Car Dealership Parking Lot Striping in Stayton, Oregon: 2026 Service Guide

A Dealership Lot Wears Three Hats

Any car lot along the Santiam Highway in Stayton is really three operations sharing one slab: a sales inventory display, a customer-and-test-drive zone, and a service department with its own drive and waiting line. Each wants different stall geometry, and the striping keeps them from bleeding together. Get it wrong and customers park in display rows, transporters block the service drive, and your staff spends the morning shuffling cars instead of selling them.

This guide covers how Stayton dealers should stripe a lot that has to merchandise inventory, welcome buyers, and move repair traffic at once.

Display Rows vs. Customer vs. Service Drive

The first job of dealership striping is segmentation. Display inventory rows pack tight, often angled, to maximize the vehicles a passing driver sees from the road. Customer parking needs full-width stalls near the showroom so buyers are not squeezing past a new truck. The service drive needs a marked pull-in lane and a staging area for vehicles waiting on the lift.

Striping draws those boundaries. A painted edge between display and customer parking tells visitors where to leave their car. A marked service-drive entrance keeps repair traffic out of the showroom approach. Without those lines, the three uses blur and the lot feels chaotic to a first-time buyer.

Inventory-Density Angled Striping

Most dealers want to display as many vehicles as the frontage allows, and angled striping is the tool. Angled rows let cars pull in nose-first, fit tighter, and present a clean side profile to road traffic. The tradeoff is aisle direction: angled layouts are one-way, so the striping has to include matching directional arrows, or staff end up trapped repositioning inventory against the flow.

When a Stayton dealer adds inventory or reworks the front line, that is the moment to rethink the angle and aisle direction together. A restripe that adds even a few display cars per row pays for itself quickly in a tight market.

ADA Showroom Path and Transporter Lanes

Three specialized markings round out the lot:

• ADA showroom path-of-travel — Compliant accessible spaces near the customer entrance, with an access aisle and a clear marked route to the showroom that does not cross the service drive or weave through inventory.
• Transporter unload lane — A defined area where a multi-car carrier can park and offload without blocking the service drive or customer approach, so a long transporter does not improvise in the middle of the lot on delivery day.
• Test-drive return arrows — Directional paint funneling returning test drives to a logical drop point rather than into customer parking.

Cost Factors for Stayton Dealership Lots

Industry baseline ranges below. Actual costs vary with lot size, layout complexity, paint type, surface condition, and current market conditions.

Factor	Effect on Cost
Angled display density	More rows and tighter angles add line footage
Directional arrows	One-way angled lots need arrows throughout
ADA scope	Compliant spaces, signage, and access aisles per space
Service-drive markings	Pull-in lanes, staging, and keep-clear zones add stencil work
Surface prep	Oil-stained service areas often need cleaning before paint bonds

Industry sources have historically reported standard restriping baselines around $3 to $6 per parking space, with new layouts running higher because of measurement and planning. A dealership's mix of angled rows, arrows, and a service drive usually pushes the project toward the new-layout end. Our parking lot striping cost in Oregon guide breaks the pricing down.

Stayton Conditions and Timing

Stayton's North Santiam valley setting means heavy clay soils and freeze-thaw winters. Water seeping into a crack in a display field freezes, expands, and lifts the surface and its paint, and standing water in a low spot washes the crisp lines that make inventory look sharp from the highway. Schedule striping in the dry window from late spring through early fall, when asphalt is dry and warm enough for paint to cure hard.

Display fields also see constant low-speed tire scrubbing as staff reposition inventory, wearing lines faster than a static lot. A dealer who wants the front line sharp year-round should plan on touch-ups more often than an office lot needs.

OLCC and Dealer-Lot Frontage Considerations

Oregon licenses motor vehicle dealers through the DMV, and a licensed location must meet site requirements including an established place of business with adequate display space. Your striping plan supports that by clearly delineating display, customer, and office areas so the lot reads as an organized, permanent place of business. When you restripe, confirm the marked display field and customer access still match your licensed site plan.

When to Restripe Your Stayton Dealership

Restripe when display lines have faded and inventory looks ragged from the road, when directional arrows are worn and customers fight the angle, when ADA markings near the showroom are fading, or when you reconfigure the front line. A sealcoat refresh is a natural pairing, since the dark surface makes new display lines pop.

For Stayton dealers planning a full refresh, see our professional striping services and our parking lot striping in Stayton overview.