Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVI. Motor Vehicles § 186.042.Accessible parking registration plates and parking privileges for persons with certain disabilities; application procedure; issuance

(1) For the purposes of this section, “persons with disabilities which limit or impair the ability to walk” means persons who:

(2) On the application of any person with disabilities which limit or impair the ability to walk, who has lost the use of an arm or both arms, or who is blind, the Transportation Cabinet shall issue the person with a disability, the parent or guardian of a disabled minor, or the parent or guardian of a disabled adult, an accessible parking registration plate or renewal decal designating the vehicle licensed as being owned by or leased by a person with a disability or their parent or guardian. The license plate or renewal decal may be issued for a passenger car as set forth in KRS 186.050(1), for a motorcycle as set forth in KRS 186.050(2), or for a commercial vehicle as set forth in KRS 186.050(3)(a). The registration plates issued shall bear the international symbol of access adopted by Rehabilitation International in 1969, reading from left to right and shall be followed by numbers or letters the cabinet finds expedient. Except as provided in this subsection, the cabinet shall not issue the registration plates so designated to any person other than a person with a disability as described above. The fee for a disabled license plate shall be as established in KRS 186.162.

(3) The application for a license plate for a person with a disability shall be made on a form prepared by the Transportation Cabinet. For every person seeking this accessible parking license plate, proof of the disability shall be required by:

(4) When a motor vehicle bearing plates issued under this section is being operated by or for the benefit of the person with a disability, who is in the motor vehicle when the motor vehicle is being operated, the motor vehicle may be parked for a period of two (2) hours in excess of the legal parking period permitted by local authorities, except if local ordinances or police regulations prohibit parking on a highway for the purpose of creating a fire lane; if the ordinances or police regulations provide for the accommodation of heavy traffic during morning, afternoon, or evening hours; or if the motor vehicle is parked in such a manner as to clearly be a traffic hazard.

(5) Registration under this section shall expire July 31.