The downtown sidewalk is in the R.O.W. which is municipal property and subject to ordinances. Interior Walmart parking lots and sidewalks are on private property. I don't know for certain but I don't think that they are subject to municipal fines. If there is an injury, everywhere comes under civil jurisdiction.
Quote from: VT-XS on June 25, 2008, 10:55:25 AMThe downtown sidewalk is in the R.O.W. which is municipal property and subject to ordinances. Interior Walmart parking lots and sidewalks are on private property. I don't know for certain but I don't think that they are subject to municipal fines. If there is an injury, everywhere comes under civil jurisdiction.Which is surprising that Snake got a ticket. Police officers are not supposed to write tickets on private property unless asked by the business, (except fire zone). They usually don't go looking for that type of encounter. If at a Walmart, Academy, Lowes, or any other "BigBox" store, I usually look for the handicap stripes, or an unused area of the sidewalk. So far, I've never been questioned, but I watch where the pedestrians are, and if there's enough room for the handicapped. Use some common sense.
The striped area is part of the handicapped parking spot; it's for wheelchair access.In many jurisdictions there are ordinances in place making parking on a sidewalk illegal. Your bike could be towed in some of those jurisdictions; it all depends on how the law is written.
Quote from: RD on June 25, 2008, 01:27:55 PMQuote from: VT-XS on June 25, 2008, 10:55:25 AMThe downtown sidewalk is in the R.O.W. which is municipal property and subject to ordinances. Interior Walmart parking lots and sidewalks are on private property. I don't know for certain but I don't think that they are subject to municipal fines. If there is an injury, everywhere comes under civil jurisdiction.Which is surprising that Snake got a ticket. Police officers are not supposed to write tickets on private property unless asked by the business, (except fire zone). They usually don't go looking for that type of encounter. If at a Walmart, Academy, Lowes, or any other "BigBox" store, I usually look for the handicap stripes, or an unused area of the sidewalk. So far, I've never been questioned, but I watch where the pedestrians are, and if there's enough room for the handicapped. Use some common sense.I believe the following to be true but am not certain.Municipalities and States may have their own Handicap ordinances but they are rooted in the federal "American with Disabilities Act" which supercedes anything that conflicts with it.Handicapped spaces are required of all businesses by the ADA and they almost always occur on private property owned by the business that owns and uses the property. The feds probably grant special jurisdiction to local municipalities to write tickets to Snake when he is on the stripes.It may be that the State is compelled by the feds pass mirror regulations in order to create a means of enforcement on private property in that state.In the past when I have done commercial Architectural design, I had to follow ADA regulations that were overseen and inspected by a state agency.I'm not sure of anything here, but if no one could ticket you for parking in handicap spaces on private property, the signs would be ignored.