Americans With Disabilities Act

Along this sidewalk there is a drain cover, elongated openings at the tree grate, offsets in the walk and street furniture. A minimum of 36" in width must be maintained in the route to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Texas Accessibility Standards. In these days of Covid-19 with public walks becoming dining outdoors it is critical to maintain the accessible route.

The trees and their roots along the street are heaving the sidewalk causing offsets of more than 1/4" and cross slopes greater than 1:48. This does not comply with the accessible route requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Texas Accessibility Standards and can prevent people from visiting your business.

 This ramp has a highly polished surface. The sign reads "ramp incline may be slippery please watch your step."  To comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Texas Accessibility Standards the flooring surface must be firm, stable and slip resistant per 302.1. .

The exit stair on this beautiful old building is a protruding object as it has no cane detection under the stair to prevent a person who is blind or has a visual impairment from running into the stair. This does not comply with the Americans with Disability requirements and the Texas Accessibility Standards. The newsstands could be relocated closer to the stairs to act as a detectable warning.

The handrail extensions must continue in the direction of travel for a minimum of 12" horizontal to the landing surface. The measurement is taken to the inside of the return. The only exception is for dogleg or switch back ramps and stairs, but not a dogleg from ramp to stair. And handrails are required on both sides of the ramp. This does not comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Texas Accessibility Standards. 

A nice way to provide an accessible route to the building entries when you have sloped streets and sidewalks. The walk ramps up to the landing then levels out at the entry to meet the accessible route requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Texas Accessibilities Act. So, not an error.

The crosswalk lands at the corner of this intersection at a curb. To the right, behind the vehicle stop line is a parallel curb ramp to access the sidewalk. The accessible route must be within the pedestrian street crossing and not blocked by a vehicle in the road to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Texas Accessibilities Standards.

 This handrail is not continuing in the direction of travel but jogs over to clear an obstruction in the path of travel and becomes an protruding object itself. This does not comply with the  Americans with Disabilities Act and the Texas Accessibilities Standards. 

 This toilet stall is too narrow, the water closet is too far out, no rear grab bar, a floor mounted grab bar on the open side of the water closet, tissue dispenser out of reach range, napkin disposal out of reach range. So many problems it is not even close to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Texas Accessibility Standards. 

A nice way to provide an accessible route to the building entries when you have sloped streets and sidewalks. The walk ramps up to the landing then levels out at the entry to meet the accessible route requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Texas Accessibilities Act. So, not an error. 

The side wall grab bar does not extend to the 54" requirement. The tissue dispenser is out of reach range being too far from the rear wall. There is also a loose trashcan adjacent to the water closet. Although loose it would require the user to move it out of the way to get the needed clearance. This does not comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Texas Accessibility Standards.

The urinal has never been allowed to be in the water closet clearance. In this case at the time of construction a minimum of 60" clearance is required on the open side of the water closet to comply. This does not comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Texas Accessibility Standards.

I honestly do not know who could reach these. The tissue dispenser is located on the wall opposite from the side grab bar and out of reach range from the water closet. The seat cover dispenser is out of reach range over the napkin disposal. This does not comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Texas Accessibility Standards.

The big jumbo paper towel dispensers are difficult to locate unless the designer has planned for its location. Generally, they are almost always an afterthought that becomes a protruding object. In this case it is located on the wall to the right of the lavatory and in the door clearance. Items may extend a maximum of 4" between 27" to 80" above the finish floor. This does not meet the Americans with Disability Act or the Texas Accessibility Standards.

The directional signage at this stairway directing people to the accessible entry has the International Symbol of Accessibility backwards, while the no access direction sign ISA is pointed in the correct direction.