06-05-2021, 08:58 AM
(06-04-2021, 01:18 PM)robdrimmie Wrote:(06-04-2021, 12:49 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: The only question is how small you take it. Anyway, a rental townhouse development is “a commercial entity”.
I take it very small. I am of the opinion that entry to all property owned for the purposes of profit should be accessible.
(06-04-2021, 12:49 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: Does that mean the townhouses should have elevators? Or more precisely, does that mean the occupants of the townhouses should be required to pay for elevators?
My post was quite small, and I explicitly said: "No one is arguing that all individual units must be accessible, only that access to them must be."
(06-04-2021, 12:49 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: Should basement apartments be illegal if they don’t have level entry?
Not if there is an accessible way to access that entry.
What does profit have to do with it? Why is it OK to build a townhouse complex for sale as a condo with inaccessible entrances but not one to be rented out?
What about a duplex? One unit up, one unit down. Elevator?
What I mean by a basement apartment not having level entry is that the entry cannot be reached accessibly. Anyway, why is the reaching the entry so important, in itself? If the apartment itself isn’t accessible it doesn’t do anybody much good. Doesn’t make sense to allow a step immediately inside the door but not immediately outside the door.