Condos and Handicap Parking, Not That Simple.
January 15th, 2009
Photo Courtesy of: Ma1974
when buying a condo there are a number of things to take into consideration, the bylaws, the rules and regulations, how much money is in the contingency fund, how old is the roof etc.
Now lets say you are in a wheelchair, there are probably a few other things to take into consideration, like how wide are the doors in the unit, how big is the kitchen and bathrooms etc. But the one thing I expected not to be an issue would be, will I be able to get a handicap parking spot. All developments need to have a minimum number of handicap spots so there really should not be a problem.
Think again, just because they build a certain number of spots does not mean that they are going to make them available. In many cases these spots are assigned to buyers who are not handicap, and then when a handicap person buys into the building later they find that they are not able to switch the spot that comes with their unit with a handicap spot. This hardly seems like what the city would have had in mind when it set the requirement for handicap stalls.
It seems to me that these stalls should be set aside and not assigned to anyone unless they are handicap. They should be kept until such a time as a owner or buyer needs one, at which time they can swap the stall assigned to the unit with one of these stalls.
The good news is that there are some cases where this is what happens, but there are other cases where this is not the case.
The point here is if you are buying, find out this information before removing subjects, in fact you can even make it a subject.
NEVER ASSUME anything.
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