§ 12-42. Handicapped parking; violations.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person operating a motor vehicle, including motorcycles, on any public or private parking lots to stop or park in a designated handicapped parking zone unless that motor vehicle or motorcycle is licensed as a handicapped vehicle and designated on the license plate.

(b)

This section shall apply both to unoccupied vehicles left in a designated handicapped parking zone as well as occupied vehicles "standing" or temporarily "stopped" in a handicapped parking zone.

(c)

Members of the classified service of the fire department of the city are hereby vested with all necessary legal authority to issue citations for any violations of this section.

(Ord. No. 87-08, § 12-69, 7-7-87; Ord. No. 95-15, 5-2-95)

Editor's note

Ordinance No. 87-08, adopted July 7, 1987, amended Ch. 12 by adding provisions designated as § 12-69. Inasmuch as Ord. No. 86-05, adopted Sept. 2, 1986, had already enacted provisions designated as § 12-69, and in order to provide for better classification, the editor, at his discretion, has redesignated the provisions said Ord. No. 87-08 as a new § 12-42.