Good Parking Spaces - All the parking spaces are Handicapped in front of my College dorm building, is this legal?

All the parking spaces are Handicapped in front of my College dorm building, is this legal?

All the parking spaces available to my dormatory building are handicapped. There is only 1 person in my building who is handicapped and she doesn't drive. Each time someone parks there of course gets a ticket from University Police for parking in a handicapped space. The regualr parking lot is at least 1/3 of a mile away from dorms. What do you guys think, is this legal or what? Please!!!, I really need feedback. I'm peeved because I can't park in front of my building that I paid to live in for the next few months. As if this school didn't milk me for the past 4 years, now they want more money out of me because of some handicapped parking space. I have so many tickets and I just don't think it's fair for all of the spaces to be handicapped. My building has 6 spaces in front of it, and they are all handicapped. There are 4 other near by dormitories and they also have all handicapped spaces. Some buildings even have as much as 9 parking spaces in front and all are handicapped. I just want them to make atleast 2 or 3 available in front of each building. Or lighten up on the tickets.

Public Comments

File a complaint with the Dean.
Of course it's legal. There's no law against reserving parking spaces for the handicapped.
Sounds racist to me, maybe you should sue them...P.S. Only if you're black will this work though.
The city/town/village probably has laws on this, and it's probably legal to set apart some spaces for the handicapped. Supposing it is NOT legal, I suppose they COULD eliminate them since no one at your dorm needs them, but then there is the chance that someone who is VISITING might need such a spot, or maybe in a few years, a student might move in who needs one. This isn't something one can fight successfully, I don't think.
Talk to the dean--I believe it is legal. But if people are parking there who are not handicapped--then they can be towed and fined.
It is legal. If you are concerned with it, I would raise the issue with local government. I don't know if Student government has jurisdiction over that, you might have to talk to the city council or the county seat, depending on where the campus is located.
I guess it's sucks having working legs to walk with.
your black it ok for you to park there ,, why are you so worried about others
They must really be afraid of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act, Sounds like they're going a bit overboard.
TOTALLY LEGAL SEE THE AMERICAN WITH DIABILITIES ACT. http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/statutes/ofccp/ada.htm
Of course it's legal; and in most states and localities, it's required. Usually handicapped parking spaces are mandated by law, and the number and percentage are highly regulated based on the total number of parking spaces and, in the case of a dorm, possibly the total number of dorm rooms. Just because right now there's only one person doesn't mean that in 3 years (when you're gone) or 5 years, or 10 years, there won't be more. Considering that the spots are going unused right now, there may be a way for the university to comply with the regulations and free up at least one or two more spots by the dorm. Perhaps they could make some of the "regular parking lot" spaces handicapped in exchange for turning one of the spaces by the dorm into a regular space (perhaps, even a 30 minute loading or unloading only space). It might be a reasonable compromise that falls within the law. I woudl also suggest talking to your dean of students or your student council (whatever it's called) to address the issue.
File a complaint with the dean/school senate. However, ADA states that the closest spaces to the building must be handicap accessible.