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February 17, 1977 TO: Thomas F. Lewcock, City Manager FROM: Barry P. Johnson, Director of Community Development RE: Handicapped Parking At its January 25 meeting, the Council directed that we prepare an ordinance establishing and enforcing handicapped parking regulations as to new construction. An ordinance accomplishing this is attached. The proposed ordinance is virtually identical to that enacted by the City of Bloomington. It should be noted that the ordinance applies to all spaces designated for the handicapped, whether required by State law or not. This goes beyond the Council direction but is an advantage because it would allow us to also enforce the ordinance in areas where a property owner has decided to voluntarily designate spaces for the handicapped. We are in the process of surveying properties in the City to determine where designated spaces are required and also to determine where spaces are not required but where they would be of benefit because the buildings involved would be accessible to the handicapped. We propose to then ask these property owners if they would voluntarily designate parking spaces for the handicapped. A second ordinance amending the Building Code is also being proposed to the Council. Under our present ordinance, the City has not officially adopted the part of the Building Code, Chapter 55, which was added in 1975 and which relates to facilities for the handicapped. This change will adopt that addition plus other mandatory changes to the State Code and will relieve us of the necessity to amend our Code when future mandatory changes are made to the Minnesota Building Code. ')2 a ZL'�� arry P. Johns Director of Community Development BPJ:bj