[Adopted 5-7-2019 ATM by Art. 8]
A. 
Any person or body having lawful control of a public or private way or of improved or enclosed property used as off-street parking areas for businesses, shopping malls, theaters, auditoriums, sporting or recreational facilities, cultural centers, residential dwellings, or for any other place where the public has a right of access as invitees or licensees shall reserve parking spaces in said off-street parking area for vehicles owned and operated by a disabled veteran or handicapped person and vehicles transporting a handicapped person, which vehicles bear the distinguishing license plate authorized by MGL c. 90, § 2, or a license plate similarly authorized by the laws of any other state of the United States or under the laws of any Canadian province, in accordance with 521 CMR § 23.2.1.
B. 
The parking spaces required according to this section shall be identified by the use of above-grade signs with white lettering against a blue 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 sidewalk access to a handicapped person; and shall be at least eight feet wide, not including the cross-hatch access aisle as defined by the Architectural Access Board established in MGL c. 22, § 13A.
The Chief of Police shall be responsible for the enforcement of § 226-9 of this bylaw. The Chief of Police shall, by written notice to the person or body having control of any off street parking area in which such spaces are not provided, or are not provided according to the formula contained in this bylaw, direct that steps be taken to bring the area into compliance within a period not to exceed 30 days. Whenever such notice has been given, and such spaces have not been provided within the time allowed, the Chief of Police may enforce this bylaw pursuant to the noncriminal provisions of these bylaws or such officer may seek enforcement through the provisions for criminal disposition pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 21. The penalty for failure to comply with the provisions of this bylaw under the noncriminal method of enforcement shall be in accordance with state law for each space not provided for each day each such space is not so provided.
A. 
No person shall park a vehicle or leave a vehicle unattended in a space designated for use by a disabled veteran or a handicapped person unless such vehicle bears the distinguishing license plate as provided in the § 226-9 of this bylaw. No person shall park a vehicle or leave a vehicle unattended which blocks or obstructs a curb ramp designed for use by handicapped persons as a means of egress to a street or public way. No person shall park in a cross-hatched access aisle associated with a space designated for use by a disabled veteran or a handicapped person.
B. 
This section may be enforced by any police officer pursuant to the provisions for the noncriminal enforcement of these bylaws. The penalty for violations in this manner shall be in accordance with state law.