A. Definition: A "person with a disability", as used in this section, shall mean a natural person who, as determined by a licensed physician, by a physician assistant who has been delegated the authority to make this determination by his or her supervising physician, or by an advanced practice nurse who has a written collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician that authorizes the advanced practice nurse to make this determination: 1) cannot walk without the use of, or assistance from, a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair, or other assistive device; 2) is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that his or her forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter (1 l), or the arterial oxygen tension is less than sixty (60) mm/hg on room air at rest; 3) uses portable oxygen; 4) has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person's functional limitations are classified in severity as class III or class IV, according to standards set by the American Heart Association; 5) is severely limited in the person's ability to walk due to an arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition; 6) cannot walk two hundred feet (200') without stopping to rest because of one of the above five (5) conditions; or 7) is missing a hand or arm or has permanently lost the use of a hand or arm.
B. Application Of State And Local Laws:
1. A motor vehicle bearing registration plates issued to a person with disabilities pursuant to section 3-616 or to a disabled veteran pursuant to section 3-609 of the Illinois vehicle code, effective July 1, 1970, as amended, is exempt from any statute or ordinance imposing time limitations on parking in a business district; but otherwise is subject to the laws which prohibit parking in "no stopping" and "no standing" zones in front of or near fire hydrants, driveways, public building entrances and exits, bus stops and loading areas, and is prohibited from parking where the motor vehicle constitutes a traffic hazard, and the motor vehicle must be moved at the instruction and request of a law enforcement officer to a location designated by the officer. Any motor vehicle bearing registration plates specified in this section or such devices as local authorities deem proper as evidence that the vehicle is operated by or for a person with a disability or disabled veteran may park, in addition to any other lawful place, in any parking place specifically reserved, by posting of an official sign, for such vehicles.
2. Parking privileges granted by this section are strictly limited to the person to whom the special registration plates were issued and to qualified operators acting under his express direction while the person with disabilities is present.
3. No person shall use any area for the parking of any motor vehicle pursuant to this chapter or where an official sign controlling such area expressly prohibits parking at any time or during certain hours.
C. Special Decals:
1. The secretary of state of the state of Illinois shall provide for, by administrative rules, the design, size and color of a motorist with disabilities decal or device which shall be used in the issuance thereof to a person with disabilities. This decal or device shall be the property of such person with disabilities and may be used by that person to designate and identify a vehicle not owned or displaying a registration plate as provided in sections 3-609 and 3-616 of the Illinois vehicle code to designate when the vehicle is being used to transport said person with disabilities, and thus is entitled to enjoy all the privileges that would be afforded a person with disabilities licensed vehicle.
2. Such decal or device shall be displayed in a conspicuous location and in plain view to an observer standing outside said vehicle for which a person with disabilities seeks exemption from the parking restrictions of this title.
D. Unauthorized Use Of Parking Places Reserved For Persons With Disabilities: It shall be prohibited to park any motor vehicle which is not bearing registration plates issued to a person with disabilities pursuant to section 3-616 or to a disabled veteran pursuant to section 3-609 of the Illinois vehicle code, or such devices as the village deems proper as evidence that the vehicle is operated by or for a person with disabilities or disabled veteran, in any parking place specifically reserved, by the posting of an official sign, for motor vehicles bearing such registration plates. (Ord. 80-43, 6-23-1980; amd. 2012 Code)