(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSON. Any person who has sustained a temporary disability rendering it unduly difficulty and burdensome for him or her to walk.
PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSON WITH LIMITED MOBILITY. Any person who suffers from permanent physical condition making it unduly difficulty and burdensome for such person to walk.
(B) (1) Free stopping, standing or parking placed marked “reserved for disabled persons” shall be designated on close proximity to all state, county and municipal buildings and other public facilities. Such places shall be reserved solely for physically disabled and handicapped persons during the hours that such buildings are open for business.
(2) Any person whose vehicle properly displays a valid special registration plate, mobile windshield place card or decal, may park the vehicle for unlimited periods of time in parking zones unrestricted as to length of parking time permitted; provided, that this privilege does not mean that the vehicle may park in any zone where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited or which creates parking zones for special types of vehicle or which prohibits parking during heavy traffic periods during specified rush hours or where parking would clearly present a traffic hazard. To extent any provision of any ordinance of the municipality is contrary to the provisions of the section, the provisions of the section shall take precedence and shall apply.
(3) The privileges provided for in this division (B) shall apply only during those times when the vehicle is being used for the transportation of a physically handicapped or disabled person. No person shall knowingly exercise, or attempt to exercise, such privileges at a time when the vehicle is not being used for the transportation of a physically handicapped or disabled person.
(C) No person shall stop, stand or park a motor vehicle in an area designated, zoned or marked for the handicapped or physically disabled, when such person is not physically disabled or handicapped and does not have displayed upon his or her vehicle a distinguishing insignia for the handicapped issued by the Commissioner of Highways; provided, that any person in the act of transporting a handicapped or physically disabled person, as defined by this section, may stop, stand or park a motor vehicle not displaying a distinguishing insignia for the handicapped or physically disabled, for the limited purposes of providing, however, that such vehicle shall be promptly moved after the completion of such limited purposes.
(W.Va Code § 17C-13-6) (Res. passed 6-3-2019) Penalty, see § 77.999