The Town Clerk of the Town of Thompson is hereby
designated as the issuing agent of parking permits for the handicapped
pursuant to the provisions and authority of § 1203-a of
the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
The issuing agent shall issue permits for handicapped
parking upon his receipt of a completed application executed by the
handicapped person or by the parent or guardian of a minor handicapped
person, upon a form to be provided by the issuing agent, provided
that said application shall be accompanied by a medical certification
relating to the applicant or such minor child, which certification
shall be made by a physician licensed to practice medicine in the
State of New York and which certification shall establish that the
applicant or such minor child is qualified to receive such permit.
A person shall be eligible to receive a handicapped
parking permit if such person has:
A. Limited or no use of one or both lower limbs;
B. A neuromuscular dysfunction which severely limits
mobility;
C. A pulmonary or cardiovascular condition which limits
mobility or severely limits the individual's activities in the open
air; or
D. A physical or mental impairment or condition, other
than those specified above, but of such a nature as to impose an unusual
hardship in connection with physical mobility so as to render it medically
desirable that such person be permitted to use handicapped parking
facilities, if such condition is certified by a physician duly licensed
to practice medicine in New York State as constituting a degree of
disability (specifying the particular condition) equal to those set
forth in the preceding subsections hereof so as to prevent such person
from having physical mobility as a pedestrian without great difficulty.
The permit to be issued shall be in the form
of a sticker to be provided by New York State pursuant to § 1203-a
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, which sticker shall be affixed to
each vehicle for which the registration is included in the application.
Each such sticker or permit shall expire upon the expiration date
of the registration certificate concerned but shall be renewed upon
an application accompanied by the renewal registration certificate
for any succeeding period of time or by a valid registration certificate
for any other or different vehicle which the applicant or his parent
or guardian shall certify as being a vehicle in which the applicant
customarily rides. Each permit issued hereunder shall bear the license
plate number of those vehicles in which the handicapped person customarily
rides. The application shall also be accompanied by valid New York
State registration certificates for each of said vehicles.
The issuing agent may suspend or revoke any
permit or refuse to renew any permit upon a finding that:
A. The applicant has made a material false statement
in the application;
B. The applicant has used or permitted the use of the
permit contrary to conditions set forth in the permit and in this
article;
C. The applicant has failed to comply with or observe
any of the conditions of the application and/or of the permit; or
D. The applicant shall have failed to have notified the
issuing agent of any change of address or disability within 10 days
after such change.
[Added 10-4-1994 by L.L. No. 5-1994]
Any person who parks in spaces clearly marked
for use by the handicapped, as defined in § 1203-c of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, without a special
municipal parking permit or whose motor vehicle is not registered
in accordance with § 404-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law
of the State of New York and being used for transportation of handicapped
persons shall be subject to a fine of not less than $75 nor more than
$100 for the first offense and not less than $100 nor more than $200
for the second offense occurring within a period of two years within
the Town of Thompson.