized parking meter signs or legends.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.320 Parking meters.

Parking meters installed in parking meter zones established as provided in this code shall be so designed, constructed, installed and set as to meet the following conditions:

(a)    Said meters shall be capable of being operated, either automatically or mechanically, upon the deposit therein of one or more coins of United States currency or authorized tokens for the full period of time for which parking is lawfully permitted in any such parking meter zone or, in lieu thereof, for an appropriate fractional period of time.

(b)    Upon the expiration of the time period registered by the deposit of one or more coins or authorized tokens as provided herein, said meters will indicate by an appropriate signal that the lawful parking meter period has expired, and during said period of time and prior to the expiration thereof will indicate the interval of time which remains of such period.

(c)    Each parking meter shall bear thereon an authorized sign or message clearly legible indicating the days and hours when the requirement to deposit coins or tokens therein shall apply, the value of the coins or tokens to be deposited, and the limited period of time for which parking is lawfully permitted in the parking meter zone in which such meter is located.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.330 Parking meter spaces.

(a)    Parking meter spaces shall be of appropriate length and width as determined by an engineering and traffic investigation and may be designated by appropriate markings upon the curb and/or pavement of the street.

(b)    Except where parking is permitted within a double parking meter space, every vehicle shall be parked wholly within a metered space with the front end or front portion of such vehicle immediately opposite the parking meter for such space.

(c)    Every vehicle parked in a double parking meter space where coins or tokens shall be deposited in the meter on the right side of the double meter shall be parked wholly within the metered space with the back end or back portion of such vehicle immediately opposite the parking meter for such space.

(d)    Except where prohibited by other provisions of this code, a vehicle which is of a size too large to be parked within a single parking meter space shall be permitted to occupy two adjoining parking meter spaces when coins or tokens shall have been deposited in the parking meter for each space so occupied as is required in this ordinance for the parking of other vehicles in such space.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.340 Deposit of coins or tokens and time limits.

(a)    No person shall park a vehicle in any parking space upon a street alongside of and next to which a parking meter has been installed during the restricted and regulated time applicable to the parking meter zone in which such meter is located unless a coin or coins of United States currency or authorized tokens of the appropriate denomination as provided in this code shall have been deposited therein, or shall have been previously deposited therein for an unexpired interval of time, and said meter has been placed in operation.

(b)    No person shall deposit or attempt to deposit in any parking meter any slug, button or any other device or substance as substitutes for coins of United States currency or authorized tokens, and no person shall deposit any lawful coin or authorized token that is bent, cut, torn, battered or otherwise misshapen.

(c)    No person shall permit a vehicle within his control to be parked in any such parking meter space during the restricted and regulated time applicable to the parking meter zone in which such meter is located while the parking meter for such space indicates by signal that the lawful parking time in such space is expired. This provision shall not apply to the act of parking or the necessary time which is required to deposit immediately thereafter a coin(s) or token(s) in such meter.

(d)    No person shall park a vehicle in any such parking meter space for a consecutive period of time longer than that limited period of time for which parking is lawfully permitted in the parking meter zone in which such meter is located, irrespective of the number or amount of the coins or tokens deposited in such meter.

(e)    A vehicle may be parked in a parking meter space without operation of the meter on Sundays, on holidays as defined in this code, and during those hours of the day when the requirement to deposit coins or tokens does not apply as determined from the parking meter sign or legend.

(f)    The provisions of this section shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions of this code prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in specified places, at specified times, or in a specified manner.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.350 Tampering with meter.

(a)    No person shall deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter.

(b)    No person, firm or corporation shall place any sack or covering over, upon or around any parking meter head, remove any parking meter head, or otherwise indicate or show that the said meter is inoperative or inapplicable without proper authority to do so.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.360 Authorized service vehicles.

The warning lamps authorized by State law for authorized service vehicles and those service vehicles designated as emergency vehicles by the Police Chief shall be activated by the operator only when the vehicle is operating upon the roadway and may create a hazard to other traffic. The use of such lamps shall not relieve the operator from his duty of using due care for the safety of others or from the obligation of using any other safety equipment or protective devices that are required by State law. Service vehicles authorized to operate also as emergency vehicles shall also be equipped to comply with signal requirements for emergency vehicles.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.370 Parking where spaces are designated.

In areas where parking spaces are designated by painted lines or other markings, no vehicle shall:

(a)    Park within more than one designated parking space;

(b)    Park where no parking space is designated;

(c)    Park in a space that is leased, reserved or otherwise assigned or designated by the City for the use of a specified person.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)

10.08.380 Parking privileges for Purple Heart medal veterans.

A vehicle may be parked for an unlimited period in a metered public parking space if:

(a)    There are displayed on the vehicle special license plates issued under § 42-3-213, C.R.S.

(b)    A vehicle on which said special license plates are displayed is exempt from payment of a parking fee charged by the City and collected through a parking meter when the vehicle is being operated by or for the transportation of the person to whom the vehicle is registered.

(c)    The exemption provided by subsection (b) of this section also applies to payment of a fee imposed by the City for parking in the municipal parking garage.

(d)    This section does not permit a vehicle to be parked at a time when or a place where parking is prohibited or limited by signs or markings or a means of regulation other than a meter.

(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)