Parking for the disabled, visitors, or both?

Transportation, Travel and Trips
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Hi,

I have seen it in two places now: When visiting friends, they have a single parking spot in their building garage place with both "Besucher" and the symbol for disabled parking on it. It was confusing and a bit contradictory to me. How can it be disabled-only parking when visitors can park there?

Given that parking in a disabled-only spot can lead to serious trouble, I just avoided those spots and parked in the blue zones in the street. But was wondering what is the actual law here about priorities, if any.

Many thanks

Best

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It's for disabled visitors.

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And "only" disabled visitors?

Sorry if it was a joke and I didn't get it. Our friend actually assured us that it is fine to park there, but I just stayed cautious, as I said.

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Your friend is wrong.

Technically, they need to have a Blue disabled badge displayed to part there.

A neighbour could report you.

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Yes it’s only for blue badge holders so only for disabled visitors.

Your friend is wrong.

It may well be that the number of disabled visitors is very low and the spot is empty for most if the time but that doesn’t not change the fact that it’s a designated disabled parking spot.

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Thank you both. It seems then I should be happy I didn't trust what my friend said.

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We have the same arrangement in our holiday apartment. In our case, the parking is for both disabled and able bodied visitors.

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Thanks for the information. But what is then the point of the disabled parking sign? Disabled people can park in normal places anyways, right?

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That doesn’t make sense. What if a disabled person comes along and the space is already occupied by an able bodied driver?

Disabled spaces are usually specifically designed to be easily accessible and have more space for the drivers to get in and out of their cars.

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I have no idea why it is like that, nor how it is supposed to work in practice. I simply confirmed what the OP had been told by the owner of the property, namely that disabled/able bodied parking spaces do exist. In our case the dual purpose space is in the garage. The building is 12 years old, perhaps it is a requirement in modern buildings above a certain size. I am afraid I really don’t know. Possibly a disabled driver would take priority.

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It's a SIA norm for new buildings (SIA 500), it's mandatory to have a visitor parking place that is accessible to the disabled. The symbol is to indicate that the parking space is accessible and is not the one for dedicated parking that is used in the street. It does not mean others cannot use it and the badge does not apply on private property. There may be other rules in the building regulations, however if those are the only 2 visitor parkings available they are very likely free to use for all visitors.

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Thanks. I know I can search for it myself, but do you have a reference on the visual difference between these two signs?

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The official public ones have a white-background symbol (5.14)
https://www.ferrari-segnaletica.ch/I…gnali-fcc18300
The ones I saw on private property were the classic blue background symbols if I remember well.

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On private property the street rules don't apply so if your friend read the gebäudereglement, it's possible he's correct.

The law says you have to build parking places for the disabled so that it's possible for disabled people to visit or rent a flat there, but that's not the same as having to provide exclusive parking for disabled people.