[Adopted as Art. V, Sec. 1, Para. 41 through 44, of the General
Bylaws; amended in its entirety 5-13-2019 ATM by Art. 14]
The Chief of Police may issue a temporary accessible parking
permit to any person upon application with supporting medical affidavit
signed by a licensed physician designating the applicant as physically
disabled.
Said temporary permit shall be issued with an expiration date
not to exceed 60 days from the date of issue and shall be displayed
in the front left windshield of any vehicle parked in a designated
accessible parking space. If medically necessary, the permit may be
extended.
A.
Accessible parking generally prohibits standing or leaving vehicles
unattended within parking spaces designated as reserved for vehicles
owned and operated by disabled veterans or persons with a disability
and within certain other areas, such as the cross hatch areas, or
obstructing a curb ramp designed for use by a person with a disability
as a means of egress to a street or public way.
B.
In addition to any other available enforcement remedy and as an alternative
to initiating criminal proceedings, this Parking Bylaw may be enforced
by noncriminal disposition pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 21D,
in which case the enforcement persons shall be the Town of Foxborough
Building Commissioner or any officer of the Town of Foxborough Police
Department and the penalty for each violation shall be $300.
A.
Disabled persons parking identification placards shall be hung from
rear view mirrors with the registration information and expiration
date clearly visible from outside the vehicle. In the alternative
non-hanging placards shall be placed on the dashboard above the steering
wheel with registration information and expiration dates clearly visible
from outside the vehicle.
B.
In addition to any other available enforcement remedy and as an alternative
to initiating criminal proceedings, failing to properly display a
disabled persons parking identification placard may be enforced by
noncriminal disposition pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 21D, in
which case the enforcement persons shall be the Town of Foxborough
Building Commissioner or any officer of the Town of Foxborough Police
Department and the penalty for each violation shall be $20.
Within six months of the passage of this bylaw it shall be the
responsibility of the public or private land owner to add the stated
bylaw fines to the accessible parking signs to provide the public
with notice of said fines.
A.
The unauthorized use of a temporary permit or state issued placard
shall be punishable by a fine up to the maximum allowed by MGL c.
40, § 21D.
B.
In addition to any other available enforcement remedy and as an alternative
to initiating criminal proceedings, this Parking Bylaw may be enforced
by noncriminal disposition pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 21D,
in which case the enforcement persons shall be the Town of Foxborough
Building Commissioner or any officer of the Town of Foxborough Police
Department and the penalty for each violation shall be $300.
All funds received from fines assessed for accessible parking
violations in Foxborough shall be allocated to the Foxborough Commission
on Disability and deposited by the Town Treasurer in a separate account
and used solely for the benefit or persons with disabilities.
