Even though trip-and-fall injuries at parking space wheel stops continue to occur throughout California (and the nation), parking facility owners, managers, and even licensed architects and engineers often are reluctant to remove them due to fears of unknowingly violating provisions of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the California Building Code (CBC), or the state’s Unruh Civil Rights Act. This paper, by AVELAR’s Senior Principal Codes Consultant Lonnie Haughton and Principal Architect David Field, outlines why most of these fears are unfounded.
