While touring Haifa, you can see signs near residential buildings indicating parking spaces intended for disabled tenants, sometimes these parking spaces remain empty for weeks if not months, until the tenants report this to the department responsible for parking and, if necessary, turn the sign and parking to the general public.
According to the law, residents of Haifa with a disabled note are entitled to parking near their home, these parking spaces can be seen scattered all over the city. But how does the resident entitled to such parking actually obtain it? What happens when that disabled person dies or moves?
All the details in the article:
The law regarding a disabled person near his place of residence
- A local authority will assign one qualifying vehicle of a disabled person living in its area, bearing a disabled badge, one parking space suitable for the disabled person's needs, the dimensions of which will be determined taking into account the Israeli standard, as close as possible to the disabled person's place of residence, and at a distance ofdoes not exceed 200 meters from it.
- If the local authority found that there are no parking spaces regulated by it at a distance not exceeding 200 meters from the disabled person's place of residence, it will assign to the qualifying vehicle, as far as possible, a parking space at a distance ofdoes not exceed 400 meters from his place of residence.
- The local authority will allocate a parking space according to this section within 60 days from the day an application was submitted to her To that.
- The local traffic sign authority will place in the parking space assigned according to this section, at its own expense, a sign that distinguishes the parking space for the vehicle whose details the disabled person gave it, and they will be indicated on the sign.
- A disabled person or a person who accompanies the disabled person and drives for him in a vehicle, may park the vehicle whose details are indicated on the sign in the parking space assigned as mentioned in this section, without payment; The disabled person will not have any other or additional right in the parking space assigned according to this section.
- A local authority will assign a parking space if it finds that this is justified under the circumstances of the case, taking into account the degree of disability of the disabled person and the degree of its effect on his mobility.
The criteria for approval of disabled parking
The personal parking spaces will be assigned exclusively to disabled people with disabilities in mobility and existence All the following conditions:
- The applicant has been approved for at least 60 percent mobility disability, according to the Ministry of Health's list of mobility impairments (conditional on presentation of appropriate medical documents).
- The applicant is the registered owner of a vehicle. A disabled person driving a vehicle that he does not own must attach a lawyer's affidavit stating that the vehicle is in his exclusive use on a regular basis.
- The applicant has a valid driver's license and drives his car.
- The applicant does not have private parking adjacent to the house. Only in rare cases will parking in the public area be approved even if the applicant has private parking, and this under the condition set by the medical committee of the district health office.
- to determine mobility disability percentages or a similar committee of the Ministry of Defense that the applicant is confined to a wheelchair and the private parking is not suitable for the type of vehicle approved for him.
- Allocation of parking spaces: a disabled person who has a "stroller" type of disabled badge Entitled to the allocation of two parking spaces: one near his home and the other near his workplace. A disabled person who has a "green triangle badge" Entitled to one parking space only And he must choose between his place of residence and his place of work.
- The allocation of disabled parking is conditional on meeting all the required criteria, and its validity will expire as soon as there is a change in the qualifying conditions.
- A disabled person who has been assigned a parking space undertakes to inform Mrs. Zandberg, the supervisor of handling disabled parking spaces in the Haifa Municipality, within 30 days For any change in the qualifying conditions (sale of vehicles, change of residence, etc.).
- A disabled person who has been assigned temporary parking is asked to take care and submit a request for an extension Two months before the end Eligibility. At the end of the eligibility period, an instruction will be given to cancel the parking and remove the sign unless an extension has been approved.
- Continued use of the disabled parking lot by the disabled person or his family members despite the change in the qualifying conditions constitutes an offense against the law.
For your attention:
The allocation of disabled parking next to the house is conditional on the applicant having Disability percentages are higher than those required to approve a disabled badge for a vehicle by the Ministry of Transportation. The applicant must present documents proving that the percentages of disability determined for him stem from a mobility disability and not a general disability.
As a basis for the committee's discussion, you must attach appropriate medical documents that indicate a mobility disability:
- people whoAge less than 65 Those in possession of a document detailing the deficiencies from the medical committee of the National Insurance, the Ministry of Health or the Ministry of Defense are asked to send this document
- people whoAge over 65 and do not have this type of document, please attach the following documents:
1. Summary of medical information from the family doctor including details of drug treatment.
2. In addition, a medical certificate from a specialist in the field of the medical impairment (orthopedist, vascular surgeon, neurologist - etc.), in which the medical impairment is detailed with explicit reference to the degree of mobility limitation resulting from this impairment.
- Sending medical documents as required will prevent delays in the discussion for parking allocation.
There are different types of signs that can be seen scattered on the street, but after inquiry we learned that these are old signs and signs in a new format, but all of them are legal.
Is there ongoing supervision and monitoring of the factors responsible for those changes? Is there indeed compliance with all the specified laws?
Who is responsible for making sure that this matter is monitored and updated regularly, in order to prevent a situation where people are left without parking due to a parking shortage, even though there are free spaces and there is no abuse of the law? Does the obligation to report a change in condition apply only to the issuer of the note and to the neighbors who notice empty parking lots for a long time?
Haifa Municipality's response tohaipo - The News Corporation:
The Haifa municipality is updated on the death of residents according to the data of the Ministry of the Interior and accordingly the signs are removed. Also, there is an obligation to notify of any change, including: change of residence, stop driving or, God forbid, death. A small part of the signs is placed for a temporary period. In these cases, the municipality warns of the end of the period and the disabled person to submit medical documents that are brought to the committee for further discussion.