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Ordinance No. 2002-52 handicapped parking card from the Registrar of Motor Vehicles in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4503.44, shall be permitted to park in areas designated for the handicapped as specified in subsection (b) hereof. (d) From and after September l, 1982, any person desiring to develop property for general retaii business purpvses located in a General Retail Business District or a Mixed Use District, requiring more than twenty-five parking spaces as specified in the Zoning Code, shall be required to inciude in their parking layout plan submitted ta the Building Department, handicapped parking spaces, which sha11 be on the formula of Qne handicapped space for every twenty-five parking spaces. Two handicapped spaces for every twenty-six to fifty parking spaces. Three handicapped spaces for every fifty-one to ninety-nine parking spaces. Four handicapped spaces for every 100 to 199 parking spaces. Five handicapped spaces for every 200 to 299 parking spaces. Six handica.pped spaces for every 300 to 399 parking spaces. Seven handicapped spaces for every 400 to 500 parking spaces. One handicapped space for each additional 200 spaces over 500. The establishment of such handicapped spaces, as provided herein, sha11 be a condition for the issuance of an occupancy permit as pravided for in the Building Cade. (e) Any person who violates subsection (c) hereof shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor, the fine for which is more specifically set oui in this ehapter. Any person charged under subsection (c) hereof shall have an absdute defense if they are, in fact, handicapped as defined by Oluo R.C. 4511.69(H)." shall be amended, and, as amended, sha11 read in its entirety as follows: "351.20 HANDICAPPED PARKINNG. (a) Special parking locations a.nd privileges for persans with disabilities that limit or impair the ability to walk, also known as handicagped parking spaces or disability parking spaces, shall be provided and designated by all political subdivisions and by the state and all agencies and instrumentalities thereof at a11 offices and facilities, where parking is provided, whether owned, rented, or leased, and at all publicly owned parkin$ garages. The locations shall be designated through the posting of an elevated sign, whether permaneirtly affixed or movabte, imprinted with the international syrnbol of access and shall be reasonably close to exits, entrances, elevators, and raznps. A11 elevated signs posted in accordance with tlus paragraph and paragraph (C) of section 3781.111 of the Revised Code shall be mounted on a fiixed or movable post, and the distance from the ground to the top edge of the sign shall measure five feet. If a new sign or a replacement sign designating a special pazking location is posted on or after the effective date of the Ordinance amending this Section of the Traffic Code, there alsa sha]I be affnxed upon the surface of that sign or affiixed next to the designating sign a notice that states the fine applicable for the affense of parking a motor vehicle in the special designated parking locativn if the motor vehicle is not legally ernitled 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 tocations provided 4