(A) Any other provision to the contrary notwithstanding, a motor vehicle bearing an accessible parking placard issued pursuant to KRS 189.456 in its front windshield issued by the County Clerk for persons with disabilities as defined in KRS 189.456 or disabled license plate, when operated by persons with disabilities or when transporting a person with disabilities, may be parked in a designated parking place for persons with disabilities may be parked for twice the posted amount of time of the parking limit. The accessible parking placard shall, when the vehicle is parked in a parking space identified as accessible to a person with a disability, be displayed so that the expiration date may be viewed from the front of the vehicle by hanging the placard from the front windshield rear view mirror. When there is no rear view mirror, the placard shall be displayed on the dashboard so that the expiration date may be viewed. The motor vehicle may be parked in a loading zone for that period of time necessary to permit entrance or exit of the persons with disabilities to or from the parked vehicle, but in no circumstances longer than thirty (30) minutes.
(B) This section shall not permit parking in a “no stopping” or “no parking” zone nor where parking is prohibited for the purpose of creating a fire lane or to accommodate heavy traffic during morning, afternoon, or evening hours, nor permit a motor vehicle to be parked in such a manner as to constitute a traffic hazard.
(Am. Ord. O-2023-16, passed 12-27-23) Penalty, see § 72.999