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ORDINANCE 2004-36 PAGE 2 designated in accordance with that section, unless one of the following applies: (A) 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; (B) 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. (2) Any motor vehicle that is parked in a special marked parking location in violation of subsection (b)(1)A or (b)(1)B of this section may be towed or otherwise removed from the parking location by the Police Department. A motor vehicle that is so towed or removed shall not be released to its owner until the owner presents proof of ownership of the motor vehicle and pays all towing and storage fees normally imposed by the Municipality for towing and storing motor vehicles. If the motor vehicle is a leased vehicle, it shall not be released to the lessee until the lessee presents proof that person is the lessee of the motor vehicle and pays all towing and storage fees normally imposed by the Municipality for towing and storing motor vehicles. (3) If a person is charged with a violation of subsection (b)(1)A or (b)(1)B of this section, it is an affirmative defense to the charge that the person suffered an injury not more than seventy-two hours prior to the time was issued the ticket or citation and that, because of the. injury, the person meets at least one of the criteria contained in Ohio R.C. 450~.44(A)(1). (c) 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 is permitted to park for a period of two hours in excess of the legal parking 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. (d) 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.