L. - Handicap space requirements.

1.

Handicap parking spaces for the physically disabled or elderly shall be required at the rate of three (3) percent of the first two hundred (200) parking spaces required for any use.

2.

For uses which provide parking for more than two hundred (200) spaces, six (6) handicap spaces shall be provided for the first two hundred (200) parking spaces, plus one percent of the required spaces in excess of two hundred (200) parking spaces.

3.

All off-street parking spaces and related accessibility requirements for handicapped persons shall conform with the most recent Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations and as otherwise provided in this section. Where ADA regulations are in conflict with or are more stringent than the regulations in this section, ADA regulations shall govern. A copy of these ADA regulations is available through the office of the zoning administrator.

4.

The planning commission, upon recommendation by the zoning administrator may modify handicap space requirements where the applicant can demonstrate fewer spaces are required and that ADA requirements are fully satisfied.

5.

Perpendicular handicap parking spaces shall be thirteen (13) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet long, including a five-foot width for the delineation of aisles for access to vehicle, provided that two (2) handicap spaces may share the same five-foot access aisle. Spaces shall be located as close as possible to the primary building entrance(s).

6.

No more than four (4) handicap spaces shall be grouped together within a parking lot of shopping center or a land use where building entrance configurations dictate dispersed handicap space locations, as determined by the zoning administrator.

7.

Inclined access ramps shall be provided and designed to promote safe access from both sides of a vehicle directly to a sidewalk. Ramps shall have a minimum width of five (5) feet and a maximum slope of one unit vertical in twelve (12) units horizontal (1:12), provided that if current ADA requirements for handicap space access are more restrictive, then ADA standards and criteria shall apply. These ramps should also provide suitable accessibility to vans.

8.

All handicapped parking spaces shall be clearly identified by the placement of signs, with minimum height of four (4) feet and a maximum height of six (6) feet. Signs and parking spaces shall be marked with the standard handicap logo.