ADA Parking Striping in Burns, Oregon: Bringing Your Lot Up to Code

Restriping a Burns Lot to ADA Layout

Burns is the seat of Harney County, a high-desert ranch town at the crossroads of Highways 20 and 395 and the gateway to the Malheur refuge and Steens Mountain. Its downtown businesses, ranch-supply operations, and many public-agency lots all face a brutal climate for asphalt and paint: intense summer UV, hard freeze-thaw winters, and constant wind-blown grit. Striping fades fast here, and when the parking lines go, the accessible spaces go with them. A restripe is the moment a Burns lot either drifts out of compliance or gets brought fully up to code.

Restriping is far more than refreshing paint. It is the cheapest opportunity you will ever have to correct an accessible layout that was wrong from the start, because laying out a compliant stall costs almost the same as laying out a non-compliant one. This guide walks Burns owners through an ADA-correct restripe. For the broader rules, start with our ADA parking compliance guide for Oregon.

How Many Accessible Stalls Your Burns Lot Needs

Accessible count follows total stall count at roughly one per 25.

Total Spaces	Required Accessible	Van-Accessible Minimum
1–25	1	1
26–50	2	1
51–75	3	1
76–100	4	1

At least one in every six accessible spaces, rounded up, must be van-accessible. An 18-stall downtown lot needs one space, and it must be van-accessible. A 60-stall agency or community lot needs three accessible spaces, at least one van. Public-agency lots also carry Title II obligations beyond the striping itself.

The Striping Spec: What Gets Painted

An ADA-correct restripe paints to exact dimensions, not by eye.

Stall Dimensions

• Standard accessible stall: minimum 8 feet wide with a 5-foot access aisle
• Van-accessible stall: minimum 8 feet wide with an 8-foot aisle, or 11 feet wide with a 5-foot aisle
• Slope: the finished stall and aisle cannot exceed 2 percent in any direction

Burns sits on flat ground, but freeze-thaw heaving can lift a section of a lot — check slope before painting, since a heaved stall can fail the 2 percent rule regardless of the lines.

The Access Aisle

The access aisle is where a wheelchair lift or ramp deploys and is the most-skipped element on rural restripes. It needs diagonal hatching, must sit flush with the stall, and must connect to an accessible route to the door. Two stalls can share one aisle. Painting "NO PARKING" in the aisle is strongly recommended — especially at ranch-supply lots where trucks and trailers crowd the pavement. Hatch spacing and shared-aisle rules are detailed in our ADA access aisle striping spec.

The Symbol and Markings

Each accessible stall gets the International Symbol of Accessibility, typically white on a blue field, plus blue stall borders as common Oregon practice. High-desert UV, blowing grit, and snow-removal abrasion scour these markings, so inspect them annually.

Signage Goes Up With the Paint

Pavement paint alone is not enough. Each accessible space needs a wheelchair-symbol sign mounted at least 60 inches above grade to the bottom of the sign, plus a "Van Accessible" plate on van stalls and Oregon's supplemental fine-amount sign. Wind and grit are hard on sign faces, so durable reflective sheeting and solid posts pay off here. A correct restripe coordinates new paint with compliant signage. The 2026 details are in our Oregon ADA striping requirements for 2026 guide.

Why Restriping Is the Right Time to Fix Compliance

Burns has older asphalt striped before current van ratios and aisle widths were standard. When that paint fades to a full restripe, the lot is effectively blank, making it the cheapest moment to:

• Widen an accessible stall that was always too narrow
• Add a missing van-accessible aisle
• Move stalls onto the shortest accessible route to the entrance
• Bring the aisle up to correct width and hatch pattern

Repainting the old layout exactly just re-locks any existing violations for another cycle. Fixing them during a restripe costs little more.

High-Desert Weather, Snow, and Timing

Burns's climate is one of the harshest in Oregon for striping. Summer UV fades paint fast, hard freeze-thaw winters crack and heave asphalt, and snow removal abrades markings. The striping window is narrow — late spring through early fall, when temperatures stay above 50°F and the pavement is dry and snow-free. Because the season is short and the town is remote, booking well ahead is essential. Plan snow management so accessible spaces and aisles stay clear all winter and plow berms never block them.

What a Compliant Restripe Costs

Striping costs are industry baseline ranges, and real projects often run higher with prep, signage, and remote-location mobilization. As a reference, a complete ADA-compliant accessible stall — including the hatched access aisle, the symbol stencil, and proper signage — has been baselined around $200 to $350 per space. Surface condition, signage, and travel distance all factor in. Only a site visit gives an accurate figure. See our professional striping services for what a Cojo restripe includes.