Learn about the installation standards and specifications of parking lots for the disabled
Find out the standards and specifications for parking for the disabled. For the disabled, the owner of the parking lot must install a parking lot for the disabled according to the size. If it is a small parking lot, this is not applicable, but if it is larger than a certain size, the number and % ratio are set, and you must comply with them. The significance of the parking lot for the disabled is to promote the convenience of using public facilities for the disabled by preventing parking of general vehicles in advance and imposing fines for non-disabled parking. You can only get Barrier-Free BF certification only if you comply with the law, so check the standards and specifications for parking lots for the disabled. 장애인 주차장
Parking lot installation standards for the disabled – Find out by parking lot type 좋은뉴스
There are three types of parking: [street, off-street, and attached]. Each type of parking lot has different standards for parking for the disabled, so be sure to check.
What is a street parking lot? It refers to a parking lot provided for general use as a parking lot installed in a certain area of the road surface or traffic plaza (applicable only to intersection plaza). On-street parking lots are installed by the mayor, mayor, county head, or district head, and you can receive a parking fee from the person who parks the car in the parking lot.
▶ If the number of parking spaces is more than 20 and less than 50, the standard for parking for the disabled is one side.
▶ If the number of parking spaces is 50 or more, it should be made more than the ratio set by the local government in consideration of the parking demand for the disabled from 2 to 4%.
What is off-street parking? It refers to a parking lot installed in a place other than the road surface or traffic plaza and provided for general use.
▶ Only when the number of parking spaces is 50 or more, 2 to 4% should be made more than the ratio set by the local government in consideration of the parking demand for the disabled.
What is an attached parking lot? It refers to a parking lot installed incidentally to a building, golf driving range, or other facilities that induce parking demand, and provided for the use of the building or facility’s users or the general public. (Installed at a place attached to the building)
▶ Excluding cases where the number of parking spaces is less than 10, and from 2 to 4% for those with more than 10 vehicles, it should be made more than the ratio set by the local government in consideration of the parking demand for the disabled.
Standard Ratio of Parking Lot for Disabled Persons by Region
Most of the metropolitan cities across the country adopt a standard rate of 3% or more for parking lots for the disabled, 4% in Jeju, and 4% in off-street parking lots installed by the mayor in Incheon Metropolitan City.
1. Busan Metropolitan City parking lot installation and management ordinance: 3% or more
[Enforcement 2019. 7. 10.] [Busan Metropolitan City Ordinance No. 5948, 2019. 7. 10., partially revised]
2. Daegu Metropolitan City parking lot installation and management ordinance: 3% or more
[Enforcement 2019. 12. 24.] [Daegu Metropolitan City Ordinance No. 5378, 2019. 12. 24., partially revised]
3. Daejeon Metropolitan City parking lot ordinance: 3% or more
[Enforcement 2019. 10. 18.] [Daejeon Metropolitan City Ordinance No. 5340, 2019. 10. 18., partially revised]
4. Gwangju Metropolitan City Parking Lot Ordinance: 3% or more
[Enforcement 2018. 4. 1.] [Gwangju Metropolitan City Ordinance No. 5079, 2018. 4. 1., partially revised]
5. Ulsan Metropolitan City parking lot installation and management ordinance: 3% or more
[Enforcement 2019. 12. 5.] [Ulsan Metropolitan City Ordinance No. 2057, 2019. 12. 5., partially revised]
6. Jeju Special Self-Governing Province parking lot installation and management ordinance: 4% or more
[Enforcement 2019. 5. 8.] [Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Ordinance No. 2258, May 8, 2019, partially revised]
7. Incheon Metropolitan City parking lot installation and management ordinance: 3% or more
[Enforcement 2019. 9. 23.] [Incheon Metropolitan City Ordinance No. 6254, 2019. 9. 23., partially revised]
However, if the number of parking spaces in the off-street parking lot installed by the mayor is 50 or more, 4% of the number of parking spaces must be installed as parking spaces exclusively for the disabled, and Article 20 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the installation location and standards. <Amended 2015-07-27> <Amended 2015-12-28>
8. Seoul Metropolitan Government parking lot installation and management ordinance: 3% or more
[Enforcement 2019. 9. 26.] [Seoul Metropolitan City Ordinance No. 7325, 2019. 9. 26., partially revised]
9. Busan Metropolitan City Gangseo-gu parking lot installation and management ordinance: 3% or more
[Enforcement 2016. 8. 12.] [Busan Metropolitan City Gangseo Ordinance No. 960, 2016. 8. 12., partially revised]
10. Busan Metropolitan City Geumjeong-gu parking lot installation and management ordinance: 3%
[Enforcement 2019. 11. 5.] [Busan Metropolitan City Geumjeong Ordinance No. 1347, 2019. 11. 5., partially revised]
Standard size and size of parking lot for the disabled
Parking spaces exclusively for the disabled must be installed in a location that satisfies one of the following criteria:
▶ The closest location to the main entrance of the facility
▶ In the case of an indoor parking lot, the place closest to the elevator or stairs
▶ The place closest to the ramp for the disabled
The floor of the parking space for the disabled must be installed in accordance with the following standards.
▶ The floor of the parking lot shall be finished with a non-slip material and made flat.
▶ On the floor of the parking lot, a mark for the disabled according to separate 1 shall be displayed.
Signs must be installed in the parking spaces exclusively for the disabled in accordance with the following standards:
▶ Attach or install a sign for a parking space exclusively for the disabled in an easily identifiable place
▶ Install guidance signs at the place from the entrance of the parking lot to the parking area for the disabled. However, this is not the case when it is easy to find a parking space exclusively for the disabled.
▶ Parking spaces for the disabled must be at least 3.3m wide and 5m long.
▶When parallel parking on a sidewalk with an effective width of 1.5m or more, it must be 2m or more in width and 6m or more in length.
▶The floor of the parking space must not have a height difference (at least 2cm or less) that interferes with getting on and off by the disabled.
▶The floor surface of the parking space must be finished flat with a non-slip material. (The slope of the floor of the parking space can be less than 1/50.)
▶On the floor of the parking area, the parking area for the disabled must be marked in a color that is easy for drivers to identify. In particular, Seoul City’s handicapped parking area sign must be 70cm wide and 60cm long, and the wheelchair picture must be 56cm wide and 42cm long. The background color of the sign must be blue and the wheelchair picture must be white.
guide sign size
The dimensions of the sign are 0.7m in width, 0.6m in length, and 1.5m in height (from the ground to the sign).
Contents of sign guide
Vehicles that can be parked: A vehicle with a parking permit sign attached and a person with a walking disability riding on it, violators: 100,000 won fine
Reporting phone number: Name of competent department: Guidelines and guide signs must be present.
Learn about examples and recommendations tailored to the standards for installing disabled parking lots
Lastly, although it is not a regulation in the parking lot installation standards for the disabled, there are recommendations, so please refer to it.
▶It is recommended to put up a standing sign for the parking lot for the disabled in front of the parking area, and mark the parking area in case there are more than three.
▶ Considering the driver’s getting on/off location according to front or rear parking, it is recommended to mark the wheelchair activity space.
▶If the left and right parking areas share 1.2m of the wheelchair activity space, it is recommended to mark the parking area and the wheelchair activity space separately. (However, if the wheelchair activity space is shared, it is not included in the calculation of the number of parking spaces in the parking area for the disabled.)