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0 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REORDAIN SECTION 16-43.2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1976, RELATING TO PARKING IN SPACES RESERVED FOR THE HANDICAPPED. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlotte sviLle, Virginia that Section 16-43.2 of the Code of the City of Charlottesville, 1976, is amended and reordained as follows: Section 16-43.2. Parking in spaces reserved for the handicapped. (a) The city manager and traffic engineer may designate spaces on streets and other public parking lots of the city and the owners or persons in control of parking areas of privately owned shopping centers and business offices may designate spaces in such areas, to be reserved for the exclusive use of handicapped drivers. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle in saeh any space so designated, who has not been issued a special decal or license plates by the commissioner of motor vehicles pursuant to section 46.1-104.1 or 46.1-149 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, and whose vehicle is not displaying such special plates or decals. (b) Persons who have been issued such special plates or decals by the commissioner of motor vehicles shall be permitted to park their vehicles displaying such plates or decals in disregard of the provisions of sections 16-35 and 16-45(a) of this article, but shall comply with all other provisions of this article in the same manner as any other persons are required to comply therewith. (c) Any police officer may issue a summons to the nonhandicapped operator of a motor vehicle parked in parking spaces reserved for the handicapped at privately owned shopping centers and business offices without the necessity of warrant's being obtained by the owner or other person in control of such property. Adopted by Council June 1, 1981 Atteste: 0 UleTf--CouncTi