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2. A parking placard must include both a serial number and the expiration <br />date on the face of the placard. The expiration date and serial number must be of a <br />sufficient size to be easily visible from a distance of ten feet from where the placard <br />is displayed. <br />3. A parking placard must be displayed when the motor vehicle is parked by <br />suspending it from the rearview mirror. In the absence of a rearview mirror, the <br />parking placard must be displayed on the dashboard. The parking placard must be <br />displayed in a manner that allows for the entire placard to be viewed through the <br />vehicle windshield. <br />4. Special year tabs for persons with disabilities must be displayed on <br />license plates as defined by the Washington State Department of Licensing. <br />C. Restrictions — Prohibitions — Violations. <br />1. False information. Knowingly providing false information in conjunction <br />with the application for special parking privileges for persons with disabilities <br />pursuant to chapter 46.19 RCW is a gross misdemeanor punishable in accordance <br />with EMC 10.04.080. <br />2. Unauthorized use. Any unauthorized use of a parking placard, special <br />license plate, special year tab, or identification card issued pursuant to chapter <br />46.19 RCW is a parking infraction. "Unauthorized use" includes (a) any use of a <br />parking placard, special license plate, special year tab, or identification card that is <br />expired, inactive, faked, forged, or counterfeited, (b) any use of a parking placard, <br />special license plate, special year tab, or identification card of another holder if the <br />initial holder is no longer eligible to use or receive it, and (c) any use of a parking <br />placard, special license plate, special year tab, or identification card of another <br />holder even if permitted to do so by the holder. <br />3. Parking without placard/plate/tab. It is a parking infraction for any person <br />to stop, stand, or park a vehicle in a parking space reserved for persons with <br />physical disabilities on private property without charge or on public property, <br />without a placard, special license plate, or special year tab issued pursuant to <br />chapter 46.19 RCW. If a person is charged with a violation of this subsection, the <br />person will not be determined to have committed an infraction if the person <br />establishes that the person operating the vehicle or being transported at the time of <br />the infraction had a valid placard, special license plate, or special year tab issued <br />pursuant to chapter 46.19 RCW. Such person must sign a statement under penalty <br />of perjury that the placard, special license plate, or special year tab produced prior <br />to the court appearance was valid at the time of infraction and issued pursuant to <br />chapter 46.19 RCW. <br />4. Inaccessible access. It is a parking infraction for a person to stop, stand, <br />or park a vehicle in, block, or otherwise make inaccessible the access aisle located <br />next to a space reserved for persons with physical disabilities. <br />Page 17 of 25 <br />