The Alexandria City Council has given the city’s disabled community at least 30 days before deciding whether to start charging handicapped drivers who used metered parking spaces. The council deferred a vote on the “All May Park, All Must Pay” ordinance, a proposal to make handicapped drivers pay to park at meters in the city, and gave the Alexandria Commission on Persons with Disabilities more time to present its own findings and concerns about the abuse of handicapped parking spaces in metered zones.

City officials said charging handicapped drivers for parking could reduce incentives for those who use illicit handicapped permits to take advantage of the free parking. Alexandria also stands to gain about $133,000 a year in new revenue if it charges handicapped drivers $1.75 per hour to park.