[Added 4-28-1991 by 91-TC-10]
[Amended 10-30-2001 by L.L. No. 15-2001]
The provisions of this article shall apply to all nonresidential private parking fields and parking garages open or available for use by the general public to be constructed on or after the effective date of this article.
[Amended 11-15-2012 by L.L. No. 18-2012]
Handicapped parking spaces shall be provided pursuant to the following table. Any person or business entity who fails to comply with the provisions of this article shall be deemed to be in violation thereof and shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties set forth in this Code.
Total Number of Parking Spaces in Field or Garage
Number of Accessible Parking Spaces*
1 to 25
1
26 to 50
2
51 to 75
3
76 to 100
4
101 to 150
5
151 to 200
6
201 to 300
7
301 to 400
8
401 to 500
9
501 to 1,000
2% of total
Over 1,000
20 plus 1 for each 100 over 1,000
*NOTE: For a shopping center or facility having at least five separate retail stores and at least twenty (20) public off-street parking spaces, a minimum of five percent (5%) of such parking space or ten (10) spaces, whichever is less, shall be for use by the physically handicapped.
[Amended 10-30-2001 by L.L. No. 15-2001; 9-14-2004 by L.L. No. 26-2004]
Parking spaces, transfer areas and access aisles designated pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be clearly identified for use by handicapped persons as follows:
A. 
There shall be conspicuously and permanently installed above-grade signs which display the international symbol of access. Such signs shall be installed and maintained so that the bottom of the signs are at a height not less than five (5) feet nor more than seven (7) feet from the handicapped parking space surface. There shall be a minimum of one (1) such sign for each two (2) spaces.
B. 
The lines and markings used to delineate the parking spaces, transfer areas and access aisles must be painted in blue. All lines, markings and signs used to designate parking spaces and access areas for use by handicapped persons shall be installed and/or maintained in a manner to insure they are clearly visible.
[Added 9-14-2004 by L.L. No. 26-2004[1]]
No snow, debris, dirt or other obstruction shall be dumped, placed, left and/or maintained in any parking space, transfer area or access aisle designated for use by handicapped persons. Each handicapped parking space, transfer area or access aisle affected in such manner shall constitute a separate offense.
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Editor's Note: This local law also amended and redesignated former § TC3-12 as § TC3-13.
[Added 10-30-2001 by L.L. No. 15-2001; amended 9-14-2004 by L.L. No. 26-2004]
A. 
No person shall park, leave standing or stop a motor vehicle, whether or not the vehicle is occupied, in a parking space designated as reserved for handicapped parking on any street, road or highway, unless a valid permit issued pursuant to § 1203-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law or motor vehicle identification plates issued pursuant to § 404-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law are conspicuously displayed on the vehicle and the person to whom the permit or plates has been issued is either the operator of the motor vehicle or is being transported in said vehicle. Pursuant to § 1660 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, this provision does not apply to state highways maintained by the State of New York.
B. 
No person shall park, leave standing or stop a motor vehicle, whether or not the vehicle is occupied, in a parking area striped and/or marked as a handicapped transfer area or access aisle on any street, road or highway. Pursuant to § 1660 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, this provision does not apply to state highways maintained by the State of New York.
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Editor’s Note: Former Art. V, Parking for Hybrid and Alternative Fuel Vehicles, added 9-22-2009 by L.L. No. 13-2009, which immediately followed, was repealed 11-6-2014 by L.L. No. 38-2014.