parking meter means an apparatus for use on or in the vicinity of a parking place for indicating, as respects a space provided at that parking place for the leaving of vehicles, whether the initial charge has been paid and whether the period for which payment was made by the initial charge has expired;
parking meter means a device for registering and visibly recording of a parking period in accordance with the insertion of a coin or other prescribed object therein and includes a post or fixture to which it is attached;
parking meter means a device that shall indicate thereon the length of time during which a vehicle may be parked which shall have as a part thereof a receptacle for receiving and storing coins, a slot or place in which such coins may be deposited, a timing mechanism to indicate the passage of the interval of time during which the parking is permissible and which shall also display a signal when said interval of time shall have elapsed.
More Definitions of parking meter
parking meter means a mechanical or electronic device designed to accept payment in exchange for a period of legal parking that is indicated by means of a signal on the device or on a ticket dispensed by the device;
parking meter means any mechanical device or meter not inconsistent with this Chapter placed or erected for the regulation of parking by authority of this Chapter. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by proper legend the legal parking time established by the Council and, when operated, shall at all times indicate the balance of legal parking time, and at the expiration of such period shall indicate illegal or overtime parking.
parking meter means an automatic or other mechanical device affixed to a standard and placed on a highway for the purpose of controlling and regulating the parking of vehicles;
parking meter means a device mechanically capable, when properly operated, of recording the length of time a vehicle remains legally parked in an adjacent parking meter space, and displaying a signal when such vehicle remains parked beyond the legal limit.
parking meter means and includes any single-space or multi-space mechanical or electronic device or other meter not inconsistent with this section used, placed, or erected for the regulation of parking by authority of this subdivision. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by proper legend the legal parking times established by the County and when operated shall at all times either indicate the balance of legal parking time and the expiration of such period shall indicate illegal or overtime parking, or produce a receipt which provides the same information.
parking meter means any mechanical, electrical or electronic device or appliance designed for the purpose of automatically measuring and indicating the period of time within which a motor vehicle is or may legally be parked in a metered parking bay, and includes the stand to which the meter is affixed.
parking meter means a device intended to assist public authorities in enforcing ordinances limiting the time during which vehicles may be parked on any highways within a parking meter zone. (1944 Code Ch. 18 §54.)