On a recent walk past the newly-constructed building at 2836 Frankfort Ave., I saw this building permit in the window of what is going to become an upscale wine shop.
I stopped to read the thing.
The photo above shows the permit. The "Work Description" reads
Interior reno for "Taste Fine Wine & Spirits" Lodge 820 Live Work Design. All constr shall comply w/2007 KY Bldg Code.
It goes on to discuss various requirements:
1st Time Tenant Existing Sprinklers & 2 HR fire separation walls shall be maintained" and "New restrm off private office shall have HC floor space provided."
Well, well, well," I thought, "here it is right in the permit, where they are requiring new buildings to have an accessible restroom."
Or . . . not.
The sentence continues, "but HC fixtures" -- that's "handicap fixtures," in their lingo, aka accessible fixtures -- "are not required at this time."
Here's a photo that shows a closeup of this wording.
Oh well. So close, but no cigar. Or, in this case, no real access.
One wonders why the heck IPL is requiring a "HP restrm" but without "HP fixtures." It's how they interpret the KY Building Code, no doubt. It's a crabbed and venal interpretation, and from all I've heard in the past, they are remarkably unwilling to change their approach.
