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One Month, by August 25 2003 Voting 35. Within one month of the effective date of this Agreement, the County will request in writing that the following barriers are removed at Tellico Village Recreation Center. The request will specify that the remediation be completed within one year of the effective date of this Agreement. The County will simultaneously send a courtesy copy of the request to the Department. a. The three designated accessible parking spaces have no access aisles, signs are mounted such that they can be obscured by parked vehicles, and none of the spaces is designated as "van-accessible." Provide at least one van-accessible parking space served by an access aisle at least 96 inches wide and a sign designating the space as "van-accessible" mounted below the International Symbol of Accessibility in a location that cannot be obscured by a vehicle parked in the space. Provide access aisles at least 60 inches wide for the other two parking spaces designated for persons with disabilities. Standards �� 4.1.2(5)(a), (b), 4.6.3, Fig. 9, 4.6.4, Fig. 43(b). b. The front entrance is not accessible because there is no level landing at the door nor does the door have an automatic opener. Provide a level landing or an automatic door opening device. Standards � 4.3.9, 4.13.6, Fig. 25. c. The ramp between the main reception area and the gym, where voting occurs, has many elements that do not meet the Standards. Provide a ramp so that the slope of each run does not exceed 1:12; the landings between the runs are 60 inches by 60 inches and level; and handrails on both sides of the ramp comply with the Standards. Standards �� 4.3.8, 4.5.2, 4.8, Fig.17, 4.26. 36. Within one month of the effective date of this Agreement, the County will take appropriate steps, including seeking pre-clearance from the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, if necessary, to relocate the voting site at the Memorial Building, located at B Street in Lenoir City. The voting site will relocate to the fully accessible Community Room at the new Roane State College, located � block from the Memorial Building. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Sidewalks 48. Beginning no later than one month of the effective date of this Agreement, the County will provide curb ramps or other sloped areas complying with the Standards or UFAS at any intersection having curbs or other barriers to entry from a street-level pedestrian walkway, whenever a new street, road, or highway is constructed or altered.
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