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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Safety Architectural Access Board One Ashburton Place, Room 1310 Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1618 Phone 617-727-0660 /  1-800-828-7222 TTY 617-727-0019 Fax 617-727-0665

Docket Number: ________________ Thomas G. Gatzunis, P.E. Commissioner Thomas P. Hopkins Director www.mass.gov/aab

SIDEWALK COMPLAINT FORM

Section 22, 521 CMR

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS FORM IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD AND WILL BE DISCLOSED UPON REQUEST.

1.   List the name of street/intersection believed to be in violation of the Rules and Regulations. Please give EXACT street locations. (Use separate forms for each street/intersection)

      Address: _______ sidewalk on the park side of Park Drive, just south of Agassiiz Road at Park drive.  Patched area is adjacent to walkway that leads to the War Memorial.  ______________

      City/Town: _____________Boston, Mass.

2.   In order for the Board to take action on the complaint, the following work must have been completed or in the process of being performed. Please check where appropriate:

_x___ Sidewalks are currently under construction, repair, or reconstruction.  ( See Note at Bottom)

__x__ Sidewalks have been repaired, reconstructed, or constructed on:

            ____ between June 10, 1975 - August 31, 1996. Approximate date: ______________

            __x___ after September 1, 1996.

3. Please check the following items which you believe are in violation and identify the location of the violation by the closest street address or telephone pole number: ( "x"s explained below)

      _x___ Width of walkway(s) is less than 48 inches, excluding curb stones. (Section 22.2)

                  ________________________________________________________________________

      __x__ Unobstructed path of travel is less than 36 inches clear, excluding curbstones. (Section 22.2)

                                    ________________________________________________________________________

      ____   Walkway has a slope of greater than 1:20 (5%). (Section 22.3)

                                    ________________________________________________________________________

      ____   Cross slope of walkway exceeds 1:50 (2%). (Section 22.3.1)

                                    ________________________________________________________________________

      _x___ Walkway has changes in level greater than ¼ inch. (Section 22.4)

                                    ________________________________________________________________________

      _x___ Sidewalk has pooling of water, accumulation of ice, or flow of water across walkway. (Section 22.6)

                                    ________________________________________________________________________

      ____   Grating located in walkway surface has spaces greater than ½ inch wide in the direction of the flow of travel. (Section 22.7)

                                    ________________________________________________________________________

      ____   Walkway crosses or joins a street, public way, driveway, or parking lot and does not blend to a common level with a slope no greater than 1:20 (5%) or a curb cut is not provided. (Section 22.8.1)

                                    ________________________________________________________________________

      ____   Other (please specify):______________________________________________________

4. What was the most recent date you observed the violation?: __________ August 20, 2006 _____________________

5.   Name and address of person/organization filing this complaint (Required): ____NAG,  c/o John Kelly,  66 The Fenway #22, Boston, Mass. 02115______________

      TEL: ______617-536-5140__________________

      (If organization is filing, please provide the Board with the name of a contact person)

6.   SIGNATURE: (form must be signed by an individual) __by email________

Date: _____August 21, 2006____________

Notes:

2.  Since some patches in the neighborhood have been left for more than 20 years, it is uncertain whether the sidewalk is "currently under construction" or has been completed. The orange construction cone left in the patch a month ago suggested ongoing work, but the cone is long gone, and the patch untouched. 

If under construction, this sidewalk would be a violation of 521 CMR 3.10, since there is no temporary passageway around the site.

If not under construction, this "sidewalk" occasions numerous violations of 521 CMR 22.

22.2 Walkway about 14 inches wide.

22.4 Dangerous changes of level.  The cone sat in a deep pit.

22.6 Deep pits pool water.