We have been in business restriping existing parking lots and parking structures and laying out and striping new parking lots and parking structures for over 20 years. We have actually engineered parking  lot configurations for many customers. We are a distributor of Aexcel Traffic Paint and actually sell to many striping contractors in the Southeastern Michigan (and Detroit) area. We stripe parking lots as small as a gas stations and large as mega malls like Great Lakes Crossing. We are experts at striping newly seal or paved parking lots. We are experts at striping concrete parking lots and parking structures. We actually did the original layout and striping (11000 spaces) at the McNamara Terminal Parking Structure at Metro Airport.

We use waterborne traffic paint for jobs newly seal or paved unless your paint specifications indicate otherwise. We restripe existing parking lots with the highest grade alkyd, waterborne or chlorinated rubber traffic paint manufactured. We repaint safety bollards with enamel paint unless the painter before us used the wrong paint. We can match just about any stenciling done, paint parking blocks, light pole bases, painted curbing, paved playground areas, arrows, entrances and exits. We stripe for cities, townships, large and small organizations.

Provided below is explanation of the accessible parking that should be provided in every parking lot which has been mandated by the ADA.
 

Accessible Parking Spaces
 

When a business restripes a parking lot, it must provide accessible parking spaces as required by the ADA Standards for Accessible Design.
 

In addition, businesses or privately owned facilities that provide goods or services to the public have a continuing ADA obligation to remove barriers to access in existing parking lots when it is readily achievable to do so. Because restriping is relatively inexpensive, it is readily achievable in most cases.
 

This ADA Business Brief provides key information about how to create accessible car and van spaces and how many spaces to provide when parking lots are restriped.
 

 

Accessible Parking Spaces for Cars
 

Accessible parking spaces for cars have at least a 60-inch-wide access aisle located adjacent to the designated parking space. The access aisle is just
wide enough to permit a person using a wheelchair to enter or exit the car. These parking spaces are identified with a sign and located on level ground.
 

 

Van-Accessible Parking Spaces

Van-accessible parking spaces are the same as accessible parking spaces for cars except for three features needed for vans:

  • a wider access aisle (96") to accommodate a wheelchair lift;

     
  • vertical clearance to accommodate van height at the van parking space, the adjacent access aisle, and on the vehicular route to and from the van-accessible space, and

     
  • an additional sign that identifies the parking spaces as "van accessible."

 

 van with side-mounted lift lowered into access aisle

One of eight accessible parking spaces, but always at least one, must be van-accessible.

(illustration showing a van with a side-mounted wheelchair lift
lowered onto a marked access aisle at a van-accessible parking space.
A person using a wheelchair is getting out of the van.
A dashed line shows the route from the lift to the sidewalk.)

 

Minimum Number of Accessible Parking Spaces

ADA Standards for Accessible Design 4.1.2(5)

Total Number of Parking Spaces Provided (per lot) (Column A)
Total Minimum Number of Accessible Parking Spaces (60" & 96" aisles)		 Van-Accessible Parking Spaces with min. 96" wide access aisle Accessible Parking Spaces with min. 60" wide access aisle
1 to 25 1 1 0
26 to 50 2 1 1
51 to 75 3 1 2
76 to 100 4 1 3
101 to 150 5 1 4
151 to 200 6 1 5
201 to 300 7 1 6
301 to 400 8 1 7
401 to 500 9 2 7
501 to 1000 2% of total parking provided in each lot 1/8 of Column A* 7/8 of Column A**
1001 and over 20 plus 1 for each 100 over 1000 1/8 of Column A* 7/8 of Column A**

* one out of every 8 accessible spaces ** 7 out of every 8 accessible parking spaces

 

Features of Accessible Parking Spaces for Cars

plan showing an accessible parking space for cars

 

(plan drawing showing an accessible parking space for cars
with a 96 inch wide designated parking space,
a 60 inch wide min. marked access aisle and the following notes)

  • Sign with the international symbol of accessibility mounted high enough so it can be seen while a vehicle is parked in the space.

     
  • If the accessible route is located in front of the space, install wheelstops to keep vehicles from reducing width below 36 inches.

     
  • Access aisle of at least 60-inch width must be level (1:50 maximum slope in all directions), be the same length as the adjacent parking space(s) it serves and must connect to an accessible route to the building. Ramps must not extend into the access aisle.

     
  • Boundary of the access aisle must be marked. The end may be a squared or curved shape.

     
  • Two parking spaces may share an access aisle.

 

Three Additional Features for Van-Accessible Parking Spaces

plan showing a van-accessible parking space
 

(plan drawing showing a van-accessible parking space
with a 96 inch wide designated parking space, a 96 inch wide min.
marked access aisle and the following notes)

  • Sign with "van accessible" and the international symbol of accessibility mounted high enough so the sign can be seen when a vehicle is parked in the space

     
  • 96" min. width access aisle, level (max. slope 1:50 in all directions), located beside the van parking space

     
  • Min. 98-inch-high clearance at van parking space, access aisle, and on vehicular route to and from van space

 

Location

Accessible parking spaces must be located on the shortest accessible route of travel to an accessible facility entrance. Where buildings have multiple accessible entrances with adjacent parking, the accessible parking spaces must be dispersed and located closest to the accessible entrances.

When accessible parking spaces are added in an existing parking lot, locate the spaces on the most level ground close to the accessible entrance. An accessible route must always be provided from the accessible parking to the accessible entrance. An accessible route never has curbs or stairs, must be at least 3- feet wide, and has a firm, stable, slip-resistant surface. The slope along the accessible route should not be greater than 1:12 in the direction of travel.

Accessible parking spaces may be clustered in one or more lots if equivalent or greater accessibility is provided in terms of distance from the accessible entrance, parking fees, and convenience. Van-accessible parking spaces located in parking garages may be clustered on one floor (to accommodate the 98-inch minimum vertical height requirement).

 

Free Technical Assistance

Answers to technical and general questions about restriping parking lots or other ADA requirements are available by telephone on weekdays. You may also order the ADA Standards for Accessible Design and other ADA publications, including regulations for private businesses or State and local governments, at any time day or night. Information about ADA-related IRS tax credits and deductions is also available from the ADA Information Line.

Department of Justice

ADA Information Line

800-514-0301 (voice)

800-514-0383 (TTY)

 

ADA Website and ADA Business Connection

You may also review or download information on the Department's ADA Internet site at any time. The site provides access to the ADA Business Connection and the ADA design standards, ADA regulations, ADA Policy Letters, technical assistance materials, and general ADA information. It also provides links to other Federal agencies, and updates on new ADA requirements and enforcement efforts.
 

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