2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 189 TRAFFIC REGULATIONS -- VEHICLE EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE 189.458 Temporary accessible parking placard for person with a disability -- Display.
189.458 Temporary accessible parking placard for person with a disability --
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(1) Upon application of any person who has a severe temporary visual, audio, or
physical impairment, including partial paralysis, heart condition, emphysema, <br>arthritis, rheumatism, or other debilitating condition which limits or impairs one's <br>personal mobility or ability to walk as defined in KRS 186.042, the county clerk in <br>the county of the person's residence shall issue the person with a disability a <br>temporary accessible parking placard.
(2) The accessible parking placard issued shall be a two (2) sided hanger style placard
and shall on each side bear the international symbol of access adopted by <br>Rehabilitation International in 1969, the date of expiration of the placard, a seal or <br>other identification of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, and shall contain the <br>accessible parking placard identification number and other information the <br>Transportation Cabinet may by administrative regulation require. The international <br>symbol of access shall be at least three (3) inches in height, be centered on the <br>placard and in a white color on a red shield.
(3) A temporary accessible parking placard shall be issued at no charge by the county
clerk, and the placard shall be valid for a period of not more than three (3) months.
(4) The application shall be made on a form prepared by the Transportation Cabinet.
Placards shall be printed at cabinet expense and distributed to the county clerk of <br>each county who shall keep a record of applications filed and placards issued.
(5) For every person seeking a temporary accessible parking placard, proof of the
disability shall be required by a statement from a licensed physician that the <br>applicant is a person whose mobility, flexibility, coordination, respiration, or <br>perceptiveness is significantly reduced by a temporary disability to that person's <br>arms, legs, lungs, heart, ears, or eyes.
(6) The temporary accessible parking placard, when the vehicle is parked in a parking
space designated as accessible to and for the use of a person with a disability, shall <br>be displayed so that it may be viewed from the front and rear of the vehicle by <br>hanging it from the front windshield rear view mirror. When there is no rear view <br>mirror, the placard shall be displayed on the dashboard.
(7) The Transportation Cabinet may promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to
KRS Chapter 13A to implement or administer this section.
Effective: January 1, 2007 <br>History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 5, effective January 1, 2007. --
Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 131, sec. 2, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 1994 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 405, sec. 41, effective July 15, 1994; and ch. 416, sec. 10, effective July <br>15, 1994. Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 60, sec. 5, effective July 14, 1992.
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