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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 7-5 Metered parking operations.">
  <section prefix="§" num="7-5" heading="Metered parking operations.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Single-space meters.">
      <para num="(1)">Each single-space parking meter shall be designed to display, on payment and activation, a signal that indicates legal parking for the duration paid for.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Each single-space parking meter shall also be designed:<para num="(i)">to display continuously the time remaining until the legal parking duration expires; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">at the expiration of that time, to display a signal that the legal parking duration has expired.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Multi-space parking.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">Multi-space metered parking shall operate in accordance with one of the systems described in this subsection.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="“Pay-and-Display-Receipt” System.">
        <para num="(i)">A Pay-and-Display-Receipt System operates through a multi-space meter that, on payment and activation, issues a printed receipt that displays:<para num="(A)">the amount of parking time purchased; and</para>
          <para num="(B)">the date and time at which the paid parking will expire.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(ii)">The meter shall contain clear instructions on how and where the receipt must be displayed on or in the parked vehicle.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">Failure to display the receipt in the manner specified subjects the parked vehicle to a parking violation the same as if the proper parking fee had not been paid.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="“Pay-and-Register-Tag” system.">
        <para num="(i)">A Pay-and-Register-Tag  System operates through a multi-space meter that, on payment and activation, records and transmits to parking enforcement:<para num="(A)">the multi-space parking zone in which the vehicle is parked;</para>
          <para num="(B)">the license plate number of the vehicle;</para>
          <para num="(C)">the amount of parking time purchased; and</para>
          <para num="(D)">the date and time at which the paid parking will expire.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(ii)">Failure to register the correct license plate number subjects the parked vehicle to a parking violation the same as if the proper parking fee had not been paid.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(4)" heading="“Mobile-Payment” System.">
        <para num="(i)">A Mobile-Payment System allows for payment of multi-space metered parking through one’s own mobile phone or other mobile communication device.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">On connection with the system and payment, the system records and transmits to parking enforcement:<para num="(A)">the multi-space parking zone in which the vehicle is parked;</para>
          <para num="(B)">the license plate number of the vehicle;</para>
          <para num="(C)">the amount of parking time purchased; and</para>
          <para num="(D)">the date and time at which the paid parking will expire.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(iii)">Failure to register the correct license plate number subjects the parked vehicle to a parking violation the same as if the proper parking fee had not been paid.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1966, art. 31, §189</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §133</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 55-1346</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 06-198</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-537</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
