O-78-46i
ORDINANCE NO. 0 -78 -46
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 22 -76A OF CHAPTER 22
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD OF 1975
Published in pamphlet form this
20th day of November , 1978
by the President and Board of Trustees
of Deerfield.
ORDINANCE NO. 0 -78-46
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 22 -76A OF CHAPTER 22
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD OF 1975
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF
DEERFIELD, LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION That Section 22 -76A entitled "Limitations on Parking in Areas
ONE: Designated 'Handicapped Parking'" of Chapter 22 of the Municipal
Code of Deerfield of 1975, as amended, be and the same is hereby
further amended by deleting said Section in its entirety and substituting in
lieu thereof the following:
"Sec. 22 -76A. Limitations on Parking in Areas Designated "Handicapped Parking ".
a. It shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle to park
a vehicle or to leave a vehicle unattended in any area designated
by the owner thereof or the corporate authorities as "Handicapped
Parking ", unless either the driver or a passenger in the vehicle
is a handicapped person. Any property.owner reserving a portion
of a parking area for handicapped parking is deemed to have grant-
ed the corporate authorities the right to enforce this parking
restriction. A "handicapped person" for the purposes of this
Section shall be any person whose vehicle possesses handicapped
license plates issued by the State of Illinois or who has obtained
a sticker for display on said vehicle from the Police Department
of the Village of Deerfield to be issued to handicapped persons.
b. In lieu of the penalty provisions prescribed in Section
22 -158 of this Article, any person violating any provisions of
this Section shall be assessed a fine in the amount of not less
than $25.00 for each offense and any such person may have his
vehicle towed from any parking area designated as a handicapped
parking area and, thereafter, said vehicle shall be impounded by
the Village and be assessed an impounding charge of $15.00 and a
storage cost of $5.00 per day or fraction thereof for each day the
vehicle is impounded.
C. All fees and charges imposed by subsection b hereof
shall be paid to the Village Treasurer and, upon presentation of a
proper receipt from the Village Treasurer, the person in charge of
the Village auto pound shall release the vehicle in accordance
with the provisions of this Section."
SECTION That the Village Manager shall post or cause to be posted an
TWO: appropriate sign or signs indicating that parking is limited to
handicapped parking at all times in the area designated in Sec-
tion One hereof and describing the penalties for violation of these provisions.
SECTION That the'Village Clerk is hereby directed to publish this
THREE: ordinance in pamphlet form.
SECTION That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
FOUR: after its passage, approval and publication, as provided by law.
AYES: Blumenthal, Gavin, Heisler, Marty,.Seidman, Swanson (6)
NAYS: None (0)
ABSENT: None (0)
PASSED this 20th day of November A.D., 1978.
APPROVED this 20th day of November A.D., 1978.
ATTEST:
VILLAGE CLERK
±VILLAGE PRESIDENT