ADA Parking Compliance Audit in Gresham, Oregon: What to Expect

What an ADA Audit Means for Gresham Property Owners

An ADA parking compliance audit is a measured, on-site inspection of your lot against the 2010 ADA Standards and Oregon's ORS 447.233. For Gresham owners, it answers one concrete question: does this lot meet accessibility requirements today, and if not, where exactly does it fall short and what will the fix involve?

Gresham's mature suburban commercial base — older strip centers, downtown storefronts, and community-serving shopping along Powell and Division — includes a lot of lots that were striped to standards that have since changed, which makes a proactive audit worthwhile here. This page explains what a Gresham audit covers. The generic methodology lives in our guide to the ADA compliance audit process; the Oregon ADA parking compliance pillar covers the rules being checked.

What Gets Measured

An audit is field work with a tape and a level. On a Gresham lot, the auditor measures and documents:

• Accessible space count against the lot total.
• Van-accessible ratio — at least one in six.
• Stall and aisle widths — 8-foot stalls, 5-foot car aisles, 8-foot van aisles.
• Slope — checked with a digital level across each accessible stall and aisle, flagging anything over 2 percent.
• Signage — the wheelchair sign at 60 inches to the bottom, the "Van Accessible" plate, and Oregon's required fine plate.
• Ground markings — the painted symbol, blue borders, and access-aisle hatching, including whether they've faded out.
• The accessible route — the continuous path from stalls to entrance, with curb ramps, level changes, and trip hazards noted.

Each finding is logged with a measurement and a photo, giving you a documented record rather than an opinion.

Common Gresham Violations

A few failures recur on Gresham lots:

• Faded markings. The wet east-county climate and summer UV bleach paint fast, and a worn wheelchair symbol is a frequent, citable finding.
• Too few van stalls. Older strip centers striped before current van ratios.
• Missing fine plates. Many Gresham lots carry the federal wheelchair sign but lack Oregon's supplemental fine-amount plate.
• Aisle problems. Access aisles too narrow, missing hatching, or blocked by cart corrals.
• Route defects. Cracks and heaves from the sharper Gorge-driven freeze-thaw swings along accessible routes.

Our common ADA parking violations checklist walks through these so you can flag the obvious ones early.

The Audit Report

After the field work you receive a written report. A good Gresham report lists each deficiency with its measurement and photo, cites the standard it fails, and ranks the fixes by priority and effort. That ranking is the useful part: refreshing a faded symbol and adding a fine plate are quick and cheap, while regrading an over-sloped stall or adding van stalls is a larger job. The report also serves as documentation that you identified and are addressing the issues — useful if a complaint surfaces later.

From Audit to Fix

Most Gresham findings sort into restriping to a correct layout, adding or correcting signage, regrading over-sloped areas, and repairing route surface defects. Striping and signage are the fastest, cheapest fixes and clear a large share of typical findings. Grading and surface work is heavier and is usually best timed with a planned repave or sealcoat in the drier summer window.

The efficient path is to handle low-cost, high-impact items first — markings, signs, hatching — then fold surface and grading work into your next maintenance cycle.

Get Your Gresham Lot Audited

If you own or manage commercial property in Gresham or Troutdale and you are unsure your lot is compliant, a walk-through audit removes the guesswork. Cojo Excavation & Asphalt can assess your lot against current standards, document the gaps, and lay out a prioritized plan.

See our Gresham parking lot striping guide, explore our professional striping services, or request a free quote to schedule a site visit.