§ 18-107. Handicapped parking infraction; citation issuance; enforcement; penalties.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle in any on-street parking space or access aisle which has been exclusively designated pursuant to section 18-109 for handicapped or disabled persons or temporarily handicapped or disabled persons or motor vehicles for the transportation of handicapped or disabled persons or temporarily handicapped or disabled persons, or in any so exclusively designated parking space or access aisle in any off-street parking facility, without proper identification of such vehicle in accordance with section 18-111 or when the handicapped or disabled person to whom or for whom, as the case may be, the license plate or permit is issued will not enter or exit the vehicle while it is parked in the designated space or access aisle.

(b)

Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be in violation of section 18-86 and shall be guilty of a handicapped parking infraction as defined in section 18-1741.01, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska 1943, as amended.

(c)

The chief of police is hereby authorized to assign persons to exercise the authority to issue a citation for any handicapped parking infraction set forth in this section, in the manner prescribed by sections 18-1736 to 18-1741 and 18-1741.01 to 18-1741.07, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska 1943, as amended. When a person has committed a handicapped parking infraction, any law enforcement officer and/or any person properly assigned by the chief of police to exercise citation authority pursuant to this section, may issue a handicapped parking citation, which complies with the requirements set forth in sections 18-1741.03 to 18-1741.04, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska 1943, as amended.

(d)

Any person found guilty of a handicapped parking infraction shall upon a first conviction be subject to a fine of $100.00 plus court costs; upon a second conviction for the same infraction within a two-year period after the first conviction be subject to a fine not less than $100.00 and not more than $300.00 plus court costs; and upon a third or subsequent conviction for the same infraction within a two-year period after the first conviction be subject to a fine not less than $200.00 and not more than $500.00 plus court costs.

(Ord. No. 2051, § 1, 2-27-1978; Ord. No. 3256, § 2, 3-10-2003)