A. Issuance Of Plates: Issuance of accessible parking placards or license plates is governed by Idaho Code section 49-410 and administered by the Idaho Department of Transportation.
B. Accessible Parking Committee: The Boise City Accessible Parking Committee shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Parking Services Office to provide information and recommendations relating to the need for additional accessible parking spaces and the relocation, repair or modification of existing accessible parking spaces. The Boise City Accessible Parking Committee shall also accept, analyze and provide recommendations to the Parking Services Office regarding applications for additional accessible on-street parking spaces.
C. On-Street Accessible Parking Requirements:
1. The Parking Services Office, upon the advice of the Boise City Accessible Parking Committee, may establish requirements for accessible parking zones and spaces within the City pursuant to Idaho Code section 49-213(d). The Parking Services Office shall determine the minimum number and placement of accessible parking spaces for each City block controlled with parking meters.
2. All designations of accessible parking spaces and marking thereof, shall be done in conformance with the requirements of all Federal, State and local laws and the regulations and provisions of this article.
3. In addition to the accessible parking requirements set forth in Idaho Code section 49-213, the following requirements are applicable to all on- street accessible parking spaces:
a. There shall be at least one accessible parking space for every thirty (30) parking spaces Citywide which is controlled by an on-street parking meter or otherwise in conformance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
(1) Accessible parking spaces shall be parallel with the sidewalk where parallel parking is required, or at an angle to the sidewalk where angle parking is required.
(2) In angle parking spaces, the accessible parking space shall be at least fourteen feet (14') in width or as required by the ADA, whichever is wider.
4. All accessible parking spaces shall be located on the shortest route to curb cuts and ramps for wheelchair and other mobility aid devices.
5. All accessible parking spaces shall be free from obstructions and shall be located in areas where persons exiting the vehicle shall exit onto a flat, hard surface.
6. For each designated accessible parking space, there shall be a sign posted immediately adjacent thereto, which is visible from each accessible parking space, is at least sixty inches (60") above the ground, and contains the international accessible symbol as shown in Idaho Code section 49-410(3).
D. Applications For On-Street Accessible Parking: Persons may file applications for the designation of new accessible parking spaces or for the relocation, repair or modification of existing accessible parking spaces with the Parking Services Office, which shall review such applications with the Boise City Accessible Parking Committee in such form and manner as prescribed. The Parking Services Office upon its own volition may originate applications for the designation, relocation, repair or modification of accessible parking spaces.
1. The written application for designation, relocation, repair or modification of accessible parking spaces shall include, at a minimum, the following:
a. The name, address and phone number of the applicant;
b. A clear description of the location or specific parking space for which the application is being filed;
c. An explanation detailing what action the applicant would recommend regarding the location or condition of the specific parking space in question;
d. Any other relevant information required by the Parking Services Office;
e. A statement signed and sworn by the applicant, under penalty of perjury, that all information submitted is true and correct to the best of his knowledge.
2. Upon the receipt of an application, the Boise City Accessible Parking Committee shall analyze and provide recommendations to the Parking Services Office regarding such application for final disposition and order. The Parking Services Office shall consider the Boise City Accessible Parking Committee's recommendation, and may, to the extent necessary, complete its own analysis and investigation of the application in the process of deciding whether to grant or deny the application.
3. All denied applications for the designation, relocation, repair or modification of on-street accessible parking spaces may be reviewed following the review process detailed in section 6-10B-12 of this chapter.
E. Designation Of On-Street Accessible Parking Spaces: The Parking Services Office is not obliged to accept or follow the recommendations of the Boise City Accessible Parking Committee in making a final determination of the appropriateness of all applications from persons requesting the designation, relocation, repair or modification of on-street accessible parking spaces. All granted applications shall follow the accessible parking space requirements in subsection C of this section and any other applicable Federal, State or City Code.
F. Accessible Parking Unlawful Acts: Only a permitted and authorized person with a disability, who has a valid accessible parking placard or plates, may park in an accessible parking space. The following unauthorized uses and behaviors are unlawful under this article:
1. Unauthorized use of an accessible parking space. No vehicle shall stop, stand or park in a designated accessible parking space unless either the driver or a passenger has been issued a disabled parking permit placard, temporary card or special license plates which are clearly displayed on the vehicle, except in the limited circumstance to momentarily stop to pick up or discharge a person with a disability from such vehicle.
2. Blocking access to an accessible parking space. It is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle either in a manner which prevents or reasonably could restrict a person with a disability from entering or exiting his vehicle; or in a manner that would prevent a person with a disability from being able to park a vehicle in the designated accessible parking space; or in a manner that blocks access to a curb cut or ramp.
3. Unauthorized use of an accessible parking placard or plates. It is unlawful for either a holder of an accessible parking placard or plates to allow another person to misuse such accessible parking privileges or for any person who is not authorized by the Idaho Department of Transportation to use an accessible parking placard or plates.
G. Enforcement: Law enforcement officials and their designees as authorized by the City shall enforce the accessible parking provisions and are empowered, using reasonable discretion, to check personal identification to determine if the user of an accessible parking placard or plates is authorized. (Ord. 41-17, 12-19-2017, eff. 2-1-2018)