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<br />ORDINANCE NO~~ ' <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 22 AND APPENDIX A OF THE CODE <br />OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA (2006) BY AMENDING <br />SECTIONS 22-603 AND 22-637 AND APPENDIX A OF SAID CODE <br />PERTAINING TO PARKING METER RATES FOR PARKING ON CERTAIN <br />CITY STREETS, PARKING LOTS, AND GARAGES. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: <br /> <br />1. That Sections 22-603 and 22-637 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia (2006) are amended and reordained to read as follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 22-603. Meter fees; installation, operation, etc., of meters <br /> <br />(a) The fee for parking at a meter in a parking meter zone shall be as <br />established in Appendix A of this Code. <br /> <br />(b) Parking meters installed in the parking meter zones established as <br />provided in this division, shall be placed upon the curb immediately adjacent to the <br />individual parking places. Each parking meter shall be placed or set in such manner as to <br />show or display by a signal that the parking space adjacent to such meter is or is not <br />legally in use. Each parking meter shall be installed and set to display, upon the deposit <br />ofa coin of the United States therein, as required by the legend on the meter, a signal <br />indicating legal parking for that period of time which has been or may be established for <br />that area or zone of the street upon which such parking meter is installed, and shall <br />continue to operate from the time of the deposit of such coins therein until the expiration . <br />of the time fixed as a parking limit for the part of the street upon which such parking <br />meter is placed. Each such meter shall also be arranged that, upon the expiration of the <br />legal parking time, it will indicate by a mechanical operation and the dropping of proper <br />signal that the lawful parking period has expired. <br /> <br />Sec. 22-637. Operation of meters; overtime parking generally. <br /> <br />(a) The fee for parking at a meter in any off-street parking lot and garage of <br />the city shall be as established in Appendix A of this Code. <br /> <br />(b) When any vehicle is parked in any metered space in any off-street parking <br />lot or garage of the city designated in section 22-631, the driver shall, upon entering the <br />parking space, immediately deposit or cause to be deposited a coin of the United States, <br />or the equivalent in tokens issued pursuant to regulations promulgated by the city <br />manager or his designee, in the meter provided for the space, as required by the legend on <br />the meter, and such parking space shall then be lawfully occupied by the vehicle during <br />