Commercial Parking Lot Striping in Tampa Bay
Commercial Parking Lot Striping Across Tampa Bay
Faded lines cost you spaces. A lot laid out for 60 cars parks 48 when drivers cannot tell where the stalls are, and the ones who guess wrong block your fire lane. Striping is the cheapest work you can do to a parking lot and the first thing every customer notices.
Express Asphalt Solutions stripes commercial lots across Pasco, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Hernando, Citrus and Polk counties. We measure on site, price the layout before we paint, and use DOT-spec traffic paint that holds its color through a Florida summer.
Commercial work only. We do not stripe residential driveways.
Call (727) 293-4431 for a free on-site measure.
What We Stripe
Parking lots
Restriping over an existing layout, new layouts on fresh asphalt, stall lines, double lines, compact and reserved stalls, numbered spaces.
ADA accessible spaces
Accessible and van-accessible stalls, diagonally striped access aisles, blue outlining to Florida standard, international symbol of accessibility stencils, and sign posts set to the required height.
Fire lanes and safety markings
Red fire lane curbing with lettering, no-parking zones, loading zones, and hatched keep-clear areas.
Directional and traffic control
Arrows, stop bars, crosswalks, speed bump and hump painting, drive-through lane markings, one-way and do-not-enter stencils.
Curb and bollard painting
Yellow safety curbing, red fire curbing, bollard sleeves, and wheel stop painting.
Stencils and lettering
Reserved, visitor and customer parking, tenant names, unit numbers, EV charging stalls, motorcycle and bicycle areas, and company logos.
Warehouse and interior floor striping
Forklift aisles, pedestrian walkways, and color-coded safety zones on interior concrete.
Parking Lot Painting: What It Costs You to Wait
Traffic paint on a Florida lot fades in 18 to 36 months depending on sun exposure and traffic volume. Drive aisles and entrances go first, because that is where tires scrub hardest.
Once the lines are gone you lose usable spaces, ADA compliance becomes arguable, and the lot reads as neglected to every tenant and customer who pulls in. Restriping an existing layout is a one-day job on most lots, and the paint is dry to traffic within about an hour on a dry Florida afternoon.
ADA Parking Compliance in Florida
Florida is stricter than the federal standard, and this is the detail most lots get wrong.
Florida requires accessible parking spaces to be at least 12 feet wide. The federal 2010 ADA Standards require 8 feet. A lot striped to the federal minimum can be fully ADA compliant and still fail Florida law.
Under Florida Statute 553.5041, accessible parking must also have:
- Access aisles at least 5 feet wide, striped diagonally to mark them as a no-parking zone
- Spaces prominently outlined in blue paint, repainted when they stop being clearly visible
- An accessible route at least 44 inches wide connecting the space to the entrance
- A permanent sign bearing the international symbol of accessibility and the caption “PARKING BY DISABLED PERMIT ONLY”, with the bottom of the sign at least 60 inches above the ground
- Signs erected after October 1, 1996 must state the penalty for illegal use of the space
How Many Accessible Spaces Your Lot Needs
| Total spaces in lot | Accessible spaces required | Of those, van-accessible |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 25 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 to 50 | 2 | 1 |
| 51 to 75 | 3 | 1 |
| 76 to 100 | 4 | 1 |
| 101 to 150 | 5 | 1 |
| 151 to 200 | 6 | 1 |
| 201 to 300 | 7 | 2 |
| 301 to 400 | 8 | 2 |
| 401 to 500 | 9 | 2 |
| 501 to 1,000 | 2% of total | 1 of every 6 |
| Over 1,000 | 20, plus 1 per additional 100 | 1 of every 6 |
Van-accessible spaces also need 98 inches of vertical clearance along the route in and at the space itself, which is what rules out low-clearance garages.
If you are not sure where your lot stands, we will measure it and tell you. No charge, and no pressure to book the work.
How a Striping Job Runs
- On-site measure. We walk the lot, count existing stalls, and check accessible space dimensions and aisle widths against Florida requirements.
- Layout and quote. You get a written scope with stall counts and a fixed price. If the asphalt needs repair before paint, we say so then, not after.
- Surface prep. Blow down and sweep. Paint does not bond to dust. Oil-stained areas get spot cleaned.
- Layout marking. New layouts get chalked and checked before any paint is laid.
- Paint. DOT-spec traffic paint applied with a ride-on or walk-behind striper depending on lot size. Stencils and curbing by hand.
- Cure and walkthrough. Dry to traffic in about an hour in normal conditions. We walk the finished lot with you before we leave.
Does Your Asphalt Need Work First?
Paint does not fix pavement. If the surface is alligatored, raveling or full of open cracks, new lines on top will look sharp for a month and then come apart with the asphalt underneath.
We will tell you honestly if your lot needs sealcoating or repair before striping. Sealcoat then stripe is the right order, and doing it in that sequence means you pay for layout once.
Service Area
Headquartered in New Port Richey and working across Pasco, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Hernando, Citrus and Polk counties: Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Largo, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Spring Hill, Land O’ Lakes, Wesley Chapel, Brandon, Sarasota, Port Charlotte, Lakeland, Winter Haven, Haines City and Orlando.
Outside Tampa Bay we take commercial projects only.
Parking Lot Striping Questions We Get Asked
How long does parking lot striping take?
Most lots are a single day. A restripe of a 60 to 100 stall lot is usually a few hours. New layouts take longer because everything gets measured and chalked first.
How soon can cars drive on it?
About an hour in dry Florida conditions. We stage the work so you keep part of the lot open if you cannot close the whole thing.
How often should a lot be restriped?
Every 18 to 36 months in Florida. Sun and rain are hard on traffic paint, and high-traffic entrances and drive aisles fade first.
Do you do sealcoating and striping together?
Yes, and that is the right order. Sealcoat, let it cure, then stripe. Striping first means paying to paint lines that get covered.
Is my lot ADA compliant?
We will measure it and tell you at no charge. The most common failures we find in Florida are accessible spaces striped to 8 feet instead of the required 12, missing blue outlining, and signs mounted too low.
Do you stripe residential driveways?
No. Commercial lots only.
Contact us for a free project estimate
"*" indicates required fields
Browse More Services
Express Asphalt Solutions has decades of asphalt, concrete, and maintenance experience across a wide range of markets.
Pavement Marking and Striping
Introduce some order to the chaos of your unmarked lot with Express Asphalt Solutions parking lot marking.
Paving
Asphalt pavement is utilized in a variety of different applications.
Cracksealing
Cracksealing halts the spread of existing cracks and increases the overall lifespan of your pavement.
Sealcoating
A sealcoat consists of either coal tar pitch or asphalt cement mixed with inert fillers, water or additives.