PASSED

The enacted ordinance requires public garages and parking lots to provide a set number of accessible and van-accessible spaces as a condition of receiving or renewing their licenses, with some exceptions for certain existing facilities. It also prohibits anyone without valid disability or severely disabled veteran plates or placards from parking in those spaces; the licensing requirements apply to periods beginning January 1, 2001, and the parking prohibition took effect immediately.

Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by conditioning the issuance of licenses for public garages and public parking lots on the provision of accessible parking spaces in such garages and lots; and amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by prohibiting parking in such accessible parking spaces except by persons parking vehicles lawfully bearing registration plates or parking placards issued to physically handicapped persons or severely-disabled veterans; all under certain terms and conditions.