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Trace the Lot. It Fills With Stalls.

A restripe quote is a drawing problem: how many stalls fit at 90 degrees versus 60, where the accessible stalls go and how many there must be, and what the owner will sign off on. PlotForge™ loads the parcel from the address, you trace the lot as a zone and hit the parking button, and it fills with stalls at the sizes you set with live counts. Accessible stalls place themselves with van stalls, striped access aisles and symbols. Switch the angle, read the new count, export the layout sheet with the summary on it.

How do you lay out a parking lot with the right number of accessible stalls?

Trace the parking area on the parcel, fill it with stalls at the angle and the stall and aisle sizes you choose, and read the live count. Mark the entrance and the accessible stalls place themselves nearest it, with van stalls, striped access aisles and symbols, counted per the 2010 ADA Standards. PlotForge™ prints the stall summary on the sheet. Reference geometry; local code governs.

What the owner and the inspector look for on a parking layout sheet

The owner wants the count and the price; the building department wants the accessible stalls right; the EV ordinance wants its tiers. One sheet answers all three:

The lot, on the real parcel — the property lines from records, so the layout stops at the line and the islands are where the curbs are

Stalls at the angle you pick — 90°, 60°, 45° or parallel, single or double-loaded, with editable stall and aisle sizes and a live count

Accessible stalls that place themselves — van stalls, striped access aisles and ISA symbols nearest the entrance you mark, counted per the 2010 ADA Standards

EV stalls — EV Charger, EV-Ready and EV-Capable designations with a pedestal symbol at charger stalls

Islands, aisles and the existing building — landscape islands and no-parking zones as zones, drive aisles, and the building from public records in one click

A summary that prints — total stalls, accessible stalls and EV stalls on the sheet; separate ADA and EV layers in the DXF

How a striping contractor draws the layout

Load the parcel

Type the address. The property lines load to scale over the aerial, with the existing lot visible underneath.

Trace the lot

Draw the paved area as a zone over the aerial, and place the building in one click.

Fill it

Hit the parking button. Stalls fill the zone at the angle and sizes you chose. Mark the entrance and the accessible stalls sit nearest it.

Compare and export

Switch 90° to 60° to 45° and read the counts. Export the PDF with the summary for the owner, or the DXF for the engineer.

The tools striping contractors use

Parking layout + ADA countsFill a zone or click a two-point row; 90°, 60°, 45° or parallel; live counts; accessible stalls per the 2010 ADA Standards; EV tiers; a summary that prints.How it works → Freeform zones & areasThe paved area, landscape islands and no-parking zones traced at any shape with live square footage.How it works → Auto-add existing buildingsThe building on the sheet in one click, so the entrance and the accessible route read right.How it works → Measure tool + length labelsPoint-to-point feet and inches with a running total for the quick check before the quote.How it works → Live quantity takeoffHardscape in square feet on the sheet, the number behind the sealcoat and paving quote.How it works → PNG in any sheet sizeThe same clean sheet as a PNG in any size for the quote email.How it works →

Which plan fits a striping contractor

Quotes every week

Studio, $29/mo

Save every lot in your account, export the PNG for the quote, and buy plan credits when the owner wants the clean sheet. See Studio.

Layouts every month

Contractor, $199/mo

Twenty clean exports a month, every drawing tool and the DXF, every lot saved. See Contractor.

One lot, one layout

Single Plan, $29

Draw it on the free 30-day trial and export the clean sheet with the summary for $29. Compare plans.

▶ Watch the lessonParking Lot Layout With ADA and EV Stalls ▶ Watch the lessonZones and Revision Clouds on a Site Plan ▶ Watch the lessonMeasure Any Distance on Your Lot

Paving and striping contractors FAQ

How many accessible stalls does a lot need?

The 2010 ADA Standards set the minimum by the total number of stalls in the lot, with one in six accessible stalls as a van stall. PlotForge places and counts them per that table when it fills the lot and prints the summary on the sheet. Local codes can require more, so the local code governs the final count.

Can I compare 90-degree and angled layouts?

Yes. Fill the lot, then switch the angle between 90°, 60°, 45° and parallel and watch the count change. Stall and aisle sizes are editable, single or double-loaded.

Does it draw the existing lot or a new one?

Either. Trace the existing paved area over the aerial and fill it for a restripe, or trace a new lot on a vacant parcel for a new layout. The parcel lines come from records, so the layout stops at the property line.

Can I mark EV charging stalls?

Yes. EV Charger, EV-Ready and EV-Capable are a three-tier ladder of stall designations, with a pedestal symbol at charger stalls, and the EV count prints in the summary and on its own DXF layer.

Does the owner get a drawing they can approve?

Yes. The PDF prints the layout with the stalls, the accessible stalls marked, the summary and your title block; the PNG is the same sheet as an image for the quote email.

Is a PlotForge™ site plan a survey?

No. The property lines are the recorded parcel lines from public records, drawn to scale over an aerial photo. That is what most building departments accept for a permit site plan, and it is not a boundary survey or an engineered drawing. If your office requires a sealed survey for this project, PlotForge can trace that recorded survey as the boundary and the sheet prints a notice saying so.

Does it work where I am?

PlotForge™ covers all 50 states and Washington, D.C.; the only exceptions in the country are named on the coverage page. It is also expanding into Canada, starting with select counties in Ontario and Alberta. The most reliable check is free: sign up, type the address, and watch the lot load.

Lay out the lot in minutes

Load the parcel, trace the lot, fill it with stalls, read the counts. Free for 30 days, no credit card required; a clean export is $29.

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