§ 54-208. Same—Offstreet spaces regulated.

(a)

Any person owning a shopping center or facility with at least five separate retail stores and at least 20 offstreet parking spaces which are provided for use by the shopping public must designate as only for the handicapped and clearly mark for use by the handicapped a minimum of five percent of such parking spaces or ten such spaces, whichever is less. These spaces must be located as close as reasonably practicable to the shopping center facility and reasonably distributed so as to provide convenient access for use by handicapped drivers. Such parking spaces are to be used either by handicapped drivers displaying a special municipal parking permit, as defined in Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1203-a and distributed by the commissioner of motor vehicles to local governing bodies to be issued to handicapped persons who reside in such locality, or by motor vehicles registered in accordance with the Vehicle and Traffic Law § 404-a.

(b)

The parking spaces designated pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be clearly identified for use by handicapped drivers which designation may include the use of blue painted lines or markings and the international symbol of access.

(c)

A violation of this section by any person owning a shopping center or facility with at least five separate retail stores and at least 20 offstreet parking spaces which are provided for use by the shopping public who fails to provide spaces only for the handicapped and clearly marked for use by the handicapped in accordance with this section, shall be punishable by a fine of up to $250.00.

(d)

Any person who parks in spaces clearly marked for use by the handicapped in accordance with this section, without a special municipal parking permit or whose vehicle is not registered in accordance with Vehicle and Traffic Law § 404-a and being used for the transportation of a handicapped person, shall be subject to a fine of $25.00 for each offense.

(e)

As used in this section, the term "handicapped" shall also include a "severely disabled person" as defined in the Vehicle and Traffic Law § 404-a.

(Code 1966, § 15-37)

Cross reference

Parking and loading zoning regulations, app. A, art. VI.