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Ordinance No. 16-29 amending Section 103 (Parking Privilege For The Disabled) and creating a new Section 108 (Disabled Parking Plate Or Placard Required) of Article 13 (Stopping, Standing or Parking Regulations Sign Required) of Chapter 10 (Motor Vehicles and Traffic) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to disabled parking
Presenter:
Cmdr. Pat Rigdon and Lt. Scott Schwall, Colorado Springs Police Department
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Summary:
The ordinance makes the following changes/additions to the City Code:
Section 1 amends 10.13.103, which is titled "Parking Privilege for the Disabled." Section 2 adds a new Code section under 10.13.108 titled "Disabled Parking Plate or Placard Required."
Previous Council Action:
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Background:
Presently the vast majority of disabled parking enforcement done by the Colorado Springs Police Department ("CSPD") is handled by Community Advancing Public Safety ("CAPS") volunteers who have been appointed as Special Police Officers to enforce City Code Section 10.13.103.
The CAPS volunteer members of the Handicap Parking Services Unit ("HPSU") have found that the majority of the violations they encounter are expired hang tags/placards and license plates. The State issued placards and plates are good for three years in most cases. On expiration, the owner must obtain a new letter of authorization from a physician to renew it. The volunteers have found during their enforcement that many people continue to use expired placards because their mobility is no longer limited enough to qualify or, for a variety of reasons, the placards are no longer possessed by the person to whom they were originally registered.
Presently the City Code under section 10.13.103B only requires that a "placard or license plate issued to a disabled person shall be displayed on the vehicle while parked in the space." The Section is silent on whether the placard or license plate must be unexpired. Amending the City...
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