This article is enacted pursuant to Municipal
Home Rule Law § 10 and the Vehicle and Traffic Law §§ 1203-a,
1203-b and 1660, Subdivision (a)25.
The purpose of this article is to implement
Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1203-a by providing for the issuance
and use of parking permits for handicapped persons and by requiring
a designated number of parking spaces for handicapped persons.
[Amended 10-5-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
After establishment of specially marked parking
spaces for handicapped persons or temporarily disabled persons by
the Town of Grand Island or any owner of real property, no person
shall park any vehicle in such space or otherwise block or impede
parking in such spaces unless a handicapped person or temporarily
disabled person is either a passenger, driver or occupant of the vehicle
and the vehicle displays a handicapped parking permit issued by the
Town of Grand Island or the vehicle displays a designation issued
by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Vehicle and Traffic
Law § 404-a.
[Amended 10-5-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly destroy or
deface any handicapped parking space or sign or pavement marking designating
such handicapped parking space. It shall also be unlawful for any
person, firm, or corporation to fail to provide the required number
of clearly marked spaces only for the handicapped in accordance with
this chapter and any other law.
Any person or entity that violates a provision of this article
shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding $250 or
by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.