§ 17.52.010. Shopping centers—Existing structures.

A.

A shopping center in excess of five thousand square feet shall be equipped with wheelchair curbcuts or ramps, an appropriate number of parking spaces designated for the disabled if more than twenty-five public parking spaces are provided by the shopping center for the general public, and, if public toilet facilities are provided by the shopping center, at least one toilet shall be accessible to persons in wheelchairs. Where fences, poles or other barriers with an opening of less than thirty inches have been erected to keep shopping carts from being removed from the premises or for other purposes, provisions shall be made for independent entry by disabled persons.

B.

The standards and design for curbcuts or ramps, parking spaces, toilet facilities and means of independent entry past barriers for the disabled shall be as provided by the Department of Planning and Zoning as amended from time to time.

C.

Shopping centers providing twenty-five to fifty public parking spaces shall designate at least one appropriately marked space for use by the disabled. Where over fifty parking spaces are provided, at least two spaces shall be designated appropriately for use by the disabled.

(Ord. O-1-04 Revised (part), 2005; Ord. O-26-03 § 1 (part): prior code § 6-53)

(Ord. No. O-12-16 Amended, § I, 5-23-2016)