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

What an ADA Audit Means for Tualatin 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 Tualatin 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?

Tualatin's range of property types — destination retail like Bridgeport Village, office parks, and a deep base of industrial and distribution lots — means audits here cover a wide spectrum of conditions, from polished public-facing lots to heavy-duty truck yards. That variety makes a proactive audit a smart move. This page explains what a Tualatin 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 Tualatin lot, the auditor measures and documents:

• Accessible space count against the lot total.
• Van-accessible ratio — at least one in six, important on industrial lots with larger vehicles.
• Stall and aisle widths — 8-foot stalls, 5-foot car aisles, 8-foot van aisles.
• Slope and drainage — checked with a digital level across each accessible stall and aisle, flagging anything over 2 percent and any ponding.
• 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 Tualatin Violations

A few failures recur on Tualatin lots:

• Faded markings. The wet valley climate plus heavy retail and truck traffic wear paint fast, and a worn wheelchair symbol is a frequent, citable finding.
• Ponding in accessible areas. Low-valley lots near the Tualatin River pond water, which signals a slope problem and creates a winter ice hazard.
• Missing fine plates. Many Tualatin lots carry the federal wheelchair sign but lack Oregon's supplemental fine-amount plate.
• Van-ratio gaps on industrial lots. Distribution lots striped without enough van-accessible stalls.
• Aisle and route issues. Narrow or unmarked access aisles and cracks 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 Tualatin report lists each deficiency with its measurement and photo, cites the standard it fails, and ranks the fixes by priority and effort. On a lot with drainage problems, the report also flags where ponding indicates a grading issue rather than a simple striping fix — important, because those carry different costs and timelines. The report doubles as documentation that you identified and are addressing the issues, useful if a complaint surfaces later.

From Audit to Fix

Most Tualatin findings sort into restriping to a correct layout, adding or correcting signage, regrading over-sloped or ponding areas, and repairing route surface defects. Striping and signage are the fastest, cheapest fixes and clear a large share of typical findings. Grading and drainage work is heavier and is usually best timed with a planned repave or sealcoat in the drier summer window — and on Tualatin's low-valley lots, correcting drainage during that work pays off in fewer future problems.

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

Get Your Tualatin Lot Audited

If you own or manage commercial or industrial property in Tualatin 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 Tualatin parking lot striping guide, explore our professional striping services, or request a free quote to schedule a site visit.