§ 10.32.010. Parking of vehicles in municipal parking lots controlled by coin-operated mechanical entrance and exit gates—Tampering with gates prohibited.

A.

It is unlawful for any person to park, or attempt to park, any vehicle in any municipal parking lot or area, entrance and exit to which is controlled by mechanical gates, without entering said lot through said entrance gate and without depositing immediately prior to such entrance, one or more coins of the United States in the coin receptacle provided therefor in accordance with the directions appearing on, near or adjacent to said mechanical entrance gate.

B.

It is unlawful for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, or wilfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness or normal operation of any mechanical gate, or its appurtenances, which control ingress to and egress from any municipal parking lot.

(Prior traffic code §§ 127.1, 127.2)