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20.75.040 Scope and application A. Unit Coverage.All owner occupied and rental residential dwellings units that are part of a residential development of ten(10)or more residential dwelling units for which an application for a new construction building permit is submitted to the Building and Safety Division after the effective date of this chapter shall be visitable residential dwellings. B. Unit Types.New construction of all single-family,duplex,and triplex residential dwellings, except for custom-built homes for which an application for a building permit is submitted to the Building and Safety Division after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall be subject to this chapter. C. Conditions of Approval. Any tentative map, conditional use permit, site development review or building permit master plan check subject to this chapter shall contain conditions sufficient to ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter. 20.75.050 Exemptions. A. When the applicant adequately demonstrates and the Chief Building Official determines that compliance with any portion of any regulation under this chapter would create an undue hardship, or that equivalent facilitation is not available,an exception to that portion of the regulation may be granted. B. When the applicant adequately demonstrates and the Chief Building Official determines that compliance with any portion of any regulation under this chapter would create an undue hardship due to topographical conditions of the site and/or due to the size of the site and/or other site constraints and/or legal constraints and that no equivalent facilitation is available,an exemption to that portion of the regulation may be granted. C. When the applicant adequately demonstrates and the Chief Building Official determines that a residential dwelling unit is being reconstructed as a result of a disaster,an exemption to all or any portion of this chapter may be granted. D. This chapter shall not be applicable to any residential structure constructed if the primary entry of that structure is above grade because the primary entry is located over a lower level of the dwelling below or subterranean parking. 20.75.060 Standards—primary entrance. A. New construction—mandatory to install. The following items for the accessible entrance on the primary entry level shall be installed. 1. Where at least one doorbell is provided for the accessible entry door, one that is forty-eight (48)inches from the finished floor measured from the top of the doorbell button assembly, must be installed. (CRC R327). 2. The accessible primary entrance that is consistent with the requirements of CBC Chapter 11A. Universal Design City Council, September 20, 2022 Exhibit A to Ordinance, PMC Amendments, Page 3