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

Restriping a Eugene Lot to ADA Standards

In Eugene, the bulk of ADA parking problems trace back to striping — stalls painted too narrow, access aisles missing their hatching, and wheelchair symbols faded by the southern Valley rain. Restriping is the step that turns a non-compliant Lane County lot into a compliant one, and for most owners it is the most cost-effective correction on the table.

This page covers what ADA-compliant striping involves in Eugene. For the legal backdrop, see our Oregon ADA parking compliance pillar; for the dimension and paint specs statewide, our Oregon ADA striping requirements for 2026 guide goes into detail.

What an ADA-Compliant Stripe Job Includes

A correct accessible stall means getting every one of these right:

• Stall width: at least 8 feet for a standard accessible space; 8 feet for a van stall with the wider aisle, or 11 feet with a 5-foot aisle.
• Access aisle: 5 feet wide for car stalls, 8 feet for van stalls, with diagonal hatching and ideally "NO PARKING" lettering.
• The symbol: the International Symbol of Accessibility in each stall, white on blue.
• Borders and contrast: blue outlines that stay legible on fresh, dark asphalt.

The access aisle is the part Eugene owners most often misunderstand. It is the transfer zone a wheelchair user needs beside the vehicle, and it must connect to an accessible route to the entrance — not serve as overflow parking. Our ADA access aisle striping spec covers the hatching and shared-aisle rules.

Layout Before Paint

The most valuable step in a Eugene ADA restripe comes before the paint: confirming the layout is correct. Many Eugene lots — especially around campus and the older downtown grid — have been traced over for years, carrying forward outdated counts and aisle widths. A proper layout pass checks the accessible count against the total, confirms the one-in-six van ratio, verifies aisle widths and placement, and positions stalls on the shortest accessible route to the entrance.

For Eugene's medical lots off Coburg Road, that layout pass also has to account for higher accessible ratios — 10 percent for outpatient facilities, 20 percent for rehab — which often means adding stalls, not just refreshing them.

Paint, Climate, and Durability in Eugene

Eugene is among the wetter Willamette Valley cities, near 45 inches of rain a year, and that hammers parking-lot paint. Water-based traffic paint typically holds clear visibility for only 12 to 24 months before the blue borders and the symbol wash out. Because a faded accessible marking can be cited as a violation, durability is a compliance issue here, not just an appearance one.

Eugene owners can reach for longer-lasting materials: oil-based traffic paint adheres better than latex, and thermoplastic markings — several times the cost — can hold three to five years even under heavy campus and retail traffic, often paying off in fewer restripe cycles. Timing helps too: the Eugene striping season runs late spring through early fall, and scheduling the work for the drier June-to-September window gives paint the best chance to bond before the rains return.

Restriping After Sealcoat

Eugene owners often pair an ADA restripe with a sealcoat. The order matters: sealcoat first, cure, then stripe onto the clean dark surface for maximum contrast and adhesion. A fresh sealcoat is the ideal moment to correct an ADA layout because the old lines are gone — a blank slate to fix counts, widen aisles, and reposition van stalls without fighting old paint.

Striping Your Eugene Lot Right

Whether you are reviving fading markings or rebuilding a non-compliant layout, ADA striping in Eugene means measuring the lot, confirming the layout against current standards, and applying durable paint in the dry season. A site visit pins down exactly what your lot needs.

Cojo Excavation & Asphalt stripes commercial lots across Eugene, Springfield, and the southern Valley. See our Eugene parking lot striping overview, explore our professional striping services, or request a free quote and we will measure and plan a compliant layout.