§ 9162.42. Off-Street Parking - Parking for the Disabled and Associated Signing and… — Carson Zoning Code

This Section shall apply to all new on-site visitor, guest, customer and employee parking except for single-family residential uses only.

A. Parking. Parking spaces for the disabled shall be located as near as practical to a primary entrance.

When practical, the handicap accessible route of travel shall not cross lane/aisles for vehicular traffic. When crossing vehicular traffic lanes is necessary, the route of travel shall be designated and marked as a crosswalk.

When a standard handicap space is provided, it should be fourteen (14) feet wide, striped to provide a nine (9) foot parking area and a five (5) foot loading and unloading area. When more than one (1) standard handicap parking space for the disabled is provided, two (2) spaces may be provided within a twenty-three (23) foot wide area lined to provide a nine (9) foot wide parking space on each side of a five (5) foot wide loading and unloading area. Each parking space shall be at least eighteen (18) feet long.

A bumper or wheel stop shall be required for each parking space for the disabled to prevent cars from encroaching over the required width of paths and walkways.

Ramps located at the front of a parking space for the disabled may encroach into the length of the space as long as they do not limit a handicapped person's ability to leave or enter his vehicle. (The maximum recommended distance from the curb to the end of the ramp is sixty (60) inches.) Where an unreasonable hardship exists, due to the size or location of the parking spaces, equivalent facilitation shall be provided.

Surface slopes of parking spaces for the disabled shall not exceed one-quarter (1/4) inch per foot or two (2) percent in any direction.

One (1) in every accessible spaces, but not less then one (1), shall be served by an access aisle eight (8) feet wide minimum and shall be designated as van accessible.

Number of handicapped spaces required:

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
1,001 and over	2 percent of total 20 plus 1 for each 100 over 100

B. Signing. All parking spaces reserved for the handicapped shall be identified as prescribed by Section 22511.8 (or any successor section to the same effect) of the Vehicle Code . All signs

and markings used for this purpose shall conform to the uniform standards and specifications adopted by the California Department of Transportation.

Accessible handicap parking spaces shall be designated as reserved by a sign showing the symbol of accessibility. Van accessible handicap parking spaces shall have an additional sign "Van Accessible" mounted below the symbol of accessibility. Such signs shall be located so they cannot be obscured by a vehicle parking in the space.

In addition to the above requirements, the surface of each accessible parking space or stall shall have a surface identification outlining a profile view of a wheelchair with occupant in white on the background. The profile view shall be located so that it is visible to a traffic enforcement officer when a vehicle is properly parked in the space and shall be three (3) feet high by three (3) feet wide.

C. Curb Ramps. Curb ramps shall be constructed at each corner of a street intersection and where a pedestrian way crosses a curb. Ramps shall be a minimum of four (4) feet in width and shall lie in a single slope plain.

Curb ramps shall be constructed in conformance with California Department of Transportation Standard Plan N8-B (or any successor plan to the same effect). (Ord. 92-995 §§ 1 – 3; Ord. 86-731 § 1; Ord. 83-636 § 1)