Hi Everyone,
I'm asking for your advice as there is a condition on planing for this but I
want to be reasonable to the developers without compromising design criteria
vital for disabled.
A local new built office development is almost complete. It has it's own
carpark with spaces allowed for disabled parking. The difficulty is that
each space is just 2400mm wide including the spaces reserved for disabled.
Normally, I would not hesitate to remonstrate on the poor design used but
the disabled bays have all been layed out so they are adjacent to the
pavement. This allows the disabled person to exit the vehicle directly on to
the pavement. The pavement height is just 25mm higher than the car park
surface thus allowing more than the 1200mm access zone suggested by BSI
8300. The only allowance I believe there should be is a 1200mm access zone
at the rear of the parking bays.
Should it be insisted upon to layout the disabled parking bays consistent
with BSI 8300 or am I missing something vital?
John Rainey
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