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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 6-9 Space reserved for disabled persons.">
  <section prefix="§" num="6-9" heading="Space reserved for disabled persons.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Sign required.">Each space restricted to the use of disabled persons must be marked by a sign that complies with this section.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Parking and stopping restricted.">A vehicle without special registration plates for disabled persons or not displaying a disabled person’s parking permit issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration may not be stopped in a space or zone marked in accordance with this section as restricted to the use of disabled persons, on private or City-owned property open to the use of the general public.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Sign specifications.">
      <para num="(1)">The space or zone must be marked by a sign that meets the following specifications:<para num="(i)">Sign size 18"x 24".</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Wheelchair symbol, white on blue background.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">Sign to read:
Parking for (Wheelchair Symbol) vehicles displaying handicapped tags or Motor Vehicle Administration permit.  Other cars towed away and owner subject to fine.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">Red letters on white background and red border.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">Signs must be approved by the Director of Transportation.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Notice of posting.">After erection of a handicapped parking sign, the owner of the property shall notify the Director of Transportation that a sign has been posted in accordance with this section.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 31, §67A</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 78-856</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 79-1104</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 97-163</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-435</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
