(65 ILCS 5/11-80-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-11)
Sec. 11-80-11.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide
for and regulate cross-walks, curbs, and gutters. However, after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1973, all new curbs which are provided
for by any municipality, and all existing curbs which are a part of any
reconstruction, within any block which is contiguous to any highway and in
which more than 50% of the territory is devoted to or zoned for business,
commercial or industrial use shall comply with this Section. In order to
enable persons using wheelchairs to travel freely and without assistance,
at each cross-walk a ramp with non-slip surface shall be built into the
curb so that the sidewalk and street blend to a common level. Such ramp
shall conform to the standards adopted by the Capital Development Board
in accordance with the Environmental Barriers Act. Where because of surrounding
buildings or other restrictions it is impossible to conform the slope with
this requirement, the ramp shall contain a slope with as shallow a rise as
possible under the circumstances. In all ramps there shall be a gradual
rounding at the bottom of the slope.
(Source: P.A. 86-447.)
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