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Ordinance No. 2007-143 parking location is posted on or after the effective date of the ordinance amending this section of the Traffic Code, there also shall be affixed upon the surface of that sign or affixed next to the designating sign a notice that states the fine applicable for the offense of parking a motor vehicle in the special designated parkmg location if the motor vehicle is not legally entitled to be parked in that location. (b) (1) No person shall stop, stand, or park any motor vehicle at special parking locations provided under paragraph (a) of this section 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 that paragraph, 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 paragraph (b)(1) of this section may be towed or otherwise removed from the parking location by the law enforcement agency of the political subdivision in which the parking location is located. 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 that political subdivision 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 the person is the lessee of the motor vehicle and pays all towing and storage fees normally imposed by that political subdivision for towing and storing motor vehicles. (3) If a person is charged with a violation of paragraph (b)(1) of this section, it is an affirmative defense to the charge that the person is, in fact, "handicapped" as defined in this section below, or suffered an injury not more than seventy-two hours prior to the time the person was issued the ticket or citation and that, because of the injury, the person meets at least one of the criteria contained in paragraph (A)(1) of Section 4503.44 of the Ohio Revised Code. (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 permrtted 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. (d) No owner of an office, facility, or parking garage where special parking locations are required to be designated in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section shall fail to properly mark the special parking locations in accordance with that paragraph or fail to maintain the markings of the special locations, including the erection and maintenance of the fixed or movable signs.