A. The city of Vancouver ADA compliance coordinator currently employed or employed hereafter, or any employee of the city assigned by the city manager or his or her designee to perform the duties of ADA compliance coordinator, is hereby specially commissioned by the Vancouver chief of police as a law enforcement officer.

B. The special commission as a law enforcement officer is limited. The ADA compliance coordinator is authorized to enforce only those laws pertaining to issuing notices of civil infractions for the violation of ordinances, statutes and regulations pertaining to: parking spaces for persons with disabilities; improper parking in parking spaces for persons with disabilities and access areas; for improper signage of parking spaces for persons with disabilities; for improper dimensions of parking spaces for persons with disabilities; and for all ordinances, statutes and regulations pertaining to persons with disabilities’ accessibility to buildings and public programs located within the city limits of Vancouver, Washington. The ADA compliance coordinator is not authorized to effectuate any arrest for any violation.

C. The authority conferred upon the ADA compliance coordinator or any designee by this section shall not vest the ADA compliance coordinator or any designee with any police civil service or police pension rights under federal law, Washington state law or under any ordinance or regulation. (Ord. M-4365 § 2, 2022; Ord. M-3578, 2002)