[Amended 6-2-1997 ATM
by Art. 58]
Any person or body that has 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
areas for any vehicle owned and operated by a disabled veteran or
handicapped person whose vehicle bears the distinguishing license
plate authorized by said MGL c. 90, § 2, or for any vehicle
transporting a handicapped person and displaying the special identification
plate authorized by MGL c. 90, § 2 or for any vehicle bearing
the official identification of a handicapped person issued by any
other state, or any Canadian province.
No person shall leave an unauthorized vehicle within the parking spaces designated in §
147-2 for use by disabled veterans or handicapped persons or leave a vehicle in such a manner as to obstruct a curb ramp designed for use by handicapped persons as a means of egress to a street or public way.
[Amended 4-13-1992 ATM
by Art. 5]
The penalty for violation of this chapter shall be a fine of
$100, and, in addition, the vehicle may be removed in accordance with
the provisions of MGL c. 266, § 120D, as it may be hereinafter
amended.