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City ot l ;artin ville VIR~INIA CITY OF MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA ORDINANCE NO. 2000-2 Enclosure #2 BE IT ORDAINEl) by the Council ofthe City oflVlartinsville, Virginia, in regular session held on March 14, 2000 that §12-98 of the City Cede be, and it hereby is, mended, pursuant to the provisions of §~46.2-1242, 46.2-1243, and 46.2-1244 of the Code of Virginia, to read as follows: §12-98: Parking in spaces reserved for persons with disabilities. It shall be unlawful for a vehicle not displaying disabled parking license plates, an organizational removable windshield placard, a permanent removable windshield placard, or a temporary removable windshield placard issued under ~46.2-1241 ofthe Cede or DV disabled parking license plates issued under subsection B of ~46.2-739 of the Code, to be parked in a parking space located anywhere within the City of Martinsville and reserved for persons with disabilities that limit or impair their ability to walk or for a person who is not limited or impaired in his ability to walk to park a vehicle in a parking space so designated except when transporting a person with such .a disability in the vehicle. . BE IT FUKItIEK ORDAINED that a summons or pardring-ticket· for the offense may be issued by hw-enforcement officers, volunteers serving in units established pursuant to g46.2-1244 of the Code, and other uniformed personnel employed by the City of Martinswille to enforce parking regulations without the necessity of a warrant · being obtained by the owner of any private parking BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that in any prosecution charging a violation of this ordinance, proof that the vehicle described in the complaint, summons, paxldng ticket, citation or warrant was parked in violation of this ordinance, together with proof that the defendant was at the time the registered owner of the vehicle, as required by Chapter 6 (§46.2-600 et seq.) of the Code, shall constitute pima fade evidence that the registered owner of the vehicle was the person who committed the violation. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that no violation of this ordinance Shall be dismissed for a properly owner' s failure to comply strictly with the requirements for disabled parking signs set forth in §36-99.11 of the Code, provided the space is dearly distinguishable as a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities that limit or impair their ability to walk. BE IT FURTHER ORDAIN that in privately owned parking areas open to the public for industrial, commercial, professional (including health care) or religious purposes, a summons for a violation of this ordinance may be issued by private security guards licensed under the provisions of Article 2.1 ({}9-183.1 et seq.) of Charter 27 of Title 9 of the Cede and deputized to issue a summons for the offense by the Martinsville Chief of Police.