§ 72.18 ACCESSIBILITY.

   Nothing herein shall prohibit the owner or person in control of a parking area of a shopping center from providing more accessible parking spaces than this chapter requires.

(1984 Code, § 2-03-050) (Ord. 143, passed 7-24-1984)

§ 72.19 PROHIBITED PARKING.

   (A)   A vehicle shall not be parked in a parking space, clearly identified by an official sign as being reserved for use by the physically impaired, which is on public property or private property available for public use, unless the person is physically impaired as described in Public Act 300 of 1949, being M.C.L.A. § 257.19a or unless the person is parking the vehicle for the benefit of a physically impaired person.

   (B)   In order for the vehicle to be parked in a handicapped parking space, the vehicle shall display one of the following:

      (1)   A certificate of identification issued to a physically impaired person under Public Act 300 of 1949, being M.C.L.A. § 257.675(5) which has been affixed to the lower left corner of the front windshield;

      (2)   A special registration plate issued under Public Act 300 of 1949, being M.C.L.A. § 257.803d to a physically impaired person;

      (3)   A similar certificate issued by another state to a physically impaired person;

      (4)   A similar registration plate issued by another state to a physically impaired person; or

      (5)   A special registration plate to which a handicapped tab is attached, issued under Public Act 300 of 1949, being M.C.L.A. § 257.803f.

(1984 Code, § 2-03-060) (Ord. 173, passed 4-12-1988)

§ 72.99 PENALTY.

   (A)   Anyone who, as a result of violating a provision of §§ 72.01 through 72.04, receives a parking violation notice, upon a determination of responsibility thereon, shall pay a fine at the Village Parking Violations Bureau as follows:

      (1)   Thirty dollars for a violation of § 72.01 (parking during snow season - prohibited during certain hours) and Ch. 77, Schd. I (parking during snow season - prohibited in parking lots during certain hours); and

      (2)   Forty dollars for a violation of § 72.03, “parking restrictions”, Ch. 77, Schd. III, “Downtown Parking Prohibited”, and Ch. 77, Schd. IV, “Restrictions on Alley Street and Battle Alley”.

(1984 Code, § 2-04-090)

   (B)   (1)   A person who violates §§ 72.15 through 72.18 in failing to provide accessible parking spaces for the physically impaired is responsible for a civil infraction; and violations shall be processed in the same manner as a civil infraction under Public Act 300 of 1949, as amended, being M.C.L.A. §§ 257.1 to 257.923.

(1984 Code, § 2-03-040)

      (2)   A person who violates § 72.19 is responsible for a civil infraction and shall be fined not less than $100 together with the costs of prosecution.

(1984 Code, § 2-04-070)

(Ord. 143, passed 7-24-1984; Ord. 173, passed 4-12-1988; Ord. 219, passed 12-10-1991; Ord. 269, passed 8-13-1996)