A. No person shall park or stand a vehicle upon any street, highway or in a parking stall or space of an off street parking facility when the vehicle displays, in order to obtain special parking privileges, a disabled placard and: 1) the department of motor vehicles record for the identification number assigned to such placard indicates that such placard either: a) has been reported as lost, stolen, surrendered, canceled, revoked or expired; or b) was issued to a person who has been reported as being deceased for a period exceeding sixty (60) days; 2) the placard is displayed on a vehicle that is not being used to transport, and is not in the reasonable proximity of, the person to whom the license plate or placard was issued or a person who is authorized to be transported in the vehicle displaying that placard or license plate; or 3) the placard is counterfeit, forged, altered or mutilated.
B. For purposes of this section, "disabled placard" means a distinguishing placard issued pursuant to California Vehicle Code section 22511.55.
C. This section is enacted pursuant to the authority conferred by California Vehicle Code section 22511.57. (Ord. 99-O-2334, eff. 10-22-1999; amd. Ord. 05-O-2475, eff. 7-22-2005; Ord. 13-O-2645, eff. 10-11-2013)