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Ordinance No. 2007-143 (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a person or organization to apply for a removable windshield placard or special license plates if the parking card or special license plates issued to the person or organization under prior law have not expired or been surrendered or revoked. (f) Whoever violates any provision of paragraph (b) above is 2uiltv of an unclassified misdemeanor and, if he or she does not timelv pay the parking ticket at the Police Department in accordance with the provisions of Section 351.18 of this Chapter and a citation is issued for his or her appearance in Rocky River Municipal Court, he or she shall be fined not less than two hundred flftv nor more than five hundred dollars. An offender who violates anv provision of said paragraph (b) above shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars if the offender, prior to sentencing, proves either of the following to the satisfaction of the court: (i) At the time of the violation, the offender or the person for whose transport the motor vehicle was beinti operated had been issued a removable windshield placard that then was valid or special license plates that then were valid but the offender or the person neglected to display the placard or license plates; or (ii) At the time of the violation, the offender or the person for whose transport the motor vehicle was bein operated had been issued a parking card that then was valid or special handicapped license plates that then were valid but the offender or the person ne2lected to display the card or license plates. In no case shall an offender who violates any provision of paragraph (b) above be sentenced to anv term of imprisonment. (g4) 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. (2) "Person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk" has the same meaning as in Section 4503.44 of the Ohio Revised Code. (3) "Special license plates" and "removable windshield placard" mean any license plates or removable windshield placard or temporary removable windshield placard issued under Section 4503.41 or 4503.44 of the Ohio Revised Code, and also mean any substantially similar license plates or removable windshield placard or temporary removable windshield placard issued by a state, district, country, or sovereignty. SECTION 2: That all ordinances, and parts of ordinances, inconsistent or in conflict with this Ordinance, shall, to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict, be repealed.