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parking lot is one of the first things noticed by customers, clients, and visitors entering a facility. The color contrast of a newly striped lot is attractive and is a good indication that the property owner emphasizes maintenance. A well marked parking lot directs people safely around the parking area. Cross walks, stop bars, loading-zone markings, and properly marked pick-up areas, such as for customers boarding vehicles, inform pedestrians where they should walk, when to give right-of-way to traffic and what areas to avoid. Alliance Paving will help preserve or improve the flow of traffic on your parking lot, by way of re-striping or new layout per customer blueprints or our design.
DESIGN AND CONSIDERATIONS
Maximize Space Property manager aims to get the most cars possible into a parking lot to maintain cost effectiveness. The right layout and striping can help meet this goal. Efficient Traffic Flow Customers want parking lots that allow them to enter, park, and exit quickly and safely. Attractive and properly placed parking stalls, arrows, and handicapped reserve signs help to efficiently direct travelers. Designated Parking Before striping, it is important to consider whether a parking lot needs designated parking for disabled persons, customers, employees, visitors, or other individuals. ADA
GUIDELINES
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) affects every property owner since signed into law in 1990. Regardless of company size all business must now have the proper amount of handicapped accessible parking stalls and required van parking spaces. Many municipalities require a newly constructed parking lot (at commercial or large residential properties) to be striped up to ADA requirements before an operating permit is issued. In addition, they must also have a minimum number of parking spaces per 1000 square feet of utilized facility.
ADA DESIGN GUIDE LAYOUT OPTIONS
Providing the most stalls possible in a functional parking lot is the main goal of a layout. The straight end design (90°) allows for the most stalls; but, for a variety of reasons stalls (45°, 60° or 75°) are preferred. Straight –in stalls are the easiest to layout and stripe, plus they permit two way traffic. Angled stalls, on the other hand, are easier for drivers to turn into and back out of and require a narrower lane. In addition angled stalls provide a controlled one-way traffic flow and create a herringbone design that many owners find appealing. Unfortunately, the greater the angle, the more space is taken up.
PROCEDURE
Alliance Paving uses the highest grade material and the latest equipment to get the job done efficiently. In preparation of striping your parking lot, we block off all areas to be striped with cones and caution tape, check to make sure irrigation is shut off, and clean all dirt and debris with a power blower and wire brooms. We then chalk out the existing layout, in some instances a whole new layout is used per customer’s blueprints or our design. After layout is complete, new or existing, it is checked one last time for measurements and design flow; finally we are ready to stripe. Traffic should be kept off newly striped lot for at one hour based on 60°F or higher. After proper curing time, we open your facility quickly to get your parking lot back to normal operations.