Sec. 3781.111. (A) In addition to the powers conferred by | 8 |
any other section of the Revised Code, the board of building | 9 |
standards shall adopt standards and rules to facilitate the | 10 |
reasonable access and use by all persons with a disability of all | 11 |
buildings and the facilities of buildings for which plans are | 12 |
submitted for approval under section 3791.04 of the Revised Code. | 13 |
No standard or rule shall be applied to any building the plans or | 14 |
drawings, specifications, and date of which have been approved | 15 |
prior to the time that the standard or rule takes effect. | 16 |
(B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the | 17 |
standards and rules adopted by the board pursuant to this section | 18 |
shall be in accordance with the "Americans with Disabilities Act | 19 |
of 1990," 104 Stat. 327, 42 U.S.C.A. 12101, as amended, and the | 20 |
"Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988," 102 Stat. 1619, 42 U.S.C.A. | 21 |
3601, as amended. | 22 |
(C) All signs posted to designate special parking locations | 29 |
for persons with a disability and persons with disabilities that | 30 |
limit or impair the ability to walk in accordance with division | 31 |
(E) of section 4511.69 of the Revised Code and the standards and | 32 |
rules adopted pursuant to this section shall be mounted on a fixed | 33 |
or movable post or otherwise affixed in a vertical position at a | 34 |
height so that the sign is clearly visible to the driver of a | 35 |
vehicle when parked in such a location. If a new sign or a | 36 |
replacement sign designating a special parking location is posted | 37 |
on or after October 14, 1999, there also shall be affixed upon the | 38 |
surface of that sign or affixed next to the designating sign a | 39 |
notice that states the fine applicable for the offense of parking | 40 |
a motor vehicle in the special designated parking location if the | 41 |
motor vehicle is not legally entitled to be parked in that | 42 |
location. | 43 |
Sec. 4511.69. (A) Every vehicle stopped or parked upon a | 84 |
roadway where there is an adjacent curb shall be stopped or parked | 85 |
with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle parallel with and not | 86 |
more than twelve inches from the right-hand curb, unless it is | 87 |
impossible to approach so close to the curb; in such case the stop | 88 |
shall be made as close to the curb as possible and only for the | 89 |
time necessary to discharge and receive passengers or to load or | 90 |
unload merchandise. Local authorities by ordinance may permit | 91 |
angle parking on any roadway under their jurisdiction, except that | 92 |
angle parking shall not be permitted on a state route within a | 93 |
municipal corporation unless an unoccupied roadway width of not | 94 |
less than twenty-five feet is available for free-moving traffic. | 95 |
(D) Notwithstanding any statute or any rule, resolution, or | 103 |
ordinance adopted by any local authority, air compressors, | 104 |
tractors, trucks, and other equipment, while being used in the | 105 |
construction, reconstruction, installation, repair, or removal of | 106 |
facilities near, on, over, or under a street or highway, may stop, | 107 |
stand, or park where necessary in order to perform such work, | 108 |
provided a flagperson is on duty or warning signs or lights are | 109 |
displayed as may be prescribed by the director of transportation. | 110 |
(E) Special parking locations and privileges for persons with | 111 |
disabilities that limit or impair the ability to walk, also known | 112 |
as handicapped parking spaces or disability parking spaces, shall | 113 |
be provided and designated by all political subdivisions and by | 114 |
the state and all agencies and instrumentalities thereof at all | 115 |
offices and facilities, where parking is provided, whether owned, | 116 |
rented, or leased, and at all publicly owned parking garages. The | 117 |
locations shall be designated through the posting of an elevated | 118 |
sign, whether permanently affixed or movable, imprinted with the | 119 |
international symbol of access and shall be reasonably close to | 120 |
exits, entrances, elevators, and ramps. All elevated signs posted | 121 |
in accordance with this division and division (C) of section | 122 |
3781.111 of the Revised Code shall be mounted on a fixed or | 123 |
movable post, and the distance from the ground to the top edge of | 124 |
the sign shall measure five feet. If a new sign or a replacement | 125 |
sign designating a special parking location is posted on or after
| 126 |
October 14, 1999, there also shall be affixed upon the surface of | 127 |
that sign or affixed next to the designating sign a notice that | 128 |
states the fine applicable for the offense of parking a motor | 129 |
vehicle in the special designated parking location if the motor | 130 |
vehicle is not legally entitled to be parked in that location. | 131 |
(F)(1) No person shall stop, stand, or park any motor vehicle | 132 |
at special parking locations provided under division (E) of this | 133 |
section or at special clearly marked parking locations provided in | 134 |
or on privately owned parking lots, parking garages, or other | 135 |
parking areas and designated in accordance with that division, | 136 |
unless one of the following applies: | 137 |
(2) Any motor vehicle that is parked in a special marked | 145 |
parking location in violation of division (F)(1)(a) or (b) of this | 146 |
section may be towed or otherwise removed from the parking | 147 |
location by the law enforcement agency of the political | 148 |
subdivision in which the parking location is located. A motor | 149 |
vehicle that is so towed or removed shall not be released to its | 150 |
owner until the owner presents proof of ownership of the motor | 151 |
vehicle and pays all towing and storage fees normally imposed by | 152 |
that political subdivision for towing and storing motor vehicles. | 153 |
If the motor vehicle is a leased vehicle, it shall not be released | 154 |
to the lessee until the lessee presents proof that that person is | 155 |
the lessee of the motor vehicle and pays all towing and storage | 156 |
fees normally imposed by that political subdivision for towing and | 157 |
storing motor vehicles. | 158 |
(3) If a person is charged with a violation of division | 159 |
(F)(1)(a) or (b) of this section, it is an affirmative defense to | 160 |
the charge that the person suffered an injury not more than | 161 |
seventy-two hours prior to the time the person was issued the | 162 |
ticket or citation and that, because of the injury, the person | 163 |
meets at least one of the criteria contained in division (A)(1) of | 164 |
section 4503.44 of the Revised Code. | 165 |
(G) When a motor vehicle is being operated by or for the | 166 |
transport of a person with a disability that limits or impairs the | 167 |
ability to walk and is displaying a removable windshield placard | 168 |
or a temporary removable windshield placard or special license | 169 |
plates, or when a motor vehicle is being operated by or for the | 170 |
transport of a handicapped person and is displaying a parking card | 171 |
or special handicapped license plates, the motor vehicle is | 172 |
permitted to park for a period of two hours in excess of the legal | 173 |
parking period permitted by local authorities, except where local | 174 |
ordinances or police rules provide otherwise or where the vehicle | 175 |
is parked in such a manner as to be clearly a traffic hazard. | 176 |
(2)(a) Whoever violates division (F)(1)(a) or (b) of this | 202 |
section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as | 203 |
provided in division (J)(2)(a) and (b) of this section. Except as | 204 |
otherwise provided in division (J)(2)(a) of this section, an | 205 |
offender who violates division (F)(1)(a) or (b) of this section | 206 |
shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty nor more than five | 207 |
hundred dollars. An offender who violates division (F)(1)(a) or | 208 |
(b) of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred | 209 |
dollars if the offender, prior to sentencing, proves either of the | 210 |
following to the satisfaction of the court: | 211 |
The clerk of the court shall pay every fine collected under | 235 |
division (J)(2) of this section to the political subdivision in | 236 |
which the violation occurred. Except as provided in division | 237 |
(J)(2) of this section, the political subdivision shall use the | 238 |
fine moneys it receives under division (J)(2) of this section to | 239 |
pay the expenses it incurs in complying with the signage and | 240 |
notice requirements contained in division (E) of this section. The | 241 |
political subdivision may use up to fifty per cent of each fine it | 242 |
receives under division (J)(2) of this section to pay the costs of | 243 |
educational, advocacy, support, and assistive technology programs | 244 |
for persons with disabilities, and for public improvements within | 245 |
the political subdivision that benefit or assist persons with | 246 |
disabilities, if governmental agencies or nonprofit organizations | 247 |
offer the programs. | 248 |
(3) "Special license plates" and "removable windshield | 273 |
placard" mean any license plates or removable windshield placard | 274 |
or temporary removable windshield placard issued under section | 275 |
4503.41 or 4503.44 of the Revised Code, and also mean any | 276 |
substantially similar license plates or removable windshield | 277 |
placard or temporary removable windshield placard issued by a | 278 |
state, district, country, or sovereignty. | 279 |