Definitions. For the purposes of this article, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning, the following words shall be defined as follows:
HANDICAPPED PERSON
A person who qualifies under the definition of N.J.S.A. 39-4-204 or 39:4-206 and who possesses a handicapped person identification card and a placard (prominently displayed in the front window dashboard of the vehicle) and/or a handicapped license plate, issued by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles.
PUBLIC PARKING
Any building, structure, facility, or complex used by the general public, including but not limited to municipal and/or government-owned buildings, shopping malls, stores, markets, hotels, recreation facilities, schools, office buildings and public eating places, whether publicly or privately owned, with the following exceptions: loading docks and all buildings that involve highly combustible, flammable, or explosive material.
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, park, or stand a motor vehicle in a legally designated handicapped parking space unless such a person is a handicapped person or is transporting a handicapped person and is using the handicapped parking space for the benefit of said handicapped person.
Any vehicle illegally parked in a handicapped parking zone shall be towed to a designated garage when a handicapped person requests to the police that it be towed. The police, within their own authority, may have such vehicle towed (all subject to state statutes). The charges for towing and storing such vehicles shall be the sole responsibility of the owner of said owner.