§ 321L.5 — Persons with disabilities parking spaces — location and requirements — review committees

Iowa § 321L.5

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VIII: TRANSPORTATION
• Ch. 321L: PARKING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

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committees.
1. Persons with disabilities parking spaces and access loading zones for persons with
disabilities that serve a particular building shall be located on the shortest accessible route to
the nearest accessible entrance to the building.
2. A persons with disabilities parking space designated after July 1, 1990, shall comply
with the dimension requirements specified in rules adopted by the department of inspections,
appeals, and licensing and in effect when the spaces are designated. The department
shall adopt accepted national standards for dimensions of persons with disabilities spaces,
consistent with the requirements of federal law. However, these dimension requirements do
not apply to parallel on-street parking spaces.
3. a. The state or a political subdivision of the state which provides off-street public
parking facilities or an entity providing nonresidential parking in off-street public parking
facilities shall provide not less than two percent of the total parking spaces in each parking
facility as persons with disabilities parking spaces, rounded to the nearest whole number
of persons with disabilities parking spaces. However, such parking facilities having ten or
more parking spaces shall set aside at least one persons with disabilities parking space.
b. An entity providing off-street nonresidential public parking facilities shall review the
utilization of existing persons with disabilitiesparking spaces for a one-month period not less
than once every twelve months. If upon review, the average occupancy rate for persons with
disabilities parking spaces in a facility exceeds sixty percent during normal business hours,
the entity shall provide additional persons with disabilities parking spaces as needed.
c. An entity providing off-street nonresidential parking as a lessor shall provide a persons
with disabilities parking space to an individual requesting to lease a parking space, if that
individual possesses a persons with disabilities parking permit issued in accordance with
section 321L.2.
d. A new nonresidential facility in which construction has been completed on or after
July 1, 1991, providing parking to the general public shall provide persons with disabilities
parking spaces as stipulated below:
Required Minimum
Number of Persons
Total Parking with Disabilities
Spaces in Lot Parking Spaces
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10 to 25 1
26 to 50 2
51 to 75 3
76 to 100 4
101 to 150 5
151 to 200 6
201 to 300 7
301 to 400 8
401 to 500 9
501 to 1000 2 Percent of Total
1001 and over 20 Spaces Plus 1 for
Each 100 Over 1000
e. Any other person may also set aside persons with disabilities parking spaces on
the person’s property provided each persons with disabilities parking space is clearly and
prominently designated as a persons with disabilities parking space.
4. a. Cities which provide on-street parking areas within a business district shall by
ordinance define and establish a business district or districts and shall designate not less
than two percent of the total parking spaces within each business district as persons with
disabilities parking spaces.
b. Upon petition by an individual possessing a persons with disabilities parking permit
issued in accordance with section 321L.2, the city shall review utilization and location of
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existing persons with disabilities parking spaces for a one-month period but not more than
once every twelve months. If, upon review, the average occupancy rate for persons with
disabilities parking spaces exceeds sixty percent during normal business hours, the city shall
provide additional persons with disabilities parking spaces as needed.
5. A persons with disabilities parking space located on a paved surface may be painted
with a blue background upon which the international symbol of accessibility is painted in
white or yellow paint. However, the blue background paint may be omitted. As used in this
subsection, “paved surface” includes surfaces which are asphalt surfaced.
6. a. A persons with disabilities parking review committee may be established by the
state and each political subdivision of the state which is required to provide persons with
disabilities parking spaces in off-street public parking facilities according to subsection 3
and in political subdivisions required to provide persons with disabilities parking spaces for
on-street parking within a business district according to subsection 4. The persons with
disabilities parking review committee shall consist of five members who are persons with
disabilities as defined in section 321L.1 and five members who are officials of the state or
political subdivision. The persons with disabilities parking review committee shall have the
discretion to increase or decrease the numbers of persons with disabilities parking spaces
required by this section. A decision to change the numbers or location of persons with
disabilities parking spaces shall be based upon the needs of the community, the percentage
of use of the present persons with disabilities parking spaces, and the past experience of the
state or political subdivision regarding persons with disabilities parking.
b. An individual may request the persons with disabilities parking review committee to
review the amounts and locations of persons with disabilities parking spaces. The persons
with disabilities parking review committee shall investigate each individual’s request and
shall act upon such request if the investigation substantiates the individual’s complaint.