(A) Designated parking. Certain parking spaces within the confines of the village shall be designated for use by disabled persons' vehicles only and will be posted with appropriate signs to that effect.
(B) Use of designated disabled parking. The use of designated disabled parking locations, duly posted and signed shall to that effect, be open to any vehicle which bears the appropriate disabled state registration plate issued by the Secretary of State for the state, or a valid disabled parking permit issued by another governmental agency or which bears a disabled card furnished in accordance with ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, §§ 11-1301.1 et seq. furnished by the village.
(C) Application for state disabled registration plate. The issuance of an state disabled motor vehicle registration plate shall be made with the Secretary of State of the state at any facility provided and approved for that purpose by the Secretary of State.
(D) Penalty. Any vehicle parked in violation of this chapter in a posted designated disabled space which does not bear a state disabled registration plate, or a valid disabled parking permit issued by another governmental agency of a village disabled registration card will be ticketed and the vehicle will be removed in accordance with departmental policies and in accordance with ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1302. The registered owner of the vehicle as ascertained by the registration plates of the vehicle will be presumed to be in control of the vehicle and will be fined $200. The same registered owner will be held liable for the cost of removal of the vehicle and must pay that cost, plus storage charges, if any, prior to the release of the vehicle.
(E) Disabled parking areas. Those places designated as "disabled parking spaces" are listed in Chapter 74, Sch. III.
(2001 Code, § 24-6-5)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, §§ 11-1301.2 and 11-1301.3