Proudly Accessible Dubuque_Certification of City BuildingsProudly Accessible Dubuque
is please to present
City of Dubuque, City Hall
with the designation of acheivement in becoming a
Proudly Accessible Dubuque business
given this day
2009
Proudly Accessible Dubuque applauds your business in
achieving the status of a Proudly Accessible Dubuque
business. Making your business accessible to those with
physical difficulties is the first step to making
Dubuque America's most accessible city.
We thank you and hope that you will soon reap the
rewards and opportunities that now exist to you with your
Proudly Accessible Dubuque designation
Because when it comes to good business, access is everything
Katrina Willberding Executive Director
Proudly Accessible dubuque
www.proudlyaccessibledubuque.com
Proudly Accessible Dubuque
is please to present
City of Dubuque, City Hall Annex
with the designation of acheivement in becoming a
Proudly Accessible Dubuque business
given this day
2009
Proudly Accessible Dubuque applauds your business in
achieving the status of a Proudly Accessible Dubuque
business. Making your business accessible to those with
physical difficulties is the first step to making
Dubuque America's most accessible city.
We thank you and hope that you will soon reap the
rewards and opportunities that now exist to you with your
Proudly Accessible Dubuque designation
Because when it comes to good business, access is everything
Katrina Willberding Executive Director
Proudly Accessible dubuque
www.proudlyaccessibledubuque.com
Proudly Accessible Dubuque
is please to present
City of Dubuque Historic Federal Building
with the designation of acheivement in becoming a
Proudly Accessible Dubuque business
given this day
2009
Proudly Accessible Dubuque applauds your business in
achieving the status of a Proudly Accessible Dubuque
business. Making your business accessible to those with
physical difficulties is the first step to making
Dubuque America's most accessible city.
We thank you and hope that you will soon reap the
rewards and opportunities that now exist to you with your
Proudly Accessible Dubuque designation
Because when it comes to good business, access is everything
Katrina Willberding Executive Director
Proudly Accessible dubuque
www.proudlyaccessibledubuque.com
Proudly Accessible Dubuque
and assists' it ; with r.i, goal of irrrprs~v ng a;wrc°ssibility fc~r ail
customers.
PARTiVE~S
City of C?ubuque, Cltabuque Area chamber of Conrmerce, iv4air~ Street
Ltd., Community roundation c>f Greater C7ubuque, Premier Rannlc
1NESITE
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25 questions in 4 Categories: i'arl<ing, Entrance, Ins'sde, Restrooms
(Special i~iote!/I_adging Section)
TAX Al/Af~°fAES
Small4ausinesses: E~achyear,50%c,fexpensesspeiatforaccessibility
improvements (aver $750 and up to $10,750) are eligible as a "i"iX
CREDIT-.
Any excess expenditure is tax deductible, up i:o $15,OOt). Available every
year. Unused credit can be carried forward.
PA® C®MMU~ITY ~A P~RAi~i
Up to $10,000, 6%, 5 year Ic>ans far compliance projects. Sponsored by
Premier Bank.
PA®AN~' PGAS
coming soon
PA® EPJEF91'S F 9JSINESSES ICLUE
increased c~rstamer base =_ $$$
Improved customer relations =~ >$$
PAD window cling far display
Included in PAp Media 13lita_
Show-cased on the Chamber and F'AL~ ~Alebsites
ADA MYTi-l: Some k~uilciings are grar~rdfathcred-in.
I~AC-i:ALL existing -facilities rrrust be assessed for any "r'eadiiy achievable"
improvements towards."barrier removal': C7v,~ner 2sr~d fea~ant both
responsible.
ENFCE~iT
City of Dubuque Fiumart Rights and Building Services [~epartmerlts
Mr,rnicipal lrsfraction: Fine or`!_r}j ?o $750/day
DUTY ESIGS
hlon-Institutionalized po}~ulation with a disability:
° f~IdS - 7%
° Warl<ing age - 14%
® C3ver 65 - 33%
US CENSUS
° More ti~arr7 out of every 10 Americans will acgraire some sort of
disability by the time they reach tyre age of 75.
° ~9% affamilies have a member with a disability
TAIL oF!Ug7Y SCl°~1N AMERICA S~1VEV
a 4 out of 10 members of the traveling public_ are made up of Americans
with disabilities and their companions.
UES°PINS
I{atrinaWilberding ° Executive Director
563-5£30-7357
www:ProudlyAcccssibleDubuc{ue.com
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~~®~Y A~~ESSi~E ®~~~E S~Ea
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° Acid van-accessible parking sign(s).
Reconfigure an appropriate number of spaces by repainting stripes.
° Add a ramp if the route of travel is interrupted by stairs. Alternative
route an level ground.
° Fiarrg or move landscaping,furnishings, orother features that narrow
the route of travel.
A Repair urreverr paving. C=ili small bumps ar~d breaks with beveled
patches.
° Replace. gravel with irar•d tap.
° Move or remove protruding objects.
°Place aeons-detectable object on the ground underneath as a
warning barrier.
Lengthen ramp to decrease slope. Relocate ramp.lf limited space,
reconfigure ramp to include switchbacks.
° Add railings. Adjust height of railing if riot between 34 3B inches.
° Secarre handrails to fixtures or relocate the railings.
<UViden the ramp.
EiVTA~~ES
° Widen the door to 32 inches clear.
° Install offset (swing-clear) hinges.
° Adjust the door closers and oil the hinges.
® Remove or relocate furnishings, partitions, or other obstructions.
° Move door.
° Add power-assisted or automatic door opener.
Install signs before inaccessible entrances so that people do not have
to retrace the approach.
° Replaee or remove rugs or carpeting. Secr.rre rugs on all sides.
° Lower handles. Replace inaccessible knobs nr latches with lever or
loop handles or retro-fit door)mobs with add-on levers.
° If there is a threshold greater than 3/a inches high, remove it or modify
it to be a ramp. If between r/a and 3/a inches high, add bevels to both
sides.
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° Rearrange chairs or tables to provide 36 inch aisles.
° ie.awer part or all of high s~.rrface.
° Provide auxiliary table or counter.
® Replaee or raise tables,
° Provide a lower auxiliary counter or folding shelf.
° Lower section of counter ,
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® Reconfigure restraom or comiaine restrooms to create one rar~isex
accessible restroom.
° Install off-set (swing-clear) hinges.
° Widen the doorway.
m Lower handles.
Adjust or replace closers.
s Install lighter doors.
° Rearrangefurnishings such aschairs and trash cans.
° Remove inner door if there is a vestibule with two doors.
° Move or remove obstructing partitions.
° Add lever extensions to doorknobs .
° Replace inaccessible knobs with lever or loop handles.
° Move or remove partitions.
° Reverse the door swing if it is safe to do so.
a Add grab bars.
° add raised seat.
° Move or remove partitions.
° Lower dispensers ar provide additional accessible dispensers.
° Lower or tilt the mirror down. Add a larger mirror anywhere in the
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