(A) Required number of spaces. If any parking is provided for employees, visitors or both, the minimum number of accessible parking spaces to be provided for handicapped persons shall be according to the current edition of the Illinois Accessibility Code. Accessible parking spaces to be provided for handicapped persons are as follows:
Space Requirements | |
Total Off-Street Parking Spaces Provided | Number of Accessible Parking Spaces Required |
Space Requirements | |
Total Off-Street Parking Spaces Provided | Number of Accessible Parking Spaces Required |
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 1,000 | 2% of total number |
Over 1,000 | 20 plus 1 for each 100 over 1,000 |
Medical facilities specializing in treatment of persons with mobility impairments | 20% of total number |
Outpatient medical facilities | 10% of total number |
(B) Location. Accessible parking spaces shall be placed on the shortest accessible route to an accessible entrance of the building. The accessible parking space shall be placed nearest an existing ramp, ever if it means placing the space further from the accessible door. The ramp, however, must not be placed in an access aisle. If a curb ramp is new, both the curb ramp and the accessible parking space must be closest to the accessible entrance.
(C) Size. Each handicapped parking space, except on street spaces, shall be at least 16 feet in width by 18 feet in length for 90 degree parking and shall be proportionately larger at other angles. The 16 feet width shall be designed so as to include an eight foot wide access aisle. Adjacent spaces shall not share a common access aisle. All access aisles must blend to a common level with an accessible route and bear diagonal painted stripes. See Figure 1.
(D) Signage.
(1) Each handicapped parking space shall have a painted international symbol of accessibility on the pavement. In addition, all facilities shall mount on a permanent post or wall, in the center of accessible parking spaces the following signs:
(a) A United States Department of Transportation R7-8 (Reserved Parking) sign; and
(b) R7-I101 ($100 Fine) sign.
(2) These signs shall be posted no lower than four feet above ground and no more than five feet from the front of the space.
Figure 1 - Handicapped Parking Spaces
(1980 Code, § 29.607) Penalty, see § 162.999