Definitions. For the purposes of this article, unless the context
clearly indicates a different meaning, the following words shall be
defined as follows:
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.
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.
