§ 31-28-2 - Ordinances authorizing parking meters and meter zones.
SECTION 31-28-2
§ 31-28-2 Ordinances authorizing parkingmeters and meter zones. – (a) Any town or city council may enact ordinances authorizing the installation,operation, maintenance, policing, and supervision of parking meters on thepublic highways, and fix and provide for the payment of a fee for the purposeof parking by requiring the operator of any vehicle parking in the zone todeposit in the meter in the zone or adjacent to it, a coin of the United Statesas the council shall determine to be necessary for the purpose of regulatingparking. Any fee established for parking shall bear a reasonable relation tothe actual cost incurred by the town or city in the installation, operation,maintenance, policing, and supervision of the parking meter system and theparking of motor vehicles on the public highways.
(b) The commissioner of public safety for the city ofProvidence and the council of any other city or town may establish parkingmeter zones for the purpose of regulating the parking of motor vehicles on thepublic highways.