This article shall apply to public streets, Village parking fields and lots and nonresidential sites which provide off-street parking spaces for 20 or more vehicles. It is intended to provide access to nonresidential structures by handicapped persons who have appropriately designated vehicles pursuant to any Americans with Disabilities Act laws or regulations.[1]
The Board of Trustees may, by resolution, designate specific locations on any public street or on any property owned or leased by the Village as a parking area reserved for physically handicapped persons.
A.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any place designated as restricted to handicapped parking unless the vehicle bears a permit issued under § 1203-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law or a registration issued under § 404-a of said law and such vehicle is being used at that time for the transportation of a severely disabled or handicapped person.
B.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in or on any property owned or leased by the Village in such a manner as to block or otherwise interfere with access to, or exit from, any place designated as restricted to handicapped parking.
A.
Except as set forth in Subsection B hereof, any person who violates any provision of § 192-8 shall be guilty of a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of $100 for the first offense and $200 for the second and each subsequent offense occurring within a period of two years. In the event that extenuating circumstances exist which would justify a reduction in the fine established above for such an offense, the court may impose a fine of not less than $50.
B.
If, at the time that a violation of the provisions of § 192-8 of this article occurred, the vehicle was being used to transport a person holding a valid permit issued under § 1203-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, although said permit was not displayed on said vehicle, the court shall have the discretion to reduce the aforesaid fine, but in no event shall said fine be reduced to less than $25.