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Board adopts new ADA parking policy for residential neighborhoods; spaces to be tracked in GIS
Summary
The Elkhart Board of Public Works adopted a formal policy to place ADA parking spaces at block locations rather than tie them to specific residents, aligning marking decisions with PROWAG standards and requiring GIS tracking and documentation for exceptions.
The Elkhart Board of Public Works on April 8 adopted a policy for ADA parking spaces in residential neighborhoods that shifts the city's practice from placing spaces tied to individual residents to marking spaces at block-appropriate locations and tracking them in GIS.
The change formalizes an approach the city has begun to use following staff review and input from attendees of an ADA conference. Jeff Schafer, assistant city engineer, said the policy "is a little bit different" from past practice and described the main change: "Basically what this says is we're no longer going to tie a request for an ADA parking space to the…
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