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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 permitted 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. (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 guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor and, if he or she does not timely 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 or the City of North Olmsted Mayor's Court, he or she shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty ($250.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). An offender who violates any provision of said paragraph (b) above shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) if the offender, prior to sentencing, proves either of the following to the satisfaction of the court: (1) At the time of the violation, the offender or the person for whose transport the motor vehicle was being 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 (2) At the time of the violation, the offender or the person for whose transport the motor vehicle was being 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 neglected to display the card or license plates. In no case shall an offender who violates any provision of paragraph (b) above be sentenced to any term of imprisonment. (g) As used in this section: 5