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occupied by such vehicle during such period for which the driver or other occupant has made payment. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a pay parking zone without having made the required payment for the use of the space. Sec. 22-604. Parking spaces. The city manager shall have lines or markings painted or placed on the curb and upon the streets to designate parking spaces in pay parking zones. It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle across any such line or marking, or to park such vehicle in such position that the same shall not be entirely within the area so designated by such lines or markings, and it shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in any place in such zone except within the spaces indicated for such parking. Sec. 22-605. Defacing, injuring, tampering with. It shall be unlawful and a class 1 misdemeanor for any person to deface,injure,tamper with, open, or willfully break, destroy, or impair the usefulness of any parking meter, pay station, other payment facility, or signage installed under the provisions of this division. Sec. 22-606 Procedure in case of violation. (a) It shall be the duty of each police officer of the city, or other uniformed city employee or appointee whose normal duties including parking enforcement, to report: (1) The number of each parking meter, if any, that indicated that the vehicle occupying the parking space adjacent to such parking meter is or has been parked in violation of any of the provisions of this division, or other information indicating a payment violation and the location of the violation. (2) The state license number and/or any other identifying information of such vehicle. (3) The length of time during which such vehicle is parked, in violation of any of the provisions of this division. (4) Any other facts, knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending such violation. (b) Each police officer, or other uniformed city employee or appointee whose normal duties include parking enforcement, shall attach to the vehicle a notice to the owner thereof; that the vehicle has been parked in violation of a provision of this division and instructing the owner to pay the penalty or state objection to and intent to contest the notice of violation. Each owner may, within 14 days of the time when such notice was attached to the vehicle,pay a penalty in the sum of$25.00 for violation of any of the provisions of this division. An owner may state objection to and intent to contest a violation notice by filing a request for a hearing with the Portsmouth General District Court Traffic Division within 14 calendar days of the date of the violation notice. If the owner of the vehicle fails to make the payment within 14 days of the time when such notice was attached to the vehicle or state objection to and intent to contest the notice of violation, then an additional notice shall be given the owner, and an A-2