(A) (1) All owners of off-street parking facilities intended for public use shall have a number of level parking spaces as set forth in the following table, identified by above grade signs as reserved for physically handicapped persons. Each reserved parking space shall be not less than 12 feet wide.
Accessible Parking Spaces | |
Total Parking in Lot | Required Number of Accessible Spaces |
Accessible Parking Spaces | |
Total Parking in Lot | Required Number of Accessible Spaces |
up to 25 | 1 |
26 to 50 | 2 |
51 to 75 | 3 |
76 to 100 | 4 |
101 to 150 | 5 |
151 to 200 | 6 |
(2) Parking spaces for the physically handicapped shall be located as close as possible to elevators, ramps, walkways and entrances. Parking spaces shall be located so that the physically handicapped persons are not compelled to wheel or walk behind parked cars to reach entrances, ramps, walkways and elevators.
(B) For purposes of this section, the term HANDICAPPED PERSON means a person confined to a wheelchair; a person who uses braces or crutches; a person who, because of the loss of a foot or leg or because of an arthritic, spastic, pulmonary or cardiac condition, walks with difficulty or insecurity; a person who suffers from faulty coordination or palsy; a person who is so impaired that, functioning in a public area, he or she is insecure or exposed to danger; and a person whose mobility, flexibility, coordination and perceptiveness are significantly reduced by aging or by temporary disability.
(C) A vehicle operated by or transporting a handicapped person shall be evidenced by:
(1) A special license plate for a handicapped person issued pursuant to KRS 186.042 or;
(2) A special parking permit for a handicapped person issued by the Jefferson County Clerk.
(D) A motor vehicle bearing a special parking ,permit or license plate for handicapped persons when operated by a handicapped person or when transporting a handicapped person may be parked in a designated handicapped parking place, or when parked where any parking limit is imposed may be parked for two hours in excess of the parking limit. This section shall neither permit parking in a no stopping or no parking zone, nor permit a motor vehicle to be parked in such a manner as to constitute a traffic hazard.
(E) (1) No person shall make, issue or knowingly use any imitation or counterfeit of a special parking permit or license plate for the handicapped.
(2) No person shall display or cause or permit to be displayed upon any vehicle the permit knowing it to be ficitious or issued for another person.
(3) No unauthorized person shall knowingly possess a special parking permit or license plate for the handicapped.
(Ord. 166, Series 1984, passed - -)