(a) General rule.— The board of commissioners may:
- (1) Regulate parking and parking lots and provide parking accommodations to promote the convenience and protection of the public.
- (2) Establish or designate, at the board's discretion, areas exclusively reserved for parking by handicapped individuals and post signs regulating the areas.
- (3) Erect parking meters and regulate parking meter charges.
- (4) Acquire by gift, purchase, lease or eminent domain, lands that the board deems necessary or desirable for the purpose of establishing and maintaining parking lots.
- (5) Plan, design, locate, hold, construct, improve, maintain, operate, own or lease, either in the capacity of lessor or lessee, and install facilities and equipment on any land to be devoted to the parking of vehicles.