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An ordinance setting regulations regarding handicapped
parking spaces.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE,
ALABAMA, as follows:
SECTION 1. That the following described regulations shall apply in
regard to parking spaces for physically handicapped:
(a) The city street superintendent is hereby authorized to
designate marked parking spaces on public property within any
city block for the exclusive parking of motor vehicles of physically
handicapped persons.
(b) On private property, the designation of exclusive
parking for motor vehicles of handicapped persons shall
be a voluntary action by the property owner or lessee. Where
such parking is designated, and parking spaces are properly
identified with signs which conform to the requirements of
this ordinance, violations by unauthorized persons shall
be enforced by the police department. It shall be the responsi-
bility of the property owner, lessee or designated agent
to notify the police department by telephone or other appropriate
means that enforcement is required when violation is observed
or reported.
(c) Vehicles which bear current license plates of the
state to which the authorized handicapped insignia decal
is affixed are eligible to utilize those handicapped parking
spaces created by this section. Additionally, vehicles which
display the four -inch by eight -inch handicapped parking
placard issued by the state department of revenue on the
dashboard are authorized to use parking spaces for physically
handicapped persons. Either the license decal or the parking
placard shall be acceptable identification for the use of designated
handicapped parking spaces within the city.
(d) Vehicle license plates issued by states other than
Alabama may be accepted as proof of handicapped status
provided that such license has affixed to it the standard
handicapped symbol. Parking placards issued by an official
state agency, issued by states other than Alabama may also
be accepted as proof of handicapped status. Either the
license decal or the parking placard shall be acceptable identi-
fication for the use of designated handicapped parking spaces
within the city.
(e) The handicapped parking permit shall in no way
exempt the operator of motor vehicles from compliance with
any other ordinanceor law prohibiting the standing, stopping
or parking of motor vehicles upon any public street.
(f) On public property, handicapped parking spaces
shall be convenient to curb cuts or ramps designed to facilitate
ingress and egress. These reserved spaces will be identified
by a traffic control sign which conforms to the Manual on
Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as revised, and also words
"by permit only." To be eligible for enforcement provided
by this section, property owners or lessees must display
the approved sign on each parking space reserved for handicapped.
These signs shall be purchased from the city traffic engineer
and shall be erected by the property owner or lessee.
(g) It shall be unlawful for any person to park any other vehicle not
displaying either the special permit provided for herein or the approved
Alabama vehicular license plate in an area designated for handicapped
parking.
(h) In any prosecution for any violation of the provisions of
this section, relating to the operation or parking of vehicles, it
shall be prima facie evidence that the owner of such vehicle was
operating the same at the time of such alleged violation, or, in the
case of parking overtime, that the owner parked the vehicle and
caused it to be parked overtime.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon due adoption and
publication as required by law.
ADOPTED THIS OU DAY OF 1987.
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