ADA Compliance Brief: Restriping Parking Spaces

Accessible Parking Spaces
When a business or State or local government restripes parking spaces in a parking lot or parking structure (parking
facilities), it must provide accessible parking spaces as required by the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design
(2010 Standards).
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 facilities when it is readily achievable to do so.
Because restriping is relatively inexpensive, it is readily achievable in most cases. State and local government facilities
also have an ongoing ADA obligation to make their programs accessible, which can require providing accessible
parking.
This compliance brief provides information about the features of accessible car and van parking spaces and how
many accessible spaces are required when parking facilities are restriped.
One of six accessible parking spaces,
but always at least one,
must be van-accessible.
Minimum Number of Accessible Parking Spaces
2010 Standards (208.2)
The required number of accessible parking spaces
must be calculated separately for each parking
facility, not calculated based on the total number
of parking spaces provided on a site. One of six
(or fraction of six) accessible parking spaces, but
always at least one, must be van accessible.
Parking for hospital outpatient facilities,
rehabilitation facilities, outpatient physical therapy
facilities or residential facilities have substantially
different requirements for accessibility (see 2010
Standards 208.2).
Total Number of
Parking Spaces
Provided in
Parking Facility
(per facility)
(Column A)
Minimum Num-
ber of Accessible
Parking Spaces
(car and van)
Mininum Number
of Van-Accessible
Parking Spaces
(1 of six
accessible spaces)
1 to 25 	1 	1
26 to 50 	2 	1
51 to 75 	3 	1
76 to 100 	4 	1
101 to 150 	5 	1
151 to 200 	6 	1
201 to 300 	7 	2
301 to 400 	8 	2
401 to 500 	9 	2
500 to 1000
2% of total parking
provided in each lot
or structure
1/6 of Column A*
1001 and over 20 plus 1 for each
100 over 1000 1/6 of Column A*
*one out of every 6 accessible spaces
U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division
Disability Rights Section
Americans with Disabilities Act
ADA Compliance BRIEF:
Restriping Parking Spaces

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Features of Accessible Parking Spaces
Parking space identification sign with the international
symbol of accessibility complying with 703.7.2.1 mounted
60 inches minimum above the ground surface measured to
the bottom of the sign.
If the accessible route is located in front of the parking
space, install wheel stops to keep vehicles from reducing
the clear width of the accessible route below 36 inches.
Parking space shall be 96
inches wide minimum,
marked to define the
width, and maximum slope
in all directions is 1:48.
Access aisle width is at least 60 inches, must be at
the same level and the same length as the adjacent
parking space(s) it serves, maximum slope in all
directions is 1:48, and access aisle must connect to
an accessible route to the building. Ramps must
not extend into the access aisle.
Boundary of the access
aisle must be clearly
marked so as to discour-
age parking in it. (State
or local laws may address
the color and manner that
parking spaces and access
aisles are marked.)
Two parking spaces may share an access aisle
except for angled parking spaces (see below).
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 park-
ing, the accessible parking
spaces must be dispersed and
located closest to the acces-
sible entrances.
When accessible parking
spaces are added in an exist-
ing parking lot or structure,
locate the spaces on the
most level ground close to
the accessible entrance. An
accessible route must always
be provided from the acces-
sible 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 facilities if equivalent
or greater accessibility is
provided in terms of distance
from the accessible entrance,
parking fees, and conve-
nience. Van-accessible park-
ing spaces located in parking
garages may be clustered on
one floor (to accommodate
the 98-inch minimum vertical
height requirement).
Additional Notes:
Where parking spaces are marked with lines, width measurements of
parking spaces and access aisles are to centerlines, except for the end
space which may include the full width of the line.
Access aisles may be located on either side of the parking space except
for angled van parking spaces which must have access aisles located on
the passenger side of the parking spaces.
96"min
2440
60"min
1525
96"min
2440
accessible route
Accessible Parking Spaces with 60-inch
Minimum Width Access Aisle for Cars

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Additional Features of Van-Accessible Parking Spaces
Van-accessible parking spaces incorporate the features of accessible parking spaces on the previous page
and require the following additional features: a "van accessible" designation on the sign; different widths
for the van parking space or the access aisle; and at least 98 inches of vertical clearance for the van parking
space, access aisle, and vehicular route to and from the van-accessible space. The first image below shows a
van-accessible space with a 60-inch minimum width access aisle. The second image shows a van-accessible
space with a 96-inch minimum width access aisle. Both configurations are permitted and requirements for
van-accessible signage and vertical clearance apply to both configurations.
Parking space identification sign with the interna-
tional symbol of accessibility and designation, "van
accessible." Note, where four or fewer parking
spaces are provided on a site, a sign identifying the
accessible space, which must be van-accessible, is
not required.
Vertical clearance of 98 inches minimum to accom-
modate van height at the vehicle parking space, the
adjacent access aisle, and on the vehicular route to and
from the van-accessible space.
Van parking space must be 132 inches wide minimum
with an adjacent 60-inch wide minimum access aisle.
A van parking space of 96 inches wide minimum with
an adjacent 96-inch wide minimum access aisle is also
permitted (see below).
Van-Accessible Parking Space with
96-inch Minimum Width Access Aisle
Van-Accessible Parking Space with
60-inch Minimum Width Access Aisle
Where four or fewer parking spaces are
provided on a site, signage identifying the
van-accessible parking space is not required.
132"min
3350
60"min
1525
96"min
2440
96"min
2440
96"min
2440
Vehicle
Route
Van 	Car
96"min
2440

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Resources
For more information about the ADA, please visit
our website or call our toll-free number.
ADA Website
www.ADA.gov
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information is available, visit the ADA Website’s
home page and click the link near the bottom of
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Call Monday – Wednesday, Friday 9:30 a.m. – 5:30
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24 hours a day to order publications by mail.
For people with disabilities, this publication is avail-
able in alternate formats.
Reference:
2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design
(available on ADA.gov and from the ADA Infor-
mation Line)
Sections 208 & 502 Parking Spaces
Section 206 Accessible Route
Duplication of this document is encouraged.
December 2015

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