HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-OR-19ORDINANCE NO. 84-OR-~
An Ordinance Designating Penalties for
Improper Parking in Handicapped Spaces.
BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA:
SECTION ONE
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of jeffersonville,
Indiana, desires to provide and maintain readily accessible
parking for those members of the community who are handicapped,
and
WHEREAS, the indiana. Construction Rules Section 512(a)
require owners and operators of privately owned parking lots
accessible to the public to provide parking facilities for
the handicapped, and
WHEREAS, local officials enforce the provisions of the
Indian~ Construction Rules pursuant to I.C. Section 22-11-1-19,
and
WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the Common
Council of the City of jeffersonville that certain of the
parking facilities designated for handicapped individuals are
currently misused. The Common Council of the City of jeffersonville
believes it is in the best interest of the City of Jeffersonville
to protect the rights of handicapped citizens in the City by
adopting the following ordinance.
SECTION TWO
DEFINITIONS
A. A parking facility; any facility or combination of facilities
for motor vehicle parking which contains parking spaces
for the public. This shall include a privately owned
area which is normally used for parking and which is
accessible to the public. This does not include a parking
facility which charges a fee for parking spaces.
B. A physically handicapped person; any person who has been
issued a placard or special registration plate or decal
for a motor vehicle by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles under
I.C. 9-7-4.1 Section 1 or City Ordinance 80-OR-46.
SECTION THREE
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle,
motorcycle, moped, bicycle or other vehicle of any nature
which does not have displayed a handicapped person's decal
or registration plate as set forth above in a parking space
reserved in a parking facility for a handicapped person's vehicle.
SECTION FOUR
If any vehicle is parked unlawfully in violation of any
of the provisions of this Ordinance, and the identity of the
driver cannot be determined, the owner or person in whose name
the vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible
for the violation.
SECTION FIVE
In addition to any fines which may be given as a result
of violations of this Ordinance, any vehicle which is parked
in a m~nner in violation of this Ordinance may be towed to
an area designated by the Chief of Police of the City of
jeffersonville, Indiana, at the owner's expense. The owner
shall also be required to pay any and all storage fees resulting
from this action.
SECTION SIX
PENALTIES
Any person receiving a citation as a result of a violation
of any of the provisions of
of fifteen dollars ($15.00)
paid within seventy-two (72)
this ordinance shall pay an assessment
(except as herein provided) if
hours of the time of such violation
to the Clerk-Treasurer of the City of Jeffersonville whose
office is located at 421 City-County Building in Jeffersonville,
Indiana. In the event that any person who is charged with
a violation hereunder fails to pay as above provided, such
person shall be charged in City Court and upon conviction shall
be fined not less than fifteen dollars ($15.00)
one hundred dollars ($100.00).
SECTION
Any Ordinance or part there
nor more than
SEVEN
n conflict With this Ordinance
is hereby repealed.
This ordinance
approval and publication is required by statute.
Adopted this ~day of
SECTION EIGHT
shall become effective upon its passage,
~/;~ , 1984.
MAYOR DALE L. OREM
Attest:
C. ~ICHARD SpENCER~JR'~~
CLERK-TREASURER
Presented by me as Clerk-Treasurer to the Mayor of said
City of jeffersonville, this ~'-- day of
1984.
CLERK-TREASURER
Approved and signed by me this
~"~day of
MAYOR DALE L. OREM