Station Area Master Plan - Updated Sept.2017

City of Morgan Hill

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Accessible Parking

The California Accessibility Regulations, within Chapter 11 of the California Building Code,

govern the 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 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

and currently there are no 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

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:

Figure 1-13: On-street accessible parking spaces