GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SENATE BILL 453
RATIFIED BILL
AN ACT to allow the city of raleigh and the town of chapel hill to allow activation of parking meters by credit card or other electronic means and to use proceeds collected from parking METERS for parking programs and providing parking facilities.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 160A‑301(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) On‑Street
Parking. – A city may by ordinance regulate, restrict, and prohibit the parking
of vehicles on the public streets, alleys, and bridges within the city. When
parking is permitted for a specified period of time at a particular location, a
city may install a parking meter at that location and require any person
parking a vehicle therein to place the meter in operation for the entire time
that the vehicle remains in that location, up to the maximum time allowed for
parking there. Parking meters may be activated by coins or tokens.coins,
tokens, credit cards, or electronic means. A city may establish parking zones
within the city and may require a different monetary amount to activate the
meter for different time periods based upon the zone in which the meter is
located. Proceeds from the use of parking meters on public streets must be
used to defray the cost of enforcing and administering traffic and parking ordinances
and regulations.operating the parking program or providing parking
facilities."
SECTION 2. This act applies to the City of Raleigh and the Town of Chapel Hill only.
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of June, 2009.
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Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
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Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives