Here's a table that describes how many disabled spaces the American Disabilities Act requires.
Total Parking in Lot -- Required Minimum Number of Accessible Spaces
1 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 1000 -- 2 percent of total
1001 and over -- 20 plus 1 for each 100 over 1000
Source: access-board.gov/adaag/html/adaag.htm
h/t Rolling Rains Report
4 comments:
I don't know how many total spaces the Washington Wild Things baseball team has or whether they technically meet the legal requirement, but as a practical matter they definitely don't have enough. The parking staff routinely lets people park in the access lanes. One of these days I'm going to have to fire off a letter to them. (Thanks for this information, by the way.)
Edward- glad it's helpful. I notice that a number of lots have very few spaces - large lots, so it's good info for folks to know.
Interesting information. I'm not sure how well our local Walmart fares with these requirements, but I have noticed that rarely are all of these spaces taken. This Walmart has an added bonus, there are four spaces (two by each door) just past the disabled spaces that are designated for expectant moms. I found this out while I was 6 months preggers and was tickled pink!
I have noticed that some Walgreens and CVS stores have similar spaces for expectant moms and moms with small children.
I'd never consider pregnancy a disability, but it does make it extremely difficult to get around sometimes so it is refreshing to see consideration like that.
Of course, now that George is 6 months old I don't have an excuse so I park halfway down the lot.
Sorry for rambling, Ruth. I blame it on Monday. Have a blessed day!
CG - Thanks for your comments. From what I've heard, it varies as to whether the legal number of spots is sufficient. Our Walmart has the legal number of spots but I've never been able to find handicap parking without driving around a minimum of 20 to 30 minutes and waiting for someone to pull out. This gets expensive with gas. A few times I had to park at a mall across the highway and cross the busy highway, which is rather dangerous - the other option always is to leave.
I'd like to see a system where the numbers also take into account the number of shoppers and population density in the area.
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