351.04 PARKING NEAR CURB; HANDICAPPED LOCATIONS ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LOTS AND GARAGES.

   (a)   Every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there is an adjacent curb shall be stopped or parked with the curb side wheels of the vehicle parallel with and not more than twelve inches from the curb, unless it is impossible to approach so close to the curb; in such case the stop shall be as close to the curb as possible and only for the time necessary to discharge and receive passengers or to load or unload merchandise.

   (b)   (1)   This subsection does not apply to streets or parts thereof where angle parking is lawfully permitted. However, no angle parking shall be permitted on a state route unless an unoccupied roadway width of not less than twenty-five feet is available for free-moving traffic.

      (2)   A.   No angled parking space that is located on a state route within a municipal corporation is subject to elimination, irrespective of whether there is or is not at least twenty-five feet of unoccupied roadway width available for free-moving traffic at the location of that angled parking space, unless the municipal corporation approves of the elimination of the angled parking space.

         B.   Replacement, repainting or any other repair performed by or on behalf of the municipal corporation of the lines that indicate the angled parking space does not constitute an intent by the municipal corporation to eliminate the angled parking space.

   (c)   No vehicle shall be stopped or parked on a road or street with the vehicle facing in a direction other than the direction of travel on that side of the road or street.

   (d)   Notwithstanding any provision of this Code or any rule, air compressors, tractors, trucks and other equipment, while being used in the construction, reconstruction, installation, repair or removal of facilities near, on, over or under a street, may stop, stand or park where necessary in order to perform such work, provided a flagman is on duty, or warning signs or lights are displayed as may be prescribed by the Ohio Director of Transportation.

   (e)   Special parking locations and privileges for handicapped persons shall be provided and designated by the Municipality and all agencies and instrumentalities thereof at all offices and facilities, where parking is provided, whether owned, rented or leased, and at all publicly owned parking garages. Such locations shall be reasonably close to exits, entrances, elevators and ramps.

      (1)   All parking areas within the City, regardless of whether they were built before or after the effective date of this subsection (e), shall provide suitable parking spaces reserved for handicapped persons in accordance with the requirements set forth in this section. Parking spaces built before the effective date of this subsection (e) must be brought into compliance upon any reworking of the lot.

      (2)   The minimum number of spaces which must be reserved for handicapped persons in parking areas is established as follows:

 

Total Number of Parking Spaces in Parking Areas	Required Minimum Number of Spaces Reserved for Handicapped Persons
1 - 15	None
16 - 250	1
251 - 500	2
501 - 750	3
751 - 1,000	4
Over 1,000	4 plus 1 for each 250 spaces

   and additional spaces, as needed, subject to handicapped persons requests
     and a parking study by the Department of Public Works

      (3)   The parking spaces reserved for handicapped persons shall be not less than twelve feet wide.

      (4)   Each parking space for handicapped persons shall be identified by an above- grade sign, the size of which is no less than eighteen inches high and twelve inches wide, and in compliance with Section 5J-15.1 of the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Controls and Devices.

      (5)   Parking spaces for handicapped person shall be located as close as practicable to any elevators, ramps or walkways serving such parking area, and as close as practicable to the entrance or entrances of any buildings specifically served by such parking area.

      (6)   Any person parking in a space reserved for handicapped persons who does not have the proper identification device as issued by the State or a license plate for handicapped persons as provided by Ohio R.C. 4503.44, shall be guilty of violating Section 351.04(e) of the Codified Ordinances of the City and shall be subject to penalty as provided therein. (See Section 303.99 for misdemeanor classifications and penalties of the Codified Ordinances of the City.) (Ord. 83-410. Passed 10-19-90.)

   (f)   No person shall stop, stand or park any motor vehicle at special parking locations provided under subsection (e) hereof, or at special clearly marked parking locations provided in or on privately owned parking lots, parking garages, or other parking areas and designated in accordance with subsection (e) hereof, unless one of the following applies:

      (1)   The motor vehicle is being operated by or for the transport of a person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk and is displaying a valid removable windshield placard or special license plates;

      (2)   The motor vehicle is being operated by or for the transport of a handicapped person and is displaying a parking card or special handicapped license plates.

   (g)   When a motor vehicle is being operated by or for the transport of a person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk and is displaying a removable windshield placard or a temporary removable windshield placard or special license plates, or when a motor vehicle is being operated by or for the transport of a handicapped person and is displaying a parking card or special handicapped license plates, the motor vehicle shall be permitted to park for a period of two hours in excess of the legal parking period permitted by local authorities, except where local ordinances or police rules provide otherwise or where the vehicle is parked in such a manner as to be clearly a traffic hazard.

   (h)   As used in this section:

      (1)   "Handicapped person" means any person who has lost the use of one or both legs, or one or both arms, who is blind, deaf or so severely handicapped as to be unable to move without the aid of crutches or a wheelchair, or whose mobility is restricted by a permanent cardiovascular, pulmonary or other handicapping condition.

      (2)   "Person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk" has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4503.44.

      (3)   "Special license plates" and "removable windshield placard" mean any license plates or removable windshield placard or temporary removable windshield placard issued under Ohio R.C. 4503.41 or 4503.44, and also mean any substantially similar license plates or removable windshield placard or temporary removable windshield placard issued by a state, district, country or sovereignty. (ORC 4511.69)