Accessibility features

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Village On The Cannon is designed to comply with and support the Minnesota Accessibility Code and includes the following features:

• Accessible route of travel from the sidewalk to the building.
• Disabled access parking stalls on the surface parking lot adjacent to the main entrance. One of these stalls is sized for a full-size van.
• Two disables-access parking stalls in the parking garage for residents.
• Two fully-accessible units with features that allow the residents of these units to navigate their home in a wheelchair by in providing adequate clearance at each side of door, and 5 ft turning radius clearance in kitchen and one bathroom per unit. Units also have lower counters and pull-under space for wheelchair access to sinks and counter surfaces. Grab bars are provided in these units.
• Visual and audible alarm systems to address the needs of the hearing or sight impaired.
• Common area and features designed for wheelchair access
• Elevators conveniently provided at each end of the parking, connecting the parking level with all levels of housing.
• All units that are not initially fully accessible are designed to be adapted to provide an enhanced degree of facility for people with disabilities.

In addition, the following features are among the additional (non-code-required) elements we have included into the design of Village on the Cannon:

• Covered entry to facilitate drop-off and pick-up in all weather conditions. Height to fit wheelchair vans.
• Heating elements under the asphalt to melt snow and ice adjacent to the covered entry.
• Power-assisted entry doors in the lobby.
• Adjacent Assisted Living facility for potential access to nursing care.
• Fully lit walkways and parking lots
• Gurney clearance size elevator
• Wide corridors, made even wider at unit entries.
• 3-foot wide doors throughout all units.
• Private decks designed with low thresholds to enhance access.
• Raised outlets and lowered switches and thermostats
• Low windowsills for views to be enjoyed from bed and couch.
• Accessible hardware on doors and cabinets
• Dishwashers are raised to ease loading and unloading without bending down
• Large pot drawers are provided in the kitchens to increase utility and aid in access to the lower cabinets.
• Upper cabinets mounted at a lowered height to facilitate reach into cabinets
• Stoves with control knobs on the front for easy reach
• Out swinging bathroom doors where possible for safety and access
• All unit bathrooms are designed with blocking in the walls to facilitate the future addition of grab bars
• 5 ft wide shower stalls & toilets with 17" high seats
• Single lever faucets

Where possible, we have taken into consideration the needs of people of any age, to have their housing adapted to them rather than the individual compromised by their housing.

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