Due to inquiries from the State Department of General Services and the State Attorney General's Office, that previous legal opinion has been withdrawn pending further review. There are several differences between state and federal standards, which will be discussed below.
Designers are to prepare all necessary curb ramp details as part of the project plans.
Most aspects from the existing standard plan details and notes can be used if modified in accordance with the information below. The following are the primary points of difference between the State and federal standards with guidance on how they should be used to modify the existing standard plans. Also provided is guidance on additional issues that are not in conflict between the new state and federal standards, but which have been revised since the issuance of NSP's A88 and A89. As this exceeds the federal minimum, there is no conflict. Since the federal standard is the most restrictive and the state standard is listed as a maximum slope, the flatter 10 percent should be followed.