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Rule Change Related to Accessible Parking Signage and Markings Effective August 1st

On August 1st, 2020, new rules governing accessible parking signage and markings went into effect. Rule 68.104 (Texas Administrative Code) implements House Bill 3163, passed during the 86th Legislative Session in 2019. All projects registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) on or after August 1st, 2020 must comply with the rule in addition to Texas Accessibility Standards requirements related to parking spaces. Any new or alteration construction projects that begin on or after August 1st, 2020 must also satisfy this rule if they include accessible parking requirements. All projects registered with TDLR on or after August 1, 2020 must comply with the rule, as well as Texas Accessibility Standards requirements related to parking spaces. This includes projects that do not meet the $50,000 TDLR registration threshold. The new rules are as follows: 

68.104. Accessible Parking Spaces.

(New section effective August 1, 2020, 45 TexReg 5166)

• (a) A paved accessible parking space must include:
  • (1) the International Symbol of Accessibility painted conspicuously on the surface in a color that contrasts the pavement;
  • (2) the words "NO PARKING" painted on any access aisle adjacent to the parking space. The words must be painted:
    • (A) in all capital letters;
    • (B) with a letter height of at least twelve inches, and a stroke width of at least two inches; and
    • (C) centered within each access aisle adjacent to the parking space; and
  • (3) a sign identifying the consequences of parking illegally in a paved accessible parking space. The sign must:
    • (A) at a minimum state “Violators Subject to Fine and Towing” in a letter height of at least one inch;
    • (B) be mounted on a pole, post, wall or freestanding board;
    • (C) be no more than eight inches below a sign required by Texas Accessibility Standards, 502.6; and
    • (D) be installed so that the bottom edge of the sign is no lower than 48 inches and no higher than 80 inches above ground level.
• (b) A parking space identification sign that complies with Texas Accessibility Standards, 502.6, that includes the requirements in subsection (a)(3)(A) satisfies subsection (a)(3).

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