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<section number="4-180" name="Chapter 11 - Accessibility" law="code" slug="sec-4-180" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_4BU_DIV1BUCO_SD2AMINBUCO_S4-180CH1CC">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Chapter 11 of the IBC relating to Accessibility is hereby replaced with the Maryland Accessibility Code set forth in the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) Section 05.02.02.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The following provisions shall supplement the Maryland Accessibility Code. Swimming pool access: All public swimming pools shall have an approved lift with a capacity of not less than three hundred (300) pounds for ingress to and egress from the pool or a suitable system of ramps which would readily and safely accomplish the same purpose.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Ramps serving as the main means of egress or ingress for a building shall have a width of not less than five (5) feet measured between the handrails.</text>
  </level>
</section>
