Vehicle Code § 22511.5

Scope of parking privileges for disabled persons and disabled veterans displaying special license plates

(a)

(1) A disabled person or disabled veteran displaying special license plates issued under Section 5007 or a distinguishing placard issued under Section 22511.55 or 22511.59 is allowed to park for unlimited periods in any of the following zones:

(A) In any restricted zone described in paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 21458 or on streets upon which preferential parking privileges and height limits have been given pursuant to Section 22507.

(B) In any parking zone that is restricted as to the length of time parking is permitted as indicated by a sign erected pursuant to a local ordinance.

(2) A disabled person or disabled veteran is allowed to park in any metered parking space without being required to pay parking meter fees.

(3) This subdivision does not apply to a zone for which state law or ordinance absolutely prohibits stopping, parking, or standing of all vehicles, or which the law or ordinance reserves for special types of vehicles, or to the parking of a vehicle that is involved in the operation of a street vending business.

(b) A disabled person or disabled veteran is allowed to park a motor vehicle displaying a special disabled person license plate or placard issued by a foreign jurisdiction with the same parking privileges authorized in this code for any motor vehicle displaying a special license plate or a distinguishing placard issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

History

Added Stats 1978 ch 457 § 2. Amended Stats 1980 ch 261 § 1; Stats 1982 ch 974 § 2, ch 975 § 6.5; Stats 1984 ch 510 § 1, ch 1118 § 1; Stats 1985 ch 1041 § 7; Stats 1986 ch 351 § 3; Stats 1988 ch 115 § 1; Stats 1989 ch 554 § 3; Stats 1991 ch 893 § 4 (AB 274); Stats 1992 ch 785 § 3 (AB 2289), ch 1241 § 21 (SB 1615); Stats 1994 ch 1149 § 5 (AB 2878); Stats 2004 ch 404 § 12 (SB 1725); Stats 2010 ch 478 § 11 (AB 2777), effective January 1, 2011.

Section 22511.5 of the California Vehicle Code