Without guessing at the motives of the city, I will say that the ADA is a tremendously important, if usually ignored piece of legislation. For any organization or business that wants to prioritize inclusion, I would say embrace the ADA. The ADA is all about removing barriers to access. I will say ramping a shipping container is bound to be difficult if it is more than a foot off the ground, as the ADA specifies 1 foot in length per foot of elevation for ramps. In my experience too many municipalities turn a blind eye to ADA compliance, so I say embrace the process, and see if the city can help you make your resource more accessible to all.
Matt Brittenham-Jones Montpelier, VT
On Sep 28, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Mark Friis iebafriis@gmail.com wrote:
We are about to open our 4th Co op and having a difficulty with the City of Riverside, Ca. We are dropping a container for storage of our tools and materials along with a place to store donations. It is being placed next to a community garden along a multi use path, the Santa Ana River Trail. We will conduct all business outside and share the container with the garden, storage of garden tools. Now the city wants the container to be ADA compliant which we don't have a real issue with but for some reason this is throwing in delay after delay. They want an architect to design plans for the whole area to be compliant along with garden. Has anyone run into such a problem or do I take this as a passive way of saying we don't want a Co op even though WE asked you for one.
Mark Friis Inland Empire Biking Alliance PO Box 9266 Redlands, CA 92375 909-800-4322 iebafriis@gmail.com mailto:iebafriis@gmail.com www.iebike.org http://www.iebike.org/
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