[Adopted as Article XIII, Sec. 22, of the 1973 General Bylaws, as updated through 2002]
[Amended 5-11-2005 SATM, Art. 48]
A. 
No person shall park a motor vehicle, motorcycle or like means of transportation in a designated parking space that is reserved for vehicles owned and operated by disabled veterans or by handicapped persons unless said vehicle bears the distinctive number plates authorized by MGL c. 90, § 2. Any person or body that has lawful control of a public or private way of improved or enclosed property used as off-street parking areas for businesses, shopping malls, theaters, auditoriums, recreational facilities, cultural centers, residential dwelling or for any other place where the public has right of access as invitees or licensees shall be required to reserve parking spaces in said off street parking areas for any vehicle owned or operated by a disabled veteran or handicapped person whose vehicle bears the distinguishing license plate authorized by MGL c. 90, § 2, according to the following formula:
B. 
If the number of parking spaces in any such area is more than 15 but not more than 25, one parking space; more than 25 but not more than 40, 5% of such spaces but not less than two parking spaces; more than 40 but not more than 100, 4% of such spaces, but no less than three; more than 100 but not more than 200, 3% of such spaces but not less than four; more than 200 but not more than 500, 2% of such spaces but not less than six; more than 500 but not more than 1,000, 1 1/2% of such spaces, but not less than 10; more than 1,000 but not more than 2,000, 1% of such spaces but not less than 15; more than 2,000 but less than 5,000, 3/4 of 1% of such spaces but not less than 20; and more than 5,000, 1/2 of 1% of such spaces but not less than 30.
Parking Spaces designated as reserved under the provision of § 537-2 of this article, shall be identified by use of above grade signs with white lettering against a background and shall bear the words, "Handicapped Parking: Special Plate Required — Unauthorized Vehicles may be removed at Owner's Expense," shall be as near as possible to a building entrance or walkway, shall be adjacent to curb ramps or other unobstructed methods permitting a sidewalk access to a handicapped person; and shall be 12 feet wide or two eight-foot wide areas with four feet of cross hatch between them.
Unauthorized vehicles shall be prohibited within parking designated for use by disabled veterans or handicapped persons as unauthorized by § 537-2 of these bylaws or in such a manner as to obstruct a curb ramp designated for use by handicapped persons as a means of egress to a street or public way.
[Amended 5-11-2005 SATM, Art. 49]
The penalty for violation of this bylaw is $100.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. E, re: temporary handicapped parking permits, which followed this section, was repealed 5-11-2005 SATM, Art. 50. The 1973 General Bylaws, as updated through 2002, included the following wording as Sec. E: "That the Town vote to accept MGL c. 147, § 10F, Parking Control Officers." As this action is a General Law acceptance, not a bylaw, this wording has been excluded from the Code.