ADA parking requirements in Utah: the checklist.

Accessible-parking violations are among the easiest claims to bring against a property — the standards are federal, public, and checkable from the parking lot with a tape measure. The good news: compliance is just as checkable. Here's the working checklist we use on every LotScan.

1. Count your required accessible stalls

The 2010 ADA Standards set minimums by total lot size. The first slice of the federal table:

• 1–25 total spaces → 1 accessible
• 26–50 → 2
• 51–75 → 3
• 76–100 → 4
• 101–150 → 5 · 151–200 → 6 · 201–300 → 7

Medical facilities carry higher ratios — outpatient facilities require accessible spaces for 10% of patient/visitor parking, and rehabilitation or outpatient-physical-therapy facilities 20%.

2. Get the van spaces right

At least one of every six accessible spaces must be van-accessible (and never fewer than one). Van spaces need either an 11-foot stall with a 5-foot access aisle or an 8-foot stall with an 8-foot aisle, plus 98 inches of vertical clearance on the route.

3. Check the geometry, not just the paint

• Standard accessible stalls: 8 feet wide minimum with a 5-foot access aisle.
• Access aisles must be marked (hatching is Utah convention), must not double as vehicle space, and two stalls may share one aisle.
• Spaces must sit on the shortest accessible route to the entrance, on a surface sloping no more than 1:48 in any direction.

4. Signage is not optional

Every accessible space needs a vertical sign with the International Symbol of Accessibility, mounted so the bottom edge is at least 60 inches above grade; van spaces add a "van accessible" designation. Pavement symbols alone don't satisfy the standard — they're buried under the first snowfall.

5. Treat fading as a violation clock

The lazy-but-smart version

A free LotScan includes this entire audit: counts vs. the federal table, geometry, signage, and dated photo documentation filed in your LotMap record — evidence of good-faith maintenance you'll be glad exists. (We're striping experts, not attorneys; for legal exposure questions, talk to counsel.)