PORTLAND (AP) — The Portland City Council is scheduled to consider cracking down on the misuse of disabled parking placards.
The council today will consider an ordinance that would give parking enforcement officers the authority to issue $200 tickets to drivers who improperly use a disabled parking placard.
Andy Martin, the city’s senior parking control officer, tells the Portland Press Herald he has seen people using the placards of dead relatives, or even changing expiration dates on placards that hang from the rear-view mirror.
The placards allow people to park in designated spaces or to park for free in metered spots.
The Times Record Sustaining Sponsor
We believe a community must be informed to thrive. bowdoin.edu
Comments are not available on this story. Read more about why we allow commenting on some stories and not on others.
We believe it's important to offer commenting on certain stories as a benefit to our readers. At its best, our comments sections can be a productive platform for readers to engage with our journalism, offer thoughts on coverage and issues, and drive conversation in a respectful, solutions-based way. It's a form of open discourse that can be useful to our community, public officials, journalists and others.
We do not enable comments on everything — exceptions include most crime stories, and coverage involving personal tragedy or sensitive issues that invite personal attacks instead of thoughtful discussion.
You can read more here about our commenting policy and terms of use. More information is also found on our FAQs.
Show less