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8/16/82
ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1647
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
ADDING SECTION 41-616.6 TO THE SANTA ANA
MUNICIPAL CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR INSTALLATION
OF OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES FOR PHYSICALLY
HANDICAPPED PERSONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding a section, to be numbered 41-616.6, which
said section reads as follows:
Sec. 41-616.6. Handicapped parking
(a) Number
A portion of the required off-street parking
spaces required for any nonresidential use by this chapter,
shall be designed for physically handicapped persons in
accordance with the following standards:
Total Number of
Parking Spaces
Number of Spaces
for Handicapped Persons
1 - 40 1
41 - 80 2
81 - 120 3
121 - 160 4
161 - 300 5
301 - 400 6
401 - 500 7
Over 500 1 for each 200
additional spaces
provided
(b) Design
Handicapped persons' parking spaces shall be at
least 14 feet wide and 18 feet long, except that, any such
stalls arranged in pairs with a 5~foot wide
loading/unloading area between them clearly marked on the
ground need be only 9-feet wide.
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(c) Designation
(1) Where less than 5~ total off-street
parking spaces are provided, the one space designed for use
by handicapped persons shall be lined to provide a 9-foot
wide parking area and a 5-foot wide loading/unloading area,
but need not be designated for use by handicapped persons
exclusively.
(2) Where 5 or more total off-street
parking spaces are provided, each space designed for use by
handicapped persons shall be designated for exclusive use by
such persons by signs and surface markings conforming to the
standards set forth in section 22507.8 of the California
Vehicle Code and in the State Building Code. A sign giving
notice that unauthorized vehicles parking in spaces
designated for handicapped persons may be towed away at the
owner's expense, conforming to the standards set forth in
the State Building Code, shall be posted in a conspicuous
place, at each entrance to the off-street parking area.
(d) Location
Spaces designed for use by handicapped persons
shall be located in accordance with the following standards
to the extent practical:
(1) Where one building
street parking area, such spaces shall
primary entrance to the building.
is served by the off-
be the closest to the
(2) Where more than one building is served
by the off-street parking area, such spaces shall be located
to provide for safety and optimum proximity to the building
entrances of greatest use.
(3) Such spaces shall be located so that a
handicapped person is not compelled to wheel or walk in or
across the aisles or driveways used for vehicular traffic,
except to move beside or behind his or her own vehicle.
(4) If such spaces are located in a parking
structure or ramp, such spaces and all pedestrian aisles to
be used by handicapped persons shall have a minimum overhead
clearance of 8 feet, 2 inches, and such spaces shall be
located on the street level of the structure or within easy
access to an elevator.
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SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held
to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby
declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each
section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion
thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or
portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor
the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner
affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which
violations were committed prior to the effective date
hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions
of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such
license or penalty or the penal provision applicable to any
violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or
cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed
or deposit pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and
obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full
force and effect.
ADOPTED this ~_~day of _~p_~__, 1982.
ATTEST:
Mayor
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Bricken Aye
Luxembourger Aye
Acosta Aye
Serrato
Griset Aye
Markel Aye
McGuigan
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
EDWARD J. COOPER
City Attorney