To the Editor:

There is a very real lack of handicap parking spots around the square in downtown Ocala. Handicap folks cannot find a space, so they just leave and go somewhere else.

Parking garages do them no good if they cannot walk very well.

Isn’t there a federal law that states how many handicap spaces are to designated in areas of retail stores and restaurants?

Maybe the city should look into this problem.

Tom O’Connor
Fort McCoy