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and Section 22-425, be @ subsequent offense and shall be punishable accordingly. Section 22-582. Parking in spaces reserved for handicapped persons. (a) It shall be unlawful for a n~Dhandicapped driver of a motor vehicle to park in a parking space reserved for the handicapped at privately owned shopping centers, business offices, or parking lots or on the streets or public grounds of the city, unless such driver is using the motor vehicle to transport a handicapped person who has obtained a special vehicle parking permit from the commissioner of the state department of motor vehicles. Pot purposes of this section, the term "nonhandicapped driver" shall mean the driver of a motor vehicle who has not been issued a license plate, permit, or decal by the commissioner designating such person as handicapped. The license plate issued by the commissioner to a motor vehicle shall be attached to such motor vehicle as required by Section 22-114. The decal or permit issued by the commissioner must be displayed in the front windshield of the motor vehicle when such vehicle IS parked in a parking space reserved for the handicapped. Spaces reserved for the handicapped shall be identified in accordance with the provisions of Section 36-99.10 of the Code of Virginia. 2. That Chapter 22 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1988, be amended by adding thereto Section 22-398.1 to read as follows: Section 22-398.1. Decreased maximum speed limits in highway work zones. Operation of any motor vehicle in excess of a maximum speed limit established specifically for a highway work zone, when workers are present and when such highway work zone is indicated by appropriately placed signs displaying the reduced maximum speed limit and the penalty for violations, shall be unlawful and constitute a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of not more than $250.00. For the purposes of this section, "highway work zone" means a construction or maintenance area that is located on or beside a highway and marked by appropriate warning signs or other traffic control devices indicating that work is in progress. Nothing in this section shall preclude the prosecution or conviction for reckless driving of any motor vehicle operator whose operation of any motor vehicle in a highway work zone, apart from speed, demonstrates a reckless disregard for life, limb, or property.