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SEC. 11. LOCAL TRAFFIC SIGNS. THE CITY MANAGER MAY CAUSE APPROPRIATE SIGNS TO BE ERECTED AND MAINTAINED, DESIGNATING RESIDENCE AND BUSINESS DISTRICTS, HIGHWAYS AND STEAM RAILWAY GRADE CROSSINGS AND SUCH OTHER SIGNS AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE PRO- • VISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE AND TO CONTROL TRAFFIC. (CODE 1932, SEC. 489(59).) SEC. 60. CITY MANAGER AND CHIEF OF POLICE MAY DECREASE WEIGHT LIMITS. THE CITY MANAGER AND CHIEF OF POLICE MAY ADOPT REGULATIONS DECREASING THE WEIGHT AND LOAD LIMIT SPECIFIED IN SECTION 58 OF THIS CHAPTER FOR A TOTAL PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED NINETY DAYS IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR, WHEN OPERATION OVER STREETS OR HIGHWAYS BY REASON OF DETERIORATION, RAIN, SNOW OR OTHER CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, WILL SERIOUSLY DAMAGE SUCH STREETS OR HIGHWAYS UNLESS SUCH WEIGHTS ARE REDUCED, NO SUCH REGULATION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS SIGNS STATING THE WEIGHT SPECIFIED IN SUCH REGULATIONS ARE ERECTED AT EACH END OF THE SECTION OF THE STREET OR HIGHWAY AFFECTED. (ID., SEC. 489(41).) SEC. 75. MARKING PARKING SPACES ADJACENT TO METERS; MANNER OF PARKING. 1 THE CITY MANAGER AND CHIEF OF POLICE, OR SUCH OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY AS THEY SHALL SELECT, SHALL PLACE LINES OR MARKINGS ON THE CURB OR ON THE STREET ABOUT OR ALONGSIDE OF EACH PARKING METER TO DESIGNATE THE PARKING SPACE FOR WHICH THE METER IS TO BE USED, AND EACH VEHICLE PARKED ALONGSIDE OF OR NEXG TO ANY PARKING METER SHALL PARK WITHIN THE LINES OR MARKINGS SO ESTABLISHED. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL AND A VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE TO PARK ANY VEHICLE ACROSS ANY SUCH LINE OR MARKING, OR TO PARK SAID VEHICLE IN SUCH POSITION THAT THE SAME SHALL NOT BE ENTIRELY WITHIN THE AREA SO DESIGNATED BY SUCH LINES OR • MARKINGS, AND IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL TO PARK ANY VEHICLE IN ANY PLACE IN THE ZONE EXCEPT WITHIN THE SPACES INDICATED FOR SUCH PARKING. WHEN A PARKING SPACE IN ANY PARKING METER ZONE IS PARALLEL WITH THE ADJACENT CURB OR SIDEWALK, ANY VEHICLE PARKED IN SUCH PARKING SPACE SHALL BE PARKED SO THAT THE FOREMOST PART OF SUCH VEHICLE SHALL BE ALONGSIDE OF AND NEAREST TO THE PARKING METER; WHEN A PARKING SPACE IN ANY PARKING METER ZONE IS DIAGONAL TO THE CURB OR SIDEWALK, ANY VEHICLE PARKED IN SUCH PARKING SPACE SHALL BE PARKED WITH THE FORE- MOST PART OF THE VEHICLE DIRECTED AT AND NEAREST TO THE METER. (ID.) SEC. 83. LOADING ZONES, BUS STOPS, ETC., IN PARKING METER ZONES. THE CITY MANAGER AND CHIEF OF POLICE ARE AUTHORIZED TO SET APART, WITHIN THE PARKING ZONES HEREBY DEFINED, SPACE FOR LOADING ZONES, BUS STOPS, TAXI STANDS AND OTHER PLACES IN WHICH NO PARKING SHALL BE PERMITTED. (ID.) ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 18, 1950 AYES: MR. BARR, MR. HADEN, MR. HAMM, MR. HILL, AND MR. TEBELL. NOES** NONE CLERK PRESIDENT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RE-ENACTING SECTION 1 OF CHAPTER 26 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT SECTION 1 OF CHAPTER 26 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945 BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY • AMENDED AND RE-ENACTED SO AS TO READ AS FOLLOWS: SEC. 1. COMPOSITION, ELECTION, AND TERMS OF MEMBERS. THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE SHALL BE COMPOSED OF SEVEN MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL, AND THERE SHALL BE AT LEAST ONE MEMBER FROM EACH WARD OF THE CITY. ALL VACANCIES OCCURRING BY EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF OFFICE, AS PROVIDED IN THE CITY CHARTER SHALL BE FILLED AT THE SECOND REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL IN JUNE OF EACH YEAR FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS, BEGINNING ON JULY 1. VACANCIES OCCURRING OTHERWISE THAN BY EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF OFFICE SHALL BE FILLED FOR THE UNEXPi.F$ED TERM, NO MEMBER SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE MORE THAN THREE SUCCESSIVE FULL THREE-YEAR TERMS, IF, FOR ANY REASON, THE COUNCIL SHOULD NOT FILL THE VACANCIES ON OR BEFORE JULY 1 AS ABOVE PROVIDED, APPOINTMENTS, WHEN MADE, SHALL BE FOR UNEXPIRED TERM. CLERK ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 18, 1950 AYES: MR. BARR, MR. HADEN, MR. HAMM, MR. HILL, AND MR. TEBELL. NOES: NONE • PRESIDENT