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File #: 070559    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 6/14/2007 In control: Committee on Streets and Services
On agenda: Final action: 11/15/2007
Title: Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by providing for the removal or immobilization of vehicles illegally parked in reserved spaces for the physically handicapped and severely-disabled veterans and of vehicles blocking any part of a curb cut or handicapped ramp.
Sponsors: Councilmember Campbell
Indexes: HANDICAPPED PARKING, PARKING REGULATIONS
Code sections: 12-2405 - Removal or Immobilization of Parked Vehicles; Notice, Title 12 - TRAFFIC CODE
Attachments: 1. CertifiedCopy07055900.pdf
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Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Traffic Code,” by providing for the removal or immobilization of vehicles illegally parked in reserved spaces for the physically handicapped and severely-disabled veterans and of vehicles blocking any part of a curb cut or handicapped ramp.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHIILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 12-2405 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Removal or Immobilization of Parked Vehicles; Notice”, is hereby amended as follows:
 
§ 12-2405.      Removal or Immobilization of Parked Vehicles; Notice.
 
(1)      Any vehicle may be removed, by means of towing to the nearest Official Towing Station or immobilized for up to seventy-two (72) hours by means of applying a boot and then towed to the nearest Official Towing Station if not reclaimed, by or under the direction of a member of the Department, or its designated agent whenever any vehicle is:
 
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            (j)      parked in violation of Section 12-913(1)(a)(x), which prohibits the parking of a vehicle where any part of the vehicle would block any part of a curb cut or handicapped ramp;
 
            (k)      parked in violation of Section 12-1117(4)(b), which prohibits the parking of a vehicle in parking spaces reserved for physically handicapped persons and severely-disabled veterans;
 
SECTION 2. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon final approval.
 
                                          
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