In order to enable handicapped persons, traveling in wheelchairs and otherwise, to travel freely and without assistance into and within public buildings and upon streets and sidewalks, under the control and jurisdiction of the city, the following regulations shall be applicable in their construction and/or reconstruction:
(A) Public building. Ramps with non-slip surface shall be built at entrances and interior of such buildings where change of common levels exists; if such buildings shall consist of two or more levels making ramp construction not practical, then a lift or elevator shall be installed, which shall be in addition to any required stairways.
(B) Streets and sidewalks. Ramps with non-slip surface shall be built into the curb so that sidewalk and street blend to a common level at each crosswalk.
(C) Ramp design. The bottom of the ramp and the street or level shall be built at the same elevation and shall have no lip at the ramp bottom; such ramp shall not be less than 32 inches in width with a slope no greater than one inch rise per 12 inches length and where practicable there shall be a gradual rounding at the bottom of the slope.
(D) Application. The construction herein required shall be applicable in all new constructions and existing non-conforming streets and buildings shall comply as and when compliance is practical, or with renovation and/or reconstruction.
(Ord. 112, passed 7-8-75)