<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause xmlns:xt="urn:xpressauthor:trackchanges" id="_e5b67487-3f1b-446a-bdb7-a5bfa3c6ca04" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 2"/><facet building="Class 3"/><facet building="Class 3"/><facet building="Class 5"/><facet building="Class 6"/><facet building="Class 7a"/><facet building="Class 7b"/><facet building="Class 8"/><facet building="Class 9a"/><facet building="Class 9b"/><facet building="Class 9c"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>11.2.3</sptc><title id="_922117b9-a05e-4c90-b14a-66d706de5e14">Ramps</title><archive-num>2019: 3.9.1.3</archive-num><subclause id="_d2e77b02-6030-4513-91b6-033b5768c1e3" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_418b753f-c380-4db9-a785-358fad61b12b">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>An external ramp serving an external doorway or a ramp within a building must—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_08e4ff68-9a85-4d94-905a-b10b51d4cdc2">be designed to take loading forces in accordance with AS/NZS 1170.1; and</li><li id="_fc2a8ae0-47fe-4284-9ff2-7f356a70f056">have a gradient not steeper than 1:8; and</li><li id="_f57e390d-4ab2-47d1-8d94-cd8b9f4730e6"><xt:insText xt:action="start" xt:author="Jerome Samuel" xt:dateTime="2024-02-27T10:49:00" xt:id="fbd687eb-6b91-43ac-aab2-024fc64a8883"/>except for <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/9505_0.3.0.xml#_547635d1-99ea-4643-beef-7ba3f33a9587" id="_d27bdfc9-74c2-4fe5-99ee-77d9f4ed5d1f" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">threshold ramps</xref>, <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/9491_0.2.0.xml#_adf2f18c-adab-4ae0-a9ab-43fe4e94f2fa" id="_d8b81273-cac0-4f72-b7f2-f7572f61d745" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">step ramps</xref> and <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/9470_0.2.0.xml#_ec78b11f-071d-4862-b700-dc50cf921b45" id="_2beac443-28b0-4d61-a248-6d9324dd827e" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">kerb ramps</xref>, <xt:insText xt:action="end" xt:id="fbd687eb-6b91-43ac-aab2-024fc64a8883"/>be provided with <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1357_2.1.0.xml#_68f79d99-aa42-455d-86ad-cae355bfc435" id="_9e9398d7-833b-4b0f-844b-b90412439adb" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">landings</xref> complying with <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/2678_1.2.0.xml#_94c6199d-3f33-49b2-b829-5e7fca84e2b4" id="_27f98554-351b-47f5-8f58-5e910ccc5234" scope="local" type="clause">11.2.5</xref> at the top and bottom of the ramp and at intervals not greater than 15 m.</li></ol></subclause><callout id="_ff615495-8564-4dbf-b633-f044a565884f"><callout-type ncc-info-type="notes"/><title id="_43240590-829f-4312-bfde-7fe673a405be">Livable housing design</title><p>Where an external ramp is provided for the purposes of compliance with the ABCB Standard for Livable Housing Design, the requirements of that Standard apply.</p></callout><callout id="_1b115e1a-1311-4ce7-bfa3-c2e5b246acd6"><callout-type ncc-info-type="info"/><p>In relation to external ramps, 11.2.3 applies to a ramp serving an external door. For the purpose of 11.2.3 a driveway is not considered to be a ramp.</p></callout></clause>