(a) No person shall park or stop any vehicle, motorcycle, bicycle or other means of vehicular transportation at any time in any parking space in the City, whether on a public street or in a private off-street parking area, where the same has been posted as restricted to handicapped parking only, unless such vehicle is owned or operated by or on behalf of a physically handicapped person who is present and to whom a special registration, decal or other handicapped sign or designation has been issued by either the State or the City and the same is displayed on such vehicle in a conspicuous and visible place.
(b) Any person, owning or operating any private off-street parking may, after notifying the Police Department or the County Sheriff's Department, remove or cause to be removed, to the nearest garage or other place of safety, any vehicle parked within a space reserved for use by the physically handicapped, which vehicle does not display handicapped registration plates, decals or other handicapped signs or designations as provided in subsection (a) hereof. Such removal shall be at the expense of the person owning or operating the vehicle in violation of this section.
(c) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle in violation of this section, such officer is hereby authorized to remove or cause to be removed such vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety. Such removal shall be at the expense of the person owning or operating the vehicle in violation of this section.
(Ord. 84-3-1. Passed 3-7-84.)