321L.2A - WHEELCHAIR PARKING CONE.

        321L.2A  WHEELCHAIR PARKING CONE.         1.  A person issued a persons with disabilities parking permit      under section 321L.2 who uses a wheelchair due to a disability that      renders the person permanently unable to walk may park in a persons      with disabilities parking space, or a parking space not designated as      a persons with disabilities parking space, and reserve up to an eight      foot space adjacent to the motor vehicle for the purpose of exiting      and entering the motor vehicle if all of the following conditions are      met:         a.  The person places a wheelchair parking cone within eight      feet of the motor vehicle's entry.         b.  The person displays the persons with disabilities parking      permit in the motor vehicle as described in section 321L.4.         c.  The motor vehicle and the wheelchair parking cone do not      obstruct an aisle, street, or roadway so that other vehicles are      unable to pass through the aisle, street, or roadway.         d.  The parking space is provided by the state, a political      subdivision of the state, or an entity providing nonresidential      parking.         e.  The person carries in the motor vehicle a copy of the      statement from a physician, physician's assistant, advanced      registered nurse practitioner, or chiropractor which accompanied the      person's application for persons with disabilities registration      plates under section 321.34 or other persons with disabilities      parking permit under section 321L.2 and which indicates the person is      permanently unable to walk.  The person shall show the copy of the      statement to any peace officer upon request.         2.  A person issued a persons with disabilities parking permit who      does not comply with the requirements of subsection 1 when using a      wheelchair parking cone commits a misdemeanor punishable by a      scheduled fine under section 805.8A, subsection 1, paragraph "b".         3.  A person shall not interfere with a wheelchair parking cone      properly placed under subsection 1.  A violation of this subsection      is a misdemeanor punishable by a scheduled fine under section 805.8A,      subsection 1, paragraph "c".         4.  The department shall adopt rules as necessary to administer      this section.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         97 Acts, ch 70, § 15; 97 Acts, ch 147, §5; 98 Acts, ch 1080, §9;      2000 Acts, ch 1206, §4; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5; 2005 Acts, ch 8, §40         Referred to in § 321L.2, 321L.4, 805.8A(1b, 1c)