MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                2553

FOR the purpose of requiring the construction of ramps or
curb cuts at curbs or sidewalks for use by the
physically handicapped, specifying the type of ramps
or curb cuts, authorizing an exception to the
requirement under certain conditions, and numbering
a paragraph.

BY repealing and re-enacting, with amendments,

Article 78A - Public Works

Section 51(g)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 51(g) of Article 78A - Public
Works, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969
Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 78A - Public Works
51.

(g)(1) The provisions of this subtitle shall apply
to improvement of areas used for gathering or amusement
such as public parks, recreation centers, and the like;
particularly with regard to toilet facilities, ramps,
building entrances, drinking fountains, parking, and
walks. Such facilities should be suitably marked by a
symbol denoting "usable by the physically disabled."

(2)    CURBS OR SIDEWALKS AT THE INTERSECTION OF TWO
OR MORE STREETS OR ROADS WHICH APS CONSTRUCTED OR
[[REPAIRED BY]] RECONSTRUCTED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY
ADMINISTRATION OR ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE, OR PRIVATE CONTRACTOR FOR
DEDICATION TO A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION SHALL CONFORM TO THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:

(I)   RAMPS OR CURB CUTS SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED
AND GRADED ONTO THE CROSSWALKS OF THE INTERSECTION; AND

(II)   THE RAMPS OR CURB CUTS SHALL BE AT LEAST
40 INCHES WIDE AND CONSTRUCTED TO ALLOW REASONABLE ACCESS
TO THE CROSSWALK FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS.

(3)    RAMPS OR CURB CUTS MAY NOT BE REQUIRED UNDER

SUBSECTION (2) IF THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
DETERMINES THAT: