Opinion: Calculating Parking Spaces

Inquiry: 

97-22A

Subject: 

Calculating Parking Spaces

Code:

1994 UBC Appendix Section 1107.1

Submitted By:

Elness Swenson Graham Architects, Inc.

Approved By:

Thomas R. Joachim, State Building Official

Issue Date: 

February 24, 1997 

Question:  

Where there are multiple parking areas on a site, are the number of accessible parking spaces required determined by individual parking areas or by the total number of parking spaces provided within the site? 

Answer:

The total number of parking spaces on the site would be used to determine the number of accessible parking spaces required. The number of van accessible spaces is based on the total number of accessible spaces required.

Approved by Building Codes and Standards Access Committee January 9, 1997.