• Secure and Verifiable Identification is required.
• Persons who cannot walk without the aid of another person, a dog guide, a companion dog, a walker, a cane, crutches, braces, prostheses, or a wheelchair.
• Persons are mobility impaired by best corrected central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye as measured by the Snellen Test, or persons who have central visual acuity better than 20/200 with a limitation of the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle of 20 or less.
• Persons who are restricted by a pulmonary condition to the extent that the Arterial Oxygen Saturation, on room air, at rest, is 90% or less or the patient desaturates to 90% or less on mild exercise, or who use prescribed portable oxygen during the day.
• Persons who have a cardiac condition to the extent that the person's functional limitations are classified as class III or IV according to the standards of the New York Heart Association.
• Persons who have a disability that would be aggravated by walking 150 to 200 feet under normal environmental conditions and a resultant mobility impairment of the same degree as described in the four criteria above.

Options Available and How to Apply

When applying for parking privileges due to a permanent disability, the applicant has three options. The applicant may obtain:

• One set of permanent disability license plates. 
• One set of permanent disability license plates and one permanent placard. 
• Up to two permanent placards and no permanent license plates.

When applying for parking privileges due to a temporary disability, the applicant has one option.

Permanent Disability License Plates - For persons with a disability who own and drive their vehicle. This option must be completed at one of our branch office locations.   

• Submit a completed Application for Persons with Disabilities Parking Privileges (DR 2219) in the name of the person with a disability.
• Bring the title(new purchases) or registration to the vehicle.
• Regular license fees and ownership taxes will be charged for license plates but no additional fees will be charged for the plates.

Permanent Disability License Plates and Permanent Placard - If a person has an additional impairment which makes it impossible to hang a placard in a vehicle, they may have one set of plates for their vehicle, and a placard for use when they are being driven by someone else. This option must be completed at one of our branch office locations.

Submit a completed Application for Persons with Disabilities Parking Privileges (DR 2219) in the name of the person with a disability.

• Bring the title(new purchases) or registration to the vehicle
• The placard is movable from one vehicle to another.

Permanent Placard (No Fee) - For persons with permanent disabilities who do not own or who own more than one vehicle. This option may be completed through the mail.

• Submit a completed Application for Persons with Disabilities Parking Privileges (DR 2219) in the name of the person with a disability.
• A permanent placard will be issued which is to be placed inside the vehicle when the person with a disability is riding.
• The placard is movable from one vehicle to another.

Temporary Placard (No Fee) - For persons with a temporary disability to the degree described in the qualifying criteria. This option may be completed through the mail.

• Submit a completed Application for Persons with Disabilities Parking Privileges (DR 2219) in the name of the person with a disability.
• A 90-day temporary placard will be issued which is to be placed inside the vehicle when the person with a disability is riding.
• The placard is movable from one vehicle to another.

   

 Page revised July 24, 2009