Guide to the ADA Standards

Alterations and Additions

Refreshing existing striping in place for several spaces or filling potholes is typically considered normal maintenance, not an alteration.

Accessible spaces are required where parking facilities are altered or added.  The term ‘alterations’ includes resurfacing of vehicular ways (§106.5).  Resurfacing or resealing and projects that add new parking spaces constitute alterations (or additions) and must include accessible spaces as required in the scoping table.  Normal maintenance, such as pothole repair, surface patching, or repainting in place existing striping for a few spaces, is not considered an alteration except where it affects a facility’s usability.