— Amber S. – Rockbridge, OH
ANSWER: While there is no prohibition of separating parking areas for employees/visitors/residences and accessible parking spaces must be determined by the total number of spaces within each lot, the standards still require that the accessible parking spaces be on the shortest accessible route. While there are other factors that could come into play in this situation it is in my opinion, based upon the information provided, that the facility does have to provide accessible parking spaces “close to the building for visitors who are handicap” based upon the requirement that the accessible parking spaces must be on the shortest accessible route.