Property managers in Greensboro and the Triad ask a fair question: if the calendar says 2026, why does every serious ADA parking guide still say “2010”? It looks like leftover copy. It is not. The 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design is the title of the enforceable federal design standard. The Department of Justice adopted it in 2010, and it is still the standard they cite when a business or government restripes a parking facility.
There is no 2024 or 2026 DOJ parking-count table that replaced §208.2. Later ADA work — including Title II rules about websites and mobile apps — does not change how many accessible stalls a lot needs, how wide the access aisle must be, or the one-in-six van-accessible rule.
Use the 2010 stall table. North Carolina’s 2024 State Building Code Chapter 11 Table 1106.2 lists the same numbers. Run the free calculator, then confirm the layout on a walk. Do not wait for a “newer ADA parking code” that does not exist.
What actually changed after 1991
The last big federal change to parking design was the jump from the 1991 Standards to the 2010 Standards. Van-accessible ratios, aisle options, and related scoping were tightened. Lots built or last altered to 1991 rules can still fail today’s walk even if nobody has “ignored ADA.” Lots altered after March 15, 2012 are expected to meet the 2010 Standards when the work includes restriping.
That is why an older Greensboro church or apartment lot can be out of date without anyone deciding to break the law. The paint faded. A sign disappeared. Someone added ten stalls and never re-ran the table. The current table is still 2010 — the same one we paint to now.
What North Carolina adds
Federal ADA is the floor. North Carolina’s building code uses the same accessible-space counts in Table 1106.2 (1–25 → 1, 26–50 → 2, 51–75 → 3, and so on, with 2% from 501–1,000 and the 20-plus-1-per-100 rule above that). Local fire officials in Greensboro, High Point, Winston-Salem, Burlington, and the rest of the Triad can add fire-lane width and wording on top. They do not publish a different ADA stall table.
An HOA covenant or a commercial lease can say who pays for the restripe. It cannot waive accessible counts, aisles, signs, or the route to the door.
How to use the table on a real lot
Count the stalls that exist today, not the number on a 2008 site plan. Each parking facility on a site is counted separately. Hospital outpatient visitor lots use 10%. Rehab / outpatient physical therapy uses 20%. Then take van-accessible spaces from the accessible total at 1 per 6 (always at least one).
A 64-space general lot needs 3 accessible spaces (2 standard, 1 van). A 40-space hospital outpatient visitor lot needs 4 accessible spaces, including a van stall. Those numbers come from the current table, not from a guess.
City guides if you want the local version
The calculator is the statewide tool. We also published local ADA pages for the communities Atlas actually serves, because fire-lane habits and lot types differ:
- Greensboro · High Point · Winston-Salem
- Kernersville · Thomasville · Burlington
- Asheboro · Summerfield
Is there a newer ADA parking standard than 2010?
No. The 2010 ADA Standards are still the current federal design standard for accessible parking counts and dimensions.
Did North Carolina write its own stall-count table?
The 2024 NC Building Code lists the same counts as 2010 ADA §208.2. Atlas does not invent extra North Carolina percentages.
Do website ADA rules change my parking lot?
No. Those rules are about digital access. They do not change stall counts, aisle widths, or van-accessible ratios.
Want the count for your lot?
Use the calculator, then Atlas will confirm the layout on a free walk in Greensboro or anywhere in the Triad.