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ORDINANCE NO. ~ - 1989 AN ORDINANCE CREATING A HANDICAPPED PARKING AREA BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Council of the civil Town of Mooresville, Indiana, that: By the powers vested in said Town Council for the Civil Town of Mooresville, Indiana, it is hereby ordered and ordained that: WHEREAS, it is necessary to control the parking within the Town of Mooresville, Indiana, and to provide suitable parking spaces for handicapped persons within the Town of Mooresville in areas where marked handicapped parking is necessitated by traffic and parking patterns. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ORDAINED THAT 1. The Street Commissioner shall have the authority to establish handicapped parking areas within the civil Town of Mooresville and to mark said handicapped parking spots by sign or other means which openly display that said area is a handicapped parking space. 2. That no person shall park a vehicle in a handicapped parking space which is designated by the Street Commissioner and marked unless the individual is driving a vehicle which does have the designated handicapped license plate displayed on the license plate. 3, VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE - A violation of this ordinance shall be punishable by a fine of not less than One Dollar ($1.00) or more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per violation and in addition a vehicle parked in the spot which docs not have the designated handicapped license plate shall be subject to being removed by an order from the Town Marshall's office with the car owner being responsible for the cost of the vehicle being towed, storage, and any and all other related costs associated with the removal of said vehicle, along with the fine set out above. 4. Whereas an emergency exists and this ordinance is declared to be in full force and effect on passage of the same and the Clerk-Treasurer is directed to publish said ordinance.