A. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, or permit a vehicle to be parked, in a restricted parking area unless the vehicle has displayed thereon the international symbol of access special plates that are currently registered to the vehicle or a valid placard issued pursuant to state law, and is transporting a person who has been issued a valid placard or international symbol of access special plates. The provisions of this Subsection shall not prohibit the driver of a vehicle without a placard or the international symbol of access special plates from temporarily stopping in a restricted parking area in accordance with other parking regulations while actually engaged in loading or unloading a physically disabled passenger.

B. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle in such a manner as to block or deny access to an unoccupied restricted parking area, except that this provision shall not prohibit the driver of a vehicle from temporarily stopping in accordance with other parking regulations for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading physically disabled passengers.

C. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, including a vehicle displaying international symbol of access special plates or a placard, in the access aisle of a restricted parking area.

D. It is unlawful for a person to stop, stand or park in a restricted parking area any vehicle that displays a placard that is altered, forged or counterfeited.

E. This section shall apply only to those restricted parking areas that are identified by a clearly visible permanent sign that is mounted on a stationary post or object. The sign shall bear the internationally accepted symbol of access and the caption "reserved parking" in any color scheme on a contrasting background.

F. In this Section:

"Access aisle" means a designated area within a restricted parking area that is marked by either spaced, crosshatched or diagonal stripes or a distinctive change in color or material, and that leads to an accessible route of travel.

"Placard" means a permanently disabled removable windshield placard or a temporarily disabled removable windshield placard as defined in Section 28-2409, Arizona Revised Statutes.

"Restricted parking area" means a parking space and, if available, an access aisle set aside and identified for use only by persons with physical disabilities.

G. A violation of subsection A, B, or C of this section shall constitute a civil traffic violation and the violator shall be subject to a civil sanction of not less than one hundred fifty dollars. A violation of Subsection D of this Section shall constitute a civil traffic violation and the violator shall be subject to a civil sanction of not less than three hundred dollars. (Ord. No. G-1893, § 1; Ord. No. G-2373, § 1; Ord. No. G-2705, § 1; Ord. No. G-2753, § 3; Ord. No. G-2939, § 1; Ord. No. G-3278, § 1; Ord. No. G-3388, § 1; Ord. No. G-3543, § 1; Ord. No. G-3924, § 1, 1996; Ord. No. G-4043, § 13, 1997; Ord. No. G-4232, § 1, 1999; Ord. No. G-4402, § 1, 2001; Ord. No. G-4886, §§ 1, 3, 2007; Ord. No. G-5459, § 2, 2009)