HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020.11.10 Walter ADACity of San Luis Obispo, City Administration, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401-3249, 805.781.7114, slocity.org
November 10, 2020
Re: October 21, 2020 ADA Complaint to the City of San Luis Obispo regarding City parking lot 699
Monterey Street.
Mr. Walter,
This correspondence is in response to your ADA complaint dated October 21, 2020 concerning a parking
lot located at 699 Monterey Street. Your three items identified in your complaint were:
1. Issues with the parking lot's curb, gutter, and sidewalk along Monterey and Broad Streets
including the driveway approach on Monterey Street
2. No off-street ADA compliant parking spaces provided
3. Shoddy construction of existing frontage improvements
The City takes these matters seriously and has conducted a thorough review.
1. Issues with the parking lot at 699 Monterey Street’s curb, gutter, and sidewalk along
Monterey and Broad Streets including the driveway approach on Monterey Street
Based on site review of this parking lot's curb, gutter, and sidewalks along Monterey Street and Broad
Street the following ADA deficiencies were identified:
1. The cross slope of the driveway approach is in excess of allowed maximum.
2. The curb ramp at the intersection of Monterey and Broad Street does not meet current
requirements including the use of truncated domes and a concrete lip that is in excess of
allowed maximum vertical deviation.
3. There are several utility vaults in the sidewalk along Monterey Street with vertical
deviations.
To address this need the City will replace the existing driveway apron with an ADA compliant driveway
apron, add truncated domes to the curb ramp on Monterey/Broad Street and grind the lip of the ramp
and put utilities on notice to address vertical deviations.
2. No off-street ADA compliant parking spaces provided
The off-street parking lot at 699 Monterey Street does not have any marked ADA parking spaces. This is
for two reasons. The first, is the off-street parking lot was constructed prior to the enactment of ADA in
1990. The second is that the existing parking lot slope is in excess of allowable slopes for ADA parking
facilities which the City will look at addressing if the parking lot is altered or reconstructed. To provide
ADA compliant accessible parking in the vicinity at this time, the City will mark an adjacent on-street
parking space or spaces as ADA compliant accessible parking.
3. Shoddy construction of existing frontage improvements
Shoddy construction is not a term that is defined by ADA. The existing improvements located on
Monterey Street and Broad that serve 699 Monterey Street met the standards for installation at the
time they were installed. However, as noted in response to item 1 above, the City will replace the
existing driveway apron with an ADA compliant driveway apron and add truncated domes to the curb
ramp on Monterey/Broad Street to bring the frontage improvements to the parking lot up to current
ADA standards.
This concludes the City’s evaluation of your complaint. Thank you for providing us the opportunity to
evaluate this location to ensure safe and accessible access for all.
Sincerely,
Shelly Stanwyck
Assistant City Manager
City of San Luis Obispo