Both the Zoning Administrator, or his or her designee, and the Director of Public Works, or his or her designee, shall meet regularly to review all applications for handicapped parking spaces and before granting an application, shall do an in-person inspection of the proposed space.
The grant or denial of a handicapped parking space application shall lie solely and absolutely in the discretion of both the Zoning Administrator and the Public Works Director. While the possession of a handicapped or severely disabled veteran's registration plate or placard does not guarantee that the applicant's request will be granted, the following factors in rendering a decision on each request shall be as follows:
1. Whether the person for whom the handicapped parking space is requested is a resident;
2. Whether PennDOT has issued a handicapped or severely disabled veteran registration plate or placard to the resident or on behalf of the resident for whom the request is made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, should no one residing in the dwelling with the resident have such a handicapped or severely disabled veteran registration plate from PennDOT, the resident or the applicant shall not be entitled to the issuance of a handicapped parking space under this article.
3. Whether there exists a reasonably accessible and practicable off-street parking space to serve the location, it being understood that if such off-street parking place exists, the City shall not grant the request;
4. Whether the resident has any other handicapped parking spaces reserved unto him in the City such that there shall be no more than one parking space per resident;
5. The recommendations and findings of any traffic and/or engineering studies, if any, for the location;
6. The nature of the resident's disability, and whether that disability creates a need for a reserved handicapped parking space that outweighs the public interest in maintaining that space for general public use;
7. All information set forth in the written request of the applicant; and
8. Any other information which the Zoning Administrator and the Director of Public Works deems applicable or appropriate under the particular facts and circumstances of each request.