(a) No person shall park or stand a vehicle in any parking space upon a street next to which a parking meter has been installed unless a coin or coins of United States currency of the appropriate denominations shall have been deposited therein, or shall have been previously deposited therein for an unexpired interval of time, and the meter has been placed in operation; provided, that this provision shall not apply to the act of parking or the necessary time which is required to deposit immediately thereafter a coin in such meter, nor to disabled veterans as exempted under subsection (c) of this section.

(b) The provisions of this section shall not relieve any person from observing other and more restrictive provisions of other ordinances and State laws prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.

(c) Motor vehicles bearing the distinctive license plates or tags of disabled veterans as authorized by law shall be permitted to park without charge in any metered zone of the City. (Ord. 17707 § 4, 7-31-01; Ord. 17635 § 4, 1-9-01. Code 1981 § 43-438. Code 1995 § 142-379.)