(A) The Police Chief shall designate from time to time reserved parking spaces in the city to be located in publicly-owned parking lots, and on public streets where there is provided on-street parking, so as to accommodate persons with disabilities as defined in KRS 189.456.
(B) Person(s) with a disability who have obtained a special parking permit from the County Clerk, pursuant to KRS 189.456, shall make application with the Chief of Police for a handicapped parking space. If the Chief of Police finds that the person making the application has obtained the required permit from the County Clerk, and that local ordinances or state statutes do not prohibit parking on the street, he or she shall designate a reserved parking space for persons with disabilities in the front, rear or side of the residence of a person with disabilities, if there is no off-street parking accommodating such residence or if the off street parking that accommodates the residence is in the Chief of Police’s opinion, unusable or impractical for use by the person with disabilities.
(C) There shall be a one-time fee of $100 for the establishment of the reserved handicapped parking space permitted pursuant to this section to help defray the cost of signage and processing.
(D) The person shall be subject to all other local ordinances and state statutes governing the parking of vehicles on the street where the reserved space has been designated including but not limited to the provisions of KRS 189.456 and 186.042.
(E) The person making the application pursuant to this section shall be required to register annually with the City Police Department within five days of the anniversary of the date in which the reserved parking space for persons with disabilities is first designated.
(F) Any person who occupies the designated reserved parking space for persons with disabilities created pursuant to this section with a vehicle they are operating or exercising control of and does not possess the proper permit shall be subject to the same penalty provisions of KRS 189.456 and 189.990(1).
(1992 Code, § 72.14) (Ord. 03-97, passed 2-18-1997; Ord. 20-2003, passed 9-2-2003)