§ 150-90. On-street handicapped parking places in residential areas.

(a)

The bureau of traffic and transportation shall install a handicapped parking place on the street adjacent to any dwelling wherein resides a handicapped person, provided that:

(1)

The street is part of the municipal street system or an extension of a county road within the city's corporate limits.

(2)

Such parking places will not disrupt the normal flow of traffic.

(3)

The handicapped person resides in the applicable dwelling and intends to reside there indefinitely.

(4)

The handicapped person has been issued a permanent handicapped parking permit or a disabled person's license plate by the state.

(5)

The property on which the applicable dwelling sits has no driveway or other off-street parking capacity or because of terrain has off-street parking inaccessible to a handicapped person.

(6)

The handicapped person requests such a space, in writing, or such a request is made on behalf of a handicapped person.

(7)

The applicable dwelling was constructed prior to January 1, 1988.

(b)

The handicapped person shall notify the bureau of traffic and transportation in writing when the handicapped person ceases to reside in the applicable dwelling.

(c)

Nothing in this section creating handicapped parking places shall apply to any street or public road in the state highway system, including extensions thereof, into or through the city.

(Code 1977, §§ 13-2256, 13-2257)

State law reference

Handicapped Parking Law, O.C.G.A. § 40-6-220 et seq.