Amending Chapter 6 Buildings Functional Physically Handicapped

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SECTION 6 -24. RAMPS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE 6. (a) A ramp shall not have a slope greater than one (1) foot rise in twelve (12) feet. (b) A ramp shall have handrails on at least one side that are thirty -two (32) inches in height measured from the surface of the ramp. Ramps shall have at least one wall handrail that extends at least twelve (12) inches beyond the top and bottom of the ramp. Such handrails must be returned to the wall or to itself. (c) A ramp shall have a surface that is non -slip. (d) A ramp shall have a level platform at the top which provides a minimum forty -two (42) inches clearance from the maximum distance which a door swings out onto the platform or toward the ramp. This platform shall extend at least one (1) foot beyond each side of the doorway. (e) A ramp shall have a level platform, if the door is at the top, of at least three (3) feet deep and five (5) feet wide, if the door does not swing onto the platform or toward the ramp. This platform shall extend at least one (1) foot beyond each side of the single doorway or single door entrance. (f) Each ramp shall have at least six (6) feet of level platform clear of all obstacles at the bottom. (g) Ramps shall have level platforms at thirty- (30) foot intervals for purposes of rest and safety and shall have level platforms wherever they turn. These platforms shall be at least five (5) feet deep. SECTION 6 -25. TOILET ROOMS In all buildings subject to the requirements of this Chapter, at least one toilet for each sex shall be equipped as herein required. In addition, there shall be one toilet for each sex, which conforms to Chapter 6, Article 6, every two hundred (200) lineal feet and every five- (5) story. In addition to the above requirements, apartments, motels and hotels shall conform to the requirements outlined in Section 6 -19, (m) and (n) . (a) Access. Access passageways serving toilet rooms shall be no less than thirty -three (33) inches wide to con- veniently admit persons using crutches and persons in wheelchairs. (Persons on crutches require not less than thirty -three (33) inches passage width. Average wheel- chair dimensions are: length, forty -two (42) inches; width, twenty -five (25) inches; structure- turning radius, thirty -two (32) inches. (b) Toilet stalls. Toilet stalls shall be not less than three (3) feet wide by five (5) feet deep. Toilet stall doors shall swing outward. Substantial handrails shall be securely fastened to each side wall, extending from the front of the stall to -the rear of the water closet seat.. These handrails shall be thirty -two (32)inches high parallel to the floor and have an outside diameter of one and one -half 11 #) inches. There shall be no less than one and one -half (1'h) inches clearance when the wall is smoothly surfaced and greater clearance for rough textured wall finishes. -5-