laza Del Rio Management Corp. Dave O'Connell
9401 W. Thunderbird Rd. Suite 200 5101 West Beryl Ave
Peoria Arizona 85381 Glendale 85302
To Whom it may concern,
I drive a van with handicapped plates and a ramp which unloads from the right side of my vehicle. This ramp requires about eight feet of space on that side to allow room for me to maneuver my electric wheelchair in and out of my van. I'm relatively independent in my travels until someone parks beside me and blocks access to my ramp. I usually find all designated handicapped spots up front taken whenever I go anywhere and I don't really mind rolling in from the far end of the parking lot. I park crooked way out at the end to make sure no one can block me out and I find that usually works, although not always.
I'm thinking the handicapped license plates or the hand controls easily viewable through the window would give your parking lot attendants a clue that I need extra room to enter and exit my vehicle. If those clues don't help, then the missing driver's seat or the ramp up against the sliding door might help them figure out I need extra room.
I find it admirable you are vigorously policing your lots for violations but if you could sprinkle a little common sense in with your enthusiasm, possibly those of us who need the extra room can take two spots out at the end of your lot where few people park anyway without getting cited with a violation.
Perhaps you could mark off a few extra wide spots way out at the end of your lots for those of us who need extra room? The extra space will need a bright yellow post that will physically block someone from parking there as there are those who park on yellow hashed areas anyway because "they just don't need the extra room." (yes, that really happens too.)
Regards,
Dave O'Connell
