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be turned on if the vehicle is equipped with such lights and such lights are operating, and a report shall be made to the nearest police officer as soon as practicable, and the vehicle shall be removed from the roadway to the shoulder a~ soon as possible and removed from the shoulder without unnecessary delay. If the vehicle is not promptly removed, such removal may be ordered by a police officer at the expense of the owner if the disabled vehicle creates a traffic hazard. (b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to any vehicle owned or controlled by the Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Highways and Transportation, or any unit of local government, while actually engaged in the construction, reconstruction or maintenance of highways. Section 23-229. Parking in spaces reserved for handicapped persons. It shall be unlawful for a nonhandicapped 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. For 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 23-408. The decal or permit issued by the Commissioner must be displayed in the front windshield of the motor vehicle when such vehicle ts parked in a parking space reserved for the handicapped. Spaces reserved for the handicapped shall be identified by above-grade signs. A violation of this section shall constitute a traffic infraction. It shall be the duty of each police officer or other uniformed personnel employed by the city to enforce parking regulations to give to any person operating a motor vehicle parked in violation of this section a notice, or to attach to the vehicle found so parked a notice to the owner, that such vehicle has been illegally parked in violation of this section and instructing him to report to the Portsmouth Police Department Headquarters. Each person so notified may within seventy-two (72) hours from the time when such notice was given or attached to the vehicle pay the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) due to his vehicle being illegally parked in violation of this section.