AB 469

Under current law, a person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability

to walk may apply for and obtain from the Department of Transportation special

motor vehicle registration plates (special disabled plates) or a special identification

card (disabled parking card) entitling a motor vehicle used by the person to certain

parking privileges, including parking in spaces reserved for such vehicles. Current

law also permits, with certain exceptions, state and local highway authorities to

prohibit or restrict the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on highways under

their jurisdictions.

Under this bill, a municipality may adopt an ordinance allowing the

municipality to reserve parking spaces on highways (streets) for persons: 1) whose

residences abut the street; 2) who own vehicles with special disabled plates or have

been issued disabled parking cards; and 3) who have been issued permits by the

municipality authorizing parking in these reserved parking spaces. The

municipality may charge a fee for issuing a permit authorizing parking in these

reserved spaces. The municipality may prohibit any vehicle other than a vehicle

owned by the person issued a parking permit for a designated reserved parking space

from parking, stopping, or standing in that reserved parking space. The

municipality must erect and maintain official traffic signs or markers indicating any

parking prohibition or restriction imposed by the ordinance.