(a) Stairs designed for public use shall have risers, not exceeding seven and one-half inches, and rounded nosings. Stairs shall have handrails 32 inches above the stair nosings on both sides, with the handrail extended 18 inches beyond the top and bottom step on the wall side of main stair landings. Intermediate stair landings shall have continuous handrails on both sides.
(b) A required outside or inside access ramp shall have a maximum gradient of one foot in 12 feet (eight and one-third percent), with a level platform five feet long by at least five feet wide at the top and bottom and at turns. No ramps shall exceed 30 feet in run without an intervening level platform. Ramps shall have a minimum clear width, inside handrails, of 36 inches. Outside and inside ramps, including platforms, shall have handrails 32 inches high on both sides, with the handrail extended 12 inches beyond the top and bottom of the ramp on at least one side. All ramps, including platforms, shall have a hard, nonslip surface.
(c) Passage doors shall have clear openings of at least 30 inches when open. In the case of double doors, at least one leaf of the pair shall meet this requirement. Interior floors shall be level for a distance of two feet, six inches, from the latch edge of the door throughout the door swing, and shall extend one foot to the side of the latch jamb of the door. Exterior stoops may slope away from the door a maximum of one-fourth of an inch per foot of run.
(d) All areas accessible to the public on the same floor shall be of a common level or connected by a ramp meeting the requirements of subsection (b) hereof.
(Ord. 74-75, passed 7-25-1974)