City of Morgan Hill Station Area Master Plan - February 2018

City of Morgan Hill

Accessible Parking The California Accessibility Regulations, within Chapter 11 of the California Building Code, govern accessible parking standards on private and public parking lots. Every lot, private or public, is required to have a minimum of one accessible parking space. The requirements are as follows: one parking space per every 25 spaces up to 100 (e.g., 4 accessible spaces are required for a 100-space parking lot), one accessible parking space per every 50 spaces after 100 up to 200 spaces, and one accessible space per every 100 spaces after 200 up to 1,000 spaces. Within the Downtown Specific Plan boundary, there are a total of 42 parking lots, 12 are public lots and 30 are private, with a total of 75 accessible spaces dispersed throughout the Downtown. The City parking lots comply with or exceed current standards for the number of accessible spaces. Some of the older, private parking lots do not in that they were constructed prior to accessibility requirements. The non-conforming lots are the older smaller lots that mainly front onto side streets and are dispersed throughout the Downtown. However, the total number of accessible parking spaces compared to the total supply of parking presents a net excess of 4 accessible parking spaces.

The State of California does not require on- street accessible parking spaces (See Figure 1-13) and currently there are two on-street accessible parking spaces within the Downtown. The City has shown an interest in increasing the number of accessible parking spaces or adding on-street accessible spaces along Monterey Road. Depending on the level of accessibility on- street parallel parking may require a full redesign of the sidewalk and street to meet

Figure 1-13: On-street accessible parking spaces

the required slope access to the sidewalk. The incorporation of permanent on-street parallel parking could be studied when the City revisits the Monterey Road lane reduction (one northbound lane and one southbound lane) between Main Avenue and Dunne Avenue. If there is a demand for accessible parking within the Downtown, there are other immediate options to consider, while studying permanent facilities. These include:

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