This article shall apply to all new and existing shopping centers,
office buildings, commercial buildings, mercantile buildings, warehouses,
storage buildings, manufacturing buildings, hospitals, convalescent
homes, schools and public buildings that have a parking area for 10
or more motor vehicles.
Whenever the traffic authority of the Town shall designate specially
marked parking spaces for handicapped persons, no motor vehicle shall
park in such space except:
A.
A motor vehicle registered as a passenger motor vehicle or passenger
and commercial motor vehicle and operated by or transporting holders
or the holder of a special identification card issued by the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles pursuant to the General Statutes, which card shall
be displayed so as to be visible through the left portion of the windshield
of such vehicle; or
B.
A motor vehicle bearing special license plates with numerals followed
by the letters HP, issued by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, provided
that a handicapped person is the operator of or a passenger in such
motor vehicle.
Any such specially marked spaces shall be designated by signs
bearing the words "reserved for handicapped" or "handicapped parking
only" and a symbolic representation of a handicapped person in a wheelchair.
Under the provisions of this article, a handicapped person shall
be a person whose ability to walk is seriously and permanently impaired,
certified to by a physician on a form prescribed by the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles.
Whenever any vehicle shall be found parked in violation of this
article, any Rocky Hill police officer may issue a citation for such
violation, which citation shall provide for a fine of $100, payable
to the Town of Rocky Hill and remitted to the Town Clerk within five
days of the citation date. If any fine is not paid within 14 days,
a penalty in an amount equal to the fine shall immediately become
due and payable in addition to the original fine, and a warrant may
be issued for the arrest of the violator. If a protest is filed within
seven days of citation issue, the fine and penalty equaling the fine
shall be held in abeyance until the protest is resolved. If the decision
is against the violator, then the original fine becomes due and payable
immediately, and a fine not paid within 14 days of mailing of notice
shall have a penalty in an amount equal to the fine, which shall be
due and payable in addition to the original fine.
