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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 9, CHAPTERS 7 AND 15 OF THE ORLAND PARK VILLAGE CODE (HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACES)
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WHEREAS, the Illinois legislature has recently passed several new laws regarding stopping, standing and parking regulations related to handicapped parking spaces and their use; and
WHEREAS, the Corporate Authorities of the Village of Orland Park, an Illinois home rule municipality, deem it in the best interests of the Village and its residents to amend the Orland Park Village Code with regard to penalties for violation of stopping, standing and parking regulations related to handicapped parking spaces and their use.
NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Ordained by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park, Cook and Will Counties, Illinois, an Illinois home rule municipality, as follows:
SECTION 1
Title 9, Traffic, Chapter 7, Stopping, Standing and Parking, Section 7, Handicapped Parking Spaces, Subsection 9-7-7-2, Vehicle Identification, is hereby amended to add the words “or handicapped” between the words “disabled” and “veteran” in Item 1 of that subsection.
SECTION 2
Title 9, Traffic, Chapter 7, Stopping, Standing and Parking Regulations, Section 7, Handicapped Parking Spaces is hereby amended to delete Subsection 9-7-7-3 in its entirety and to substitute the following:
9-7-7-3: REGULATION: The text of 9-7-7-3 is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is substituted:
(a) Any motor vehicle not displaying the registration plates or placard issued to a person with disabilities or a disabled or handicapped veteran is prohibited from parking or being parked in any private or public on or off street parking place designated by the posting of signs for motor vehicles displaying such plates or placards. It is also prohibited to park or be parked any motor vehicle in a designated access aisle adjacent to such parking place.
It is also a violation of this subsection (a) if the authorized holder of the disability licen...
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