(A) Restrictions. No person with the exception of those persons who have been issued a disabled parking permit pursuant to F.S. § 320.0848 or 316.1958 shall park any vehicle in parking spaces reserved for handicapped or disabled persons, pursuant to F.S. Chapter 316 and the Florida Building Code as amended by Broward County. Parking access aisles, which are designated as no-parking zones, are similarly reserved for the use of persons who have disabled parking permits. Parking in such parking access aisles is subject to the same penalties that are imposed for illegally parking in parking spaces that are designated for persons who have disabilities.
(1) It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand, or park a vehicle within any parking space designated or marked for the disabled, unless the vehicle displays a disabled parking permit issued under F.S. § 316.1958 or 320.0848, and the vehicle is transporting the person to whom the displayed permit is issued.
(2) A vehicle that is transporting a person who has a disability and who has been granted a permit under F.S. § 320.0848(1)(d) may be parked for a maximum of 30 minutes in any parking space reserved for persons who have disabilities.
(B) Ticketing procedure. Vehicles parked in violation of this section will be ticketed by the Pembroke Pines Police Department or a parking enforcement specialist, said ticket to be affixed to the windshield of the offending vehicle.
(C) Towing of vehicles.
(1) Vehicles parked in violation of this section may be towed to any lawful parking space or facility or the operator or other person in charge of the vehicle must immediately remove the unauthorized vehicle from the parking space.
(2) A law enforcement officer or a parking enforcement specialist has the right to demand to be shown the person’s disabled permit and driver’s license or state identification card when a disabled parking placard is being utilized. If such a request is refused, the person in charge of the vehicle may be issued a citation for a violation of this section.
(D) The violation may not be dismissed for failure of the markings on the parking space to comply with the requirements of F.S. § 316.1955, if the space is in general compliance and is clearly distinguishable as a designated space.
(Ord. 1612, passed 8-6-08; Am. Ord. 1715, passed 5-2-12) Penalty, see § 72.99