Thanks for this, folks. Perhaps it's now obvious that I'm pretty clueless about the rules with APPs -- I didn't even know you didn't have to feed the meter (seriously -- thank you for commenting on that -- they don't give you a set of rules when you get the permit and I just assumed you followed the...

Last week I saw a spot on the street that was designated for handicapped only. I have a handicapped parking permit that was clearly displayed on my car, so I parked there, paid the meter, and went to my doctor's appointment (back story: the hospital parking lot was full, as were two others I tried b...