What parking meter words mean in this law

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. Parking Meter. A device located in the vicinity of a parking space for the purposes of extending parking privileges to persons for a certain number of minutes or hours upon the payment of the required charge by a method allowed by the parking meter. The device shall record a certain number of minutes or hours determining the period of time for which parking privileges have been extended. The term parking meter includes a multi-space parking meter device located in the vicinity of the parking spaces it regulates. Parking Meter Space. Any space that is: (1) Within a parking meter zone; (2) Regulated by a parking meter; and (3) Duly designated by lines painted or otherwise durably marked on the curb or on the surface of the street or public parking area. Parking Meter Zone. A street, portion of a street, or other public parking area established by ordinance as a zone in which the parking of vehicles or other uses authorized by law upon such street or other public parking area is regulated by parking meters. )