A. Accessible Parking Required: All facilities, which provide parking, shall provide accessible parking in compliance with the provisions of the Illinois accessibility code of the capital development board, as amended, and of the federal Americans with disabilities act.
B. Required Minimum Number Of Off Street Accessible Parking Spaces: The required minimum number of accessible parking spaces shall be in accordance with section 400.320 of the Illinois accessibility code and the Americans with disabilities act (ADA) accessibility guidelines.
C. Location Of Parking And Passenger Loading Zones: Accessible parking spaces for disabled and accessible passenger loading zones that serve a particular building shall be the spaces or zones located closest to the nearest accessible entrance on an accessible route. In separate parking structures or lots that do not serve a particular building, parking spaces for disabled persons shall be located on the shortest possible circulation route to an accessible pedestrian entrance of the parking facility.
D. Dimensions, Marking And Signage Of Accessible Parking Spaces: Each parking space shall be at least sixteen feet (16') wide including an eight foot (8') wide access aisle, and adjacent parking spaces shall not share a common access aisle. All access aisles shall meet at a common level with an accessible route and shall be diagonally striped.
1. Sized, Marked And Signed Spaces: Accessible parking spaces shall be sized, marked and signed in accordance with subsection 13-12-3C of this title and exhibits A, B and C in this section.
2. Environmentally Limited Person Space: Each parking space designated as reserved for environmentally limited persons shall be equipped with a sign which complies with section 11-301 of the Illinois rules of the road 1 and meets the requirements of sign R7-8 (U.S. department of transportation standard). The sign shall be the Illinois standard R7-8 reserved parking sign and R7-I101 $250.00 fine sign (Illinois MUTCD). (See exhibits B and C in this section for description of above referenced signs.)
3. Mounting Of Signs: Signs shall be vertically mounted on a post or a wall at front center of the parking space, no more than five feet (5') horizontally from the front of the parking space, and set a minimum of four feet (4') from the finished grade to the bottom of the sign.
4. Exhibits:
EXHIBIT A
WIDTH AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS
Effective October 1, 1992, all parking spaces reserved for the handicapped, except those reserving on street parking areas, shall be at least 16 feet wide, including an 8 foot wide access aisle. Adjacent handicapped parking spaces shall not share a common access aisle. All access aisles shall blend to a common level with an accessible route and should be diagonally striped (Illinois accessibility code, section 400.310(c)(2)).
E X HI BIT B
HANDICAPPED PARKING SIGN
Effective January 1, 1985, public act 83-1316 amended section 11-301 of the "Illinois vehicle code" to require handicapped parking signs (for parking lots subject to "the Illinois vehicle code") to comply with the R 7-8 sign show below (U.S. department of transportation standard). Existing signs may remain, but their useful lives shall not be extended by other means than normal maintenance.
EXHIBIT C
SIGN REQUIRING "$250-FINE"
ILLINOIS STANDARD
R7-I101
(Ord. G-695, 3-26-2002; Ord. G-836, 5-22-2007; Ord. G-916, 1-12-2010)
Notes
| 1 | 1. 625 ILCS 5/11-301 et seq. |