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Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by revising Section 12-1117, entitled "Physically Handicapped and Disabled or Severely Disabled Veteran Parking," by allowing certain persons who transport a disabled person to apply for a reserved on-street parking space; all under certain terms and conditions.
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SECTION 1. Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
TITLE 12. TRAFFIC CODE.
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CHAPTER 12-1100. MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS AND PENALTIES.
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ยง12-1117. Physically Handicapped and Disabled or Severely Disabled Veteran Parking.
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(3) Reserved on-street parking for physically handicapped persons and severely-disabled veterans; reserved on-street accessible parking spaces.
(a) After an investigation determining need has been performed through the Department of Health with the information set forth in (3)[(b)](c) and approved by the Department of Streets for practicality and feasibility of traffic operations, the Department of Streets may designate reserved on-street parking for the physically handicapped and severely-disabled veterans.
(b) Any person transporting a disabled person whose motor vehicle bears a handicapped plate, a handicapped placard, a severely-disabled veteran plate, or a severely-disabled veteran placard issued for the use and benefit of persons with disabilities, provided that a person with a disability is being transported in the vehicle, shall be eligible to apply for a reserved on-street parking space.
[(b)] (c) When applying for an on-street parking space for the exclusive use by or for the transportation of handicapped persons or severely-disabled veterans, at least the following information shall be supplied by the applicant to the City and, in part, shall be used as criteria for determining the appropriate location for a handicapped parking space:
(.1) the nature and use of adjacent buildings;
(.2...
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