Parking - Minimum Number: 4.1.2(5)(a) and (b)

General Use Parking: If self parking is provided for employees or visitors, each parking area/lot or structure is required to have accessible parking spaces complying with the following table and with 4.6.

Note: Spaces required by the table need not be provided in the particular area/lot or structure. They may be provided at a different location if equivalent or greater accessibility, in terms of distance from an accessible entrance and convenience, is ensured.

In addition, one in every eight accessible parking spaces (but not less than one) must be served by an access aisle at least 96 inches wide and must be designated "van accessible."

Exception: Provision of all required spaces in conformance with the "Universal Parking Space Design" which accommodates both cars and vans is permitted (see Appendix A4.6.3 of ADAAG).

Parking at Health Care Facilities: 4.1.2(5)(a), (b) and (d)

Employee and visitor parking at general health care facilities must comply with the table above, except as follows. At outpatient units and facilities, 10 percent of the total number of parking spaces provided serving each such outpatient unit or facility must be accessible. At units and facilities specializing in treatment or services for people with mobility impairments, 20 percent of the total number of spaces provided serving each such unit or facility must be accessible.

List parking areas/lots or structures to be surveyed:

Survey each parking area/lot or structure with Form 1: Parking and Passenger Loading Zones and Form 3: Exterior Accessible Routes. For parking structures which have doors or gates, or elevators, use Form 11: Doors and Gates and Form 13: Elevators. If direct access is provided for pedestrians from an enclosed parking garage to a building, use Form 10: Entrances and Exits. If the parking structure has public telephones or drinking fountains, use Form 5: Drinking Fountains and Form 6: Telephones. If the parking structure has toilet rooms, use Minimum Requirements Summary Sheet F: Toilet Rooms and Bathrooms.

Valet Parking: 4.1.2(5)(e)

Valet parking facilities must provide a passenger loading zone complying with 4.6.6 located on an accessible route to the entrance of the facility.

Note: Valet parking facilities are not required to provide accessible parking spaces.

List valet parking facilities to be surveyed:

Survey each valet parking facility with Form 2: Passenger Loading Zones. Survey the accessible route from the passenger loading zone to the entrance to the facility with Form 3: Exterior Accessible Routes. You may also need Form 4: Curb Ramps and Form 21: Detectable Warnings.

Passenger Loading Zones: 4.1.2(5)(c)

Where passenger loading zones are provided, at least one must be accessible. You can usually identify the accessible passenger loading zone by a sign bearing the International Symbol of Accessibility. If no sign is present, survey existing passenger loading zones to identify ones that may be accessible. Begin with the passenger loading zone closest to an accessible entrance.

List passenger loading zones to be surveyed:

Survey each passenger loading zone with Form 2: Passenger Loading Zones. You may also need Form 4: Curb Ramps and Form 21: Detectable Warnings.

Number of Copies:

Form 1: Parking                                                                           __________________________________
Form 2: Passenger Loading Zones                                                __________________________________
Form 3: Exterior Accessible Routes                                              __________________________________
Form 4: Curb Ramps                                                                    __________________________________
Form 5: Drinking Fountains                                                           __________________________________
Form 6: Telephones                                                                      __________________________________
Form 10: Entrances and Exits (Areas of Rescue Assistance)          __________________________________
Form 11: Doors and Gates                                                           __________________________________
Form 12: Building Lobbies and Corridors                                     __________________________________
Form 13: Elevators                                                                       __________________________________
Form 21: Detectable Warnings                                                     __________________________________

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