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Disabled parking spaces allow individuals with disabilities the opportunity to access the same businesses and facilities the general population enjoys. It's a matter of equal rights, and everyone can help by knowing a few facts.
• A person with a disability must meet defined physical limitations in order to qualify to receive a disabled license plate or placard.
• A person with a permanent disability qualifying him or her for disabled plates/placards can obtain permanent designation as disabled by the DMV with a physician's certification.
• Disabled license plates and placards are to be used only by the person certified as being disabled, or by a person who is actually in the process of transporting the disabled person. (Plates/placards are assigned to people, not cars.) Violation of this privilege carries a fine of $100 for the first offense.
• The law requires a minimum of one
disabled parking space for every 25 spaces, located
near the closest accessible entrance.
• There must be at least one "van
accessible" disabled parking space for every 8 disabled spaces.
When other disabled spaces are available, vanaccessible spaces should be left open for
vans equipped with wheelchair lifts. These spaces
are an absolute necessity for liftequipped vans. It is
a simple courtesy to leave them open for those people needing them most.
• Van-accessible disabled parking spaces (whether
or not they are marked as such) are divided by
striped pavement, defining the room required for a
person in a wheelchair to enter and exit a van. The
law prohibits anyone — even those with
valid disabled plates/placards — from parking
in striped areas.
• According to NRS 482.383, any person
who violates the disabled parking privilege shall
be fined: $100 minimum for the first offense,
$250 minimum for the second offense, and $500-1000 for the third and subsequent offenses.
(The information above is also available in a
small pamphlet distributed by SNCIL.
"Courtesy reminders" for cars illegally parked in
disabled spaces are also available for anyone
requesting them. For brochures or reminders, contact
SNCIL, and help spread the word.)
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