Bill 273 — Third Session, 20Th Legislature, 34 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 273 Disabled Parking Act (Legislature 20, Session 3)
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1985 BILL 273 Third Session, 20th Legislature, 34 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 273 DISABLED PARKING ACT MR. LEE First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent
Bid 273 Mr. Lee BILL 273 1985 DISABLED PARKING ACT (Assented to , 1985) Designated disabled parking HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 In this Act, (a) "designated parking space" means a parking space reserved for the use of vehicles either operated by or con veying a disabled person; (b) "disabled person" has the meaning established by the regulations; (c) "Minister" means the Minister of Social Services and Community Health; (d) "permit" means a disabled parking permit issued pursuant to
section 6. 2(1) The owner and operator of every parking lot that is customarily available for parking by the public and which contains 25 or more parking stalls shall designate and make available at least 1 and no less than 2% of the stalls as designated parking spaces.
(2) Every employer who provides a parking lot made for his employees shall designate and make available a number of stalls as designated parking spaces that is reasonably sufficient for the number of disabled employees.
Municipal hy-law
(3) A designated parking space shall be marked as such by a sign in a form, in the manner and in accordance with the conditions prescribed in the regulations. 3 A municipality may by by-law prescribe a percentage of parking stalls higher than that specified in
section 2 to be designated parking spaces, with respect to parking lots within the municipality. dime'li'sions""'' ^ ^^^ spaccs iu SL parking lot that are designated parking spaces shall be those spaces which are the most convenient for the use of disabled persons and shall be of dimensions prescribed in the regulations.
Charges Parking Reciprocity 5 The owner or operator of a parking lot may not establish any parking charge for parking in a designated parking space that exceeds the charge for any other parking space within the parking lot, for an equivalent period of use. 6(1) The Minister may enter into one or more agreements to provide for a private agency to issue disabled parking permits and to establish a fee to cover the cost of issuing permits.
(2) Where a person applies to the Minister or a private agency appointed pursuant to subsection (1), in the form prescribed by the regulations and provides the certificate of a physician stating that the person is a disabled person within the meaning prescribed in the regulations, the Minister or the agency shall issue a permit to the applicant.
(3) A permit shall be in a form that may be placed on the dash of the vehicle the disabled person is using. 7 No person shall park a vehicle in a designated parking space unless the vehicle is operated by or is carrying, delivering or picking up a disabled person and displays on the dash a permit issued to a disabled person by the Minister pursuant to
section 6. 8 The Minister may enter into agreements with the government of any other province to allow for the standardization of permits for parking issued to disabled persons and the reciprocal recog nition (
a) in Alberta of permits issued to disabled persons in other provinces, and (
b) in other provinces of permits issued to disabled persons in Alberta. 9 This Act binds the Crown.
Offences and penalties 10(1) A person who is the owner or the operator of a parking lot that does not comply with
section 2 is guilty of an offence and liable on
summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $100 for a first offence and $2000 for a second offence relating to the same parking lot.
(2) The operator of a vehicle who contravenes
section 7 is guilty of an offence and liable on
summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $50 for a first offence, $100 for a second offence and $200 for a third or subsequent offence.
(3) An offence under subsection (2), shall be deemed to be a specified offence for the purposes of the demerit point system established by regulation pursuant to
section 59(1 )(
f) of the Motor Vehicle Administration Act. Removal of vehicles Regulations
(4) The operator of a vehicle who knowingly displays a permit issued pursuant to this Act or a facsimile thereof and is not a disabled person or not carrying, depositing or picking up a disabled person is guilty of an offence and liable on
summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $100 for a first offence and $200 for a second or subsequent offence. 11 A municipality may by by-law provide for the towing away of any vehicle that is in contravention of
section 7 and the charging to the owner or operator thereof, of the costs of towing and storage. 12 The Minister may make regulations (
a) defining "disabled person" for the purposes of this Act; (
b) prescribing the design, colour and size of signs to be used in designated parking spaces; (
c) prescribing the design, colour and size of permits to be issued to disabled persons; (
d) prescribing dimensions for designated parking stalls; (
e) requiring the owners and operators of parking lots to place a sign of prescribed wording and size at the entrance to the parking lot and visible from outside it indicating the number of designated parking spaces and their location in the parking lot; (
f) authorizing municipalities to issue permits on his behalf for the purposes of this Act; (
g) prescribing forms for the purposes of this Act.