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location is posted on or after October 14, 1999, there also shall be affixed upon the surface of <br />that sign or affixed next to the designating sign a notice that states the fine applicable for the <br />offense of parking a motor vehicle in the special designated parking location if the motor vehicle <br />is not legally entitled to be parked in that location. <br />(b) (1) No person shall stop, stand, or park any motor vehicle at special parking locations <br />provided under paragraph (a) of this section or at special clearly marked parking locations <br />provided in or on privately owned parking lots, parking garages, or other parking areas and <br />designated in accordance with that paragraph, unless one of the following applies: <br />A. The motor vehicle is being operated by or for the transport of a person with a <br />disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk and is displaying a valid removable windshield <br />placard or special license plates; <br />B. The motor vehicle is being operated by or for the transport of a handicapped person <br />and is displaying a parking card or special handicapped license plates. <br />(2) Any motor vehicle that is parked in a special marked parking location in violation <br />of paragraph (b)(1) of this section may be towed or otherwise removed from the parking location <br />by the law enforcement agency of the political subdivision in which the parking location is <br />located. A motor vehicle that is so towed or removed shall not be released to its owner until the <br />owner presents proof of ownership of the motor vehicle and pays all towing and storage fees <br />normally imposed by that political subdivision for towing and storing motor vehicles. If the <br />motor vehicle is a leased vehicle, it shall not be released to the lessee until the lessee presents <br />proof that the person is the lessee of the motor vehicle and pays all towing and storage fees <br />normally imposed by that political subdivision for towing and storing motor vehicles. <br />(3) If a person is charged with a violation of paragraph (b)(1) of this section, it is an <br />affirmative defense to the charge that the person is, in fact, "handicapped" as defined in this <br />section below, or suffered an injury not more than seventy-two hours prior to the time the person <br />was issued the ticket or citation and that, because of the injury, the person meets at least one of <br />the criteria contained in paragraph (A)(1) of Section 4503.44 of the Ohio Revised Code. <br />(c) When a motor vehicle is being operated by or for the transport of a person with a disability <br />that limits or impairs the ability to walk and is displaying a removable windshield placard or a <br />temporary removable windshield placard or special license plates, or when a motor vehicle is <br />being operated by or for the transport of a handicapped person and is displaying a parking card <br />or special handicapped license plates, the motor vehicle is permitted to park for a period of two <br />hours in excess of the legal parking period permitted by local authorities, except where local <br />ordinances or police rules provide otherwise or where the vehicle is parked in such a manner as <br />to be clearly a traffic hazard. <br />(d) No owner of an office, facility, or parking garage where special parking locations are <br />required to be designated in accardance with paragraph (a) of this section shall fail to properly <br />mark the special parking locations in accordance with that paragraph or fail to maintain the <br />2