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SHALL BE AMENDED AND AS AMENDED SHALL READ IN ITS ENTIRETY AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />351.20 HANDICAPPED PARKING <br />(a) Special parking locations and privileges for persons with disabilities that limit ar impair the <br />ability to walk, also known as handicapped parking spaces or disability parking spaces shall be <br />provided and designated by the Municipality and all agencies and instrumentalities thereof at all <br />offices and facilities, where parking is provided, whether owned, rented or leased, and at all <br />publicly owned parking garages. The locations shall be designated through the posting of an <br />elevated sign, whether permanently affixed or movable, imprinted with the international symbol <br />of access and shall be reasonably close to exits, entrances, elevators and ramps. All elevated <br />signs posted in accordance with this subsection and Ohio R.C. 3781.111 (C) shall be mounted on <br />a fixed or movable post, and the distance from the ground to the bottom edge of the sign shall <br />measure not less than five feet. If a new sign or a replacement sign designating a special parking <br />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 />4