(ii) Service vehicles defined under § 22-201 of this article;

(iii) Class B (for hire) vehicles;

(iv) Class C (funeral and ambulance) vehicles;

(v) Class H (school) vehicles;

(vi) Class I (charter bus) vehicles;

(vii) Class J (vanpool) vehicles;

(viii) Class P (passenger bus) vehicles;

(ix) Class Q (limousine) vehicles; and

(x) State or local government vehicles.

(2) The person for .whom special registration plates are issued under this
section or under a similar provision of any other state or country:

(i) 1. Except as provided in items (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph,
may park for unlimited periods in parking zones restricted as to the length of parking
time permitted; and

2. Is not required to pay any parking meter fees of this State
or of any political subdivision of this State WHERE PARKING METERS DO NOT MEET
THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES;

(ii) May park in a parking space equipped with a parking meter

only for:

1. Except as provided in item (ii)2 of this paragraph, twice
the maximum time period permitted on the parking- meter but not to exceed a
maximum of 4 hours; and

2. If the parking meter permits parking for more than 4
hours, the period permitted on the parking meter; and

(iii) Subject to the posted time restriction specified for this parking
zone, may park in a designated zone for the handicapped established at any
State-owned airport.

(3) The provisions of this subsection supersede any local ordinance,
except that they do not apply:

(i) To zones where stopping, standing, or parking is prohibited to

all vehicles;

(ii) To zones that are reserved for special types of vehicles; or

(iii) Where there is a local ordinance that prohibits parking during
heavy traffic periods in morning, afternoon, or evening rush hours, or where parking
clearly would present a traffic hazard.