§ 10.46.010. Unauthorized use of parking places reserved for persons with disabilities.

A.

It shall be unlawful to park any motor vehicle which is not bearing registration plates or decals issued to a person with disabilities or by local or state authority, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Illinois Secretary of State, as evidence that the vehicle is operated by or for a person with disabilities, in any parking place, including any private or public offstreet parking facility, specifically reserved, by the posting of an official sign as designated under applicable provisions of the Illinois Motor Vehicle Code, for motor vehicles bearing such registration plates. Any motor vehicle bearing a person with disabilities license plate or a person with disabilities parking decal or device containing the International symbol of access issued to persons with disabilities by any local authority, state, district, territory or foreign country shall be recognized as a valid license plate or device and receive the same parking privileges as residents of the State of Illinois.

B.

It shall be unlawful to park any motor vehicle which does display person with disabilities registration plates or a special decal or device as required in this section in any parking place specifically reserved by the posting of an official sign as required by this section unless at the time the vehicle is so parked it is operated by or for a person with disabilities.

C.

Any person owning or operating any public or private offstreet parking facility may, after notifying the police department, remove or cause to be removed to the nearest garage or other place of safety any vehicle parked within a stall or space reserved for use by a person with disabilities which does not display person with disabilities registration plates or a special decal or device as required under this section.

D.

Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this section shall be fined one hundred dollars in addition to any costs or charges connected with the removal or storage of any motor vehicle authorized under this section.

(Ord. 1998-1 § 1, 1998)