§ 4.05.07. Handicapped Parking Requirements

A.

Generally. Any business, firm, corporation, person, or other entity, which operates or maintains a building which is used by the public or to which the public has access shall provide specially designed and marked motor vehicle parking spaces for the exclusive use of physically disabled persons, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Theses guidelines are to be applied during the design, construction and alteration of buildings and facilities covered by Titles II and III of the ADA to the extent required by regulations issued by federal agencies, including the Department of Justice and the Department of Transportation under the ADA.

B.

Requirements. A parking lot servicing any building or entrance pathway to a building shall have a number of level parking spaces, as set forth in the following table, identified by above grade signs , as being reserved for physically disabled persons:

Table 19. Required Handicapped Parking Spaces.

Total Spaces in Lot	Required Number of Reserved Spaces
Up to 25	1
26 to 50	2
51 to 75	3
76 to 100	4
101 to 150	5
151 to 200	6
201 to 300	7
301 to 400	8
401 to 500	9
501 to 1,000	2% of total
1001 and over	20 plus 1 for each 100 over 1,000

 

C.

Location.

1.

Parking spaces provided for the exclusive use of physically disabled persons serving a particular building shall be located on the shortest accessible route of travel from adjacent parking to an accessible route of travel from adjacent parking to an accessible entrance.

2.

In parking facilities that do not serve a particular building , parking shall be located on the shortest accessible pedestrian entrance of the parking facility. In buildings with multiple accessible entrances with adjacent parking, parking spaces shall be dispersed and located closest to the accessible entrances.

3.

All spaces shall have accessibility to a curb ramp or curb cut, when necessary to allow access to the building served, and shall be located so that users will not be compelled to wheel behind parked vehicles.

D.

Design.

1.

Diagonal or perpendicular parking spaces shall be a minimum of twelve (12) feet wide by eighteen (18) feet long and provide a five (5) foot wide by eighteen (18) foot long passenger loading zone adjacent and parallel to the parking space.

2.

Each such parking space shall be conspicuously outlined in blue paint, and shall be posted and maintained with a permanent, above- grade sign , bearing the internationally accepted wheelchair symbol of accessibility or the caption "PARKING BY DISABLED PERMIT ONLY," or bearing both such symbol and caption. All handicapped parking spaces must be signed and marked in accordance with the standards adopted by the Department of Transportation.