Parking Lot
ADA Parking Striping in Gladstone, Oregon: Bringing Your Lot Up to Code
Cojo
May 30, 2026
6 min read
There is a difference between repainting the lines on a Gladstone parking lot and striping it to ADA code. Plenty of lots along Portland Avenue and McLoughlin Boulevard get a fresh coat of paint every few years that simply traces whatever was there before — including the mistakes. If the previous layout had a too-narrow access aisle or a missing accessibility symbol, repainting the same lines just renews the violation in brighter paint.
This guide is about doing it right: laying out accessible stalls, aisles, and markings that actually meet the 2010 ADA Standards and Oregon's overlay. For the legal framework behind the layout, keep our ADA parking compliance guide for Oregon open alongside this one.
The dimensions are non-negotiable, and they are the first thing a striping crew should chalk out.
In a small Gladstone lot, the single accessible space typically has to be van-accessible, because the van ratio of one in six rounds up to one as soon as you have any accessible stall. Skipping the van dimensions on a small lot is the most common striping error we see locally. Our 2026 ADA striping requirements page lays out the current dimension table in full.
The access aisle is the striped zone beside the accessible stall, and it carries more markings than the stall itself:
Two accessible stalls can share a single aisle between them, which is the efficient layout for a Gladstone lot tight on space. The hatching is what tells everyone — drivers, delivery vans, and a wheelchair user deploying a ramp — that the aisle is not a parking spot. Our ADA access aisle striping spec covers the hatch spacing and lettering detail.
The International Symbol of Accessibility goes inside each accessible stall in white on a blue field, large enough to read from a moving vehicle. Many Gladstone owners also paint the stall border blue, which is common Oregon practice even though the federal standard focuses on the symbol and the sign. Whatever colors you use, the markings have to stay legible: Gladstone's wet winters and summer sun fade traffic paint within a year or two, and a faded symbol can be treated as a compliance gap. Reflective glass beads added to the paint help the markings read at night for a modest upcharge.
Striping is only half the job. Each accessible stall needs a vertical sign with the accessibility symbol, mounted with the bottom of the sign at least 60 inches above the pavement so it stays visible when a vehicle is parked. Van stalls add a "Van Accessible" plate. And because this is Oregon, every accessible parking sign must also show the fine amount for illegal parking, per ORS 447.233. A crew that stripes a perfect layout but leaves up an old sign without the Oregon fine plate has left the lot non-compliant.
If your Gladstone lot was laid out correctly the first time, restriping to ADA code is mostly a matter of refreshing the symbol, aisle hatching, stall borders, and sign. If the original layout was wrong — narrow aisles, missing van dimensions, stalls placed far from the entrance — then "restriping" really means re-laying that portion of the lot: measuring, chalking new lines, and painting from scratch. Re-laying costs more than a refresh, but it is the only way to actually fix a non-compliant layout. A fresh sealcoat is the ideal moment to do it, because you are painting onto a clean, dark surface with no old lines fighting the new ones.
Done in that order, a Gladstone restripe produces a layout that survives an inspection instead of inviting one. Cojo Excavation & Asphalt stripes accessible parking to current code throughout Gladstone and Clackamas County. For pricing and scheduling on a standard restripe, see our parking lot striping in Gladstone guide, or explore our professional striping services.
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