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little bit from these U.S. Department of Justice standards, so the Director is requesting that we <br />update our Zoning Code to be consistent with those new standards. <br /> <br />So as I said, our current Zoning Code has a section related to parking for persons with disabilities. <br />This section of the Code discusses the number of parking spaces required, the dimensions of the <br />parking spaces, signage, and pavement markings. And rather than amend the Zoning Code and <br />add in the entire new language with the new accessibility requirements, the Director is <br />recommending that we just include a simple compliance statement, and I’ll show you the language <br />in a minute. <br /> <br />And in addition to changing the standards, the Department will post any references and links to <br />our website. The State Department of Health, Disability and Communications Access Board, they <br />are called DCAB for short, they have a website, and what they did, they actually took the <br />200-page document that the Department of Justice created, and compressed that down into nice <br />eight-page guidelines. So that eight-page guideline booklet is what’s on the DCAB website that <br />the Planning Department will be referring landowners and developers to. <br /> <br />This is the DCAB website that has links to a lot of the resources. <br /> <br />And this just shows you the eight-page guidebook that I mentioned that DCAB created: “How to <br />Design an Accessible Parking Space.” <br /> <br />So the Director is recommending the following language be added to our Zoning Code: It will say, <br />“Parking for persons with disabilities shall comply with all applicable federal and state <br />requirements for the facility or site.” <br /> <br />And if I can just direct your attention to the proposed bill that’s the very last three pages of your <br />background and recommendation report. So you’ll see that we are recommending striking out all <br />the existing language relating to parking for persons with disabilities, and then just adding the <br />simple statement that says, “Parking for persons with disabilities shall comply with all applicable <br />federal and state requirements for the facility or site.” The reason we are recommending that is in <br />case in the future the state or federal government again update their parking requirements, rather <br />than having to go back and completely amend our Code again, we can just work with DCAB to <br />update those guidelines. <br /> <br />And with that, the Director is recommending that you send a favorable recommendation to the <br />County Council for this proposed request. <br /> <br />UNGER: Thank you. Any questions of County? Are there any members of the public here to <br />testify on this item? Seeing none, I need a motion to close public hearing. <br /> <br />SHIMAOKA: I move. <br /> <br />KAHOLO: Second. <br /> <br />UNGER: All in favor? <br />2 <br />EXHIBIT C <br /> <br />