To provide a system for its handicapped citizens and to facilitate their freedom of movement throughout the community, it is hereby ordained that:
(A) For the purpose of this section, "handicapped" shall mean any person who is legally blind, has a disability of incoordination resulting from brain, spinal or peripheral nerve damage, has an amputation of one or more of the lower extremities, has an obvious physical disability that requires the use of a wheelchair, braces, walker, crutches, prosthetic devices or any person who, in the opinion of a licensed physicians has a physical impairment which renders them restricted in their ability to move about freely, to include but not limited to, persons of advanced age, or persons with respiratory, heart or circulatory difficulties.
(B) Any person who is handicapped as defined in this section, or any person who regularly transports a handicapped person and is in fact transporting the handicapped person, shall be allowed to park in designated spaces reserved for handicapped persons specifically marked by distinguishing letters or signs. As a condition of this privilege, a vehicle transporting handicapped persons shall display a distinguishing parking decal which shall display such information for enforcement purposes. Any person who is handicapped as defined in this section shall obtain such a decal from the S.C. Department of Highways and Public Transportation, and the decal shall be displayed as required by the Department.
(C) Any person or persons, without the decal described herein, who shall park in parking places designated as being reserved for handicapped persons shall be deemed to be in violation of this section and, upon conviction of such offense, shall be fined as set forth in § 72.99; provided, however, that no person or persons who have a license tag, decal or other emblem displayed on their vehicle, which indicates a handicapped condition, whether a South Carolina motorist or a motorist from another state, shall be subject to such fine.
('86 Code, § 18.406) (Am. Ord. 97-16, passed 8-18-97)
Statutory reference:
Handicapped parking, see S.C. Code § 56-3-1950 through 56-3-1975