§ 508-36. Handicapped Parking, Reserved Locations on Public and Private Property.

No person shall stop, stand, or park any motor vehicle at special, clearly marked, parking locations provided for the handicapped in or on privately or publicly owned parking lots, parking garages or other parking areas or public streets and highways unless the motor vehicle is displaying a parking card issued under Section 4503.44 of the Revised Code or is being operated by or for the transport of a handicapped person and is displaying the special license plates authorized by Section 4503.44 of the Revised Code or the equivalent thereof from any other state.

As used in this section, "handicapped person" means a person having lost the use of one or both legs, one or both arms, or any combination thereof, or being blind or deaf or so severely disabled as to be unable to move about without the aid of crutches or a wheelchair, or a person whose mobility is restricted by a permanent cardiovascular, pulmonary or other handicapping condition.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 71-1985, eff. Feb. 13, 1985; a. Ord. No. 401-1985, eff. Sept. 6, 1985; Ord. No. 53-2005, eff. July 21, 2005; Emer. Ord. No. 058-2013, § 4, eff. March 6, 2013)