§ 10.20.135. Parking for the physically handicapped.

(1)

The manager, or his or her designee, is hereby authorized to establish special parking places for on-street parking areas or off-street parking facilities for motor vehicles displaying special identification devices as specified by the Code of Iowa. Such devices shall be those issued by the department of transportation of the state and shall be displayed in a motor vehicle being used by an individual, either as operator or passenger, who is confined to a wheelchair or is otherwise so physically handicapped that he/she has significant difficulty or insecurity in walking. Such designated parking place shall be no less than twelve feet wide, except in the case of parallel parking spaces on public streets.

(2)

Any parking space located in on-street parking areas or off-street parking facilities, either public or private, intended to be a handicapped parking space shall be so designated by a separate sign showing the international symbol of accessibility for each parking space erected in accordance with the Uniform Traffic Control Device Manual.

(3)

The use of a space designated as a handicapped parking space by the display of the international symbol of accessibility located in on-street parking areas or off-street parking facilities, either public or private, by a motor vehicle not displaying a handicapped identification device, or by a motor vehicle displaying such a device but not being used by a handicapped person as operator or passenger is a misdemeanor for which a fine, as indicated in the Code of Iowa, may be imposed upon the owner, operator, or lessee of the motor vehicle.

(Ord. No. 2142, § I, 6-27-11)