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Findings and Recommendations
5 findings
was not conducted by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator, County Safety Department, Facilities Management, or the City of Riverside Building and Safety Division, to insure the building met current safety regulations and lease agreement requirements.
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and enforce annual inspection schedules on all owned or leased properties, as required by paragraph IV-A, County of Riverside Standard Safety Operations Manual, revised 3/1/97. Facilities County Safety Department, ADA Coordinator,
A Grand Jury field inspection conducted on November 27, 2001, revealed the handicapped parking area, located at the east end of the building, was placed on a dangerously steep slope. This made moving on the surface difficult for handicapped persons in wheelchairs and walkers to navigate their way up or down the parking ramp. ADA regulations require a gradient of not more than 2 percent in any direction. (Ref: paragraph 4D, Surface Parking Space Design, , dated c2000PCC) The grade at that time revealed a steep slope that was in excess of 20 percent. (Figure 1 and 2)
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Management, and all appropriate city and county agencies inspect all county owned and leased buildings and grounds to insure they meet current ADA, fire, health and safety regulations before a certificate of occupancy is issued and the facility is occupied. Continue to make appropriate repairs to all facilities bringing
A 36-inch walkway between the front of parked vehicles and an adjacent building's walls was not available at the Mental Health Facility. (Figure 3 and 4) This violation forced patrons to walk behind several parked vehicles in order to gain access to the building. (Ref: paragraph 3, , Code 1129B.4.3, Arrangement of Parking Spaces of The California Disabled Accessibility Guidebook states, "Accessible parking spaces are located such that they do not compel users to travel behind parked cars other than their own.")
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them up to current codes and safety regulations. 4.1
The asphalt surface of the parking area was irregular with deep grooves created by vehicles scraping the asphalt when parking on the steep incline. (Figure 1) These grooves were a hazard, especially, for handicapped people using walkers or wheelchairs.
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Numerous internal memos since April 1997, concerning these same safety issues were sent to managers and Correspondence from the County Safety supervisors. Office was sent to the Department of Mental Health on June 28, 1999 concerning these same issues. Ō. Safety records reveal that annual building inspections are not being performed as required by Riverside County Standard Safety Operations Manual. The parking lot has been reconfigured to correct known
No recommendations for this finding
No Responses Found
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Government entities assigned to respond to this report. No response documents have been linked in our database.
