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 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.
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; 2015 Acts, ch 29, §114
Referred to in §321L.2, 321L.4, 805.8A(1)(b), 805.8A(1)(c)
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