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

Striping a Myrtle Creek Lot to Code

Repainting a Myrtle Creek parking lot and striping it to ADA code are different jobs. An I-5 interchange lot or a Main Street storefront might get fresh lines every few years that simply trace the old layout — old mistakes included. If the previous accessible stall had a too-narrow aisle or a faded symbol, repainting the same lines just renews the violation in brighter paint.

This guide is about the right version: laying out accessible stalls, aisles, and markings that meet the 2010 ADA Standards and Oregon's overlay. Keep our ADA parking compliance guide for Oregon handy for the legal framework.

Get the Dimensions Right First

Dimensions get chalked out before any paint goes down.

• Standard accessible stall: minimum 8 feet wide
• Van-accessible stall: minimum 8 feet wide with an 8-foot access aisle, or 11 feet wide with a 5-foot aisle
• Standard access aisle: 5 feet wide
• Van clearance: 98 inches of vertical clearance along route, stall, and aisle

On a small Myrtle Creek lot, the single accessible space typically has to be van-accessible, because the one-in-six van ratio rounds up to one as soon as you have any accessible stall. That detail is the most common striping miss on small valley-town lots. Our 2026 ADA striping requirements page has the full dimension table.

The Access Aisle Carries the Markings

The access aisle beside each accessible stall does more striping work than the stall:

• Diagonal hatching across the full aisle in a high-contrast color
• "NO PARKING" lettering inside the aisle
• A border tying the aisle to the stall at the same surface level
• A connection to the accessible route to the entrance

Adjacent accessible stalls can share one aisle, the space-efficient layout for a compact Myrtle Creek lot. The hatching tells drivers and the wheelchair user who needs the room that the aisle is not a parking spot. See our ADA access aisle striping spec for hatch spacing and lettering.

Locate Accessible Stalls on the Flattest Ground

Because Myrtle Creek's terrain is hilly and many lots are carved into grade, where you place the accessible stalls matters as much as how you stripe them. The stalls and their aisles have to stay under 2 percent slope in all directions, so during layout, put them on the flattest section of the lot on the shortest accessible route to the door. Striping a perfect accessible stall onto ground that slopes 3 percent does not make it compliant — the slope has to be right first.

Symbols, Paint, and Valley Visibility

The International Symbol of Accessibility goes in each accessible stall, white on a blue field, big enough to read from a moving vehicle. Many Myrtle Creek owners also paint the stall border blue, common Oregon practice. Legibility is the priority: wet winters and sunny summers fade paint over a season or two. A faded symbol can be treated as a compliance gap, so reflective beads and an annual repaint schedule are cheap protection — and the night reflectivity helps travelers coming off the I-5 interchange.

The Sign — Including Oregon's Fine Plate

Striping is half the job. Each accessible stall needs a vertical sign with the accessibility symbol, mounted with the bottom at least 60 inches above the pavement so it stays visible past a parked vehicle. Van stalls add a "Van Accessible" plate. And in Oregon, the sign must also show the fine amount under ORS 447.233. A crew that lays a perfect stripe job but leaves an old sign without the Oregon fine plate has left the Myrtle Creek lot non-compliant.

Refresh or Re-Lay?

If your Myrtle Creek lot was laid out correctly, ADA restriping is mostly refreshing the symbol, hatching, borders, and sign. If the original layout was wrong — narrow aisles, no van dimensions, stalls on too-steep ground or far from the door — then "restriping" really means re-laying that section: measuring, chalking new lines, and painting fresh. Re-laying costs more but is the only real fix for a bad layout. A fresh sealcoat is the ideal moment, since you are painting onto a clean, dark surface with no old lines fighting the new.

A Clean Myrtle Creek Striping Sequence

1. Confirm required accessible and van counts for your total spaces
2. Locate accessible stalls on the flattest, shortest accessible route to the door
3. Chalk stall and aisle dimensions and verify slope stays under 2 percent
4. Paint stall borders, aisle hatching, and "NO PARKING" lettering
5. Stencil the accessibility symbol in each stall
6. Mount or update signs at 60 inches with the Oregon fine plate

Run in that order, a Myrtle Creek restripe produces a layout that survives inspection. Cojo Excavation & Asphalt stripes accessible parking to current code across Myrtle Creek and Douglas County. For standard restripe pricing and scheduling, see our parking lot striping in Myrtle Creek guide, or explore our professional striping services.