VOTED: to adopt the following bylaw.
1. No person shall allow, permit or suffer any motor vehicle or trailer to stand or park within parking spaces designated as reserved for vehicles issued handicapped or disabled veteran number places or for vehicles transporting handicapped persons and displaying special parking identification issued through the Chief of Police or as reflected in M.G.L. Chapter 40, §21(23) as most recently amended, or in such a manner as to obstruct a curb ramp designated for use by handicapped persons as a means of egress to a street or public way.
2. Any person or body that has lawful control of any way, property or place as appears in M.G.L. Chapter 40, §21(23a) shall provide handicapped parking according to the formula contained therein. Further, such handicapped spaces shall be identified in accordance with clause 23(b) of Chapter 40, §21.
3. The Chief of Police or his designee may issue temporary handicapped parking identification (permit) to any person upon application with supporting medical affidavit signed by a licensed physician designating the applicant as physically handicapped. Said temporary permit shall be issued with an expiration date not to exceed sixty (60) days from date of issue and shall be displayed from the interior rear view mirror of any vehicle parked in a designated handicapped parking space. The unauthorized use of a temporary permit shall be punishable by a fine of $50.00 with each incident constituting a separate offense.
4. The penalty for violations of this bylaw shall be as provided in M.G.L. Chapter 40, §21(24) and as from time to time amended and violations enforced through the Town of Concord Traffic Rules and Regulations for the purpose of ticketing.
5. If any unauthorized vehicle is found in violation of the provisions of the bylaw and the identity of the drive cannot be determined, the owner or the person in whose name such vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible for such violation.
Article 41, Town Meeting, April 1990
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