Legal Question in Traffic Law in North Dakota

Re: Handicap Parking

That was a great question, I had to look up the law and I also talked to the city prosecutor, Tristan Van de Streek, about it. I have posted the North Dakota law below that controls handicapped parking.

The short answer is that you will not be ticketed because handicapped parking spaces must be double marked. Meaning that there must be a sign and blue lines to properly designate the handicapped space.

39-01-15

Whenever any public or private entity designates parking spaces for use by motor vehicles operated by mobility-impaired persons, those reserved spaces must comply

with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Accessibility Guidelines for

Buildings and Facilities as contained in the appendix to title 28, Code of Federal

Regulations, part 36 [28 CFR 36] and must be indicated by blue paint on the curb or

edge of the paved portion of the street or parking lot adjacent to the space. In

addition to blue paint, each reserved space must be indicated by an official sign

approved by the director bearing the internationally accepted symbol of access for

the mobility impaired. The sign must indicate that unauthorized use of the space is

a nonmoving violation for which a fee of one hundred dollars must be imposed. For

particular events, a public or a private entity may reserve additional parking spaces

for use by motor vehicles operated by mobility-impaired persons. In that case, each

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temporarily reserved space must be indicated by a sign or other suitable means. A

sign indicating that a space is reserved for the mobility impaired and blue paint on

the curb or edge of the paved portion of the street or parking lot adjacent to the

space, unless the space is a temporary mobility-impaired parking space, is sufficient

basis for the enforcement of this section. A law enforcement officer shall enforce

this section in any parking lot or parking facility, whether publicly or privately owned.