This document complements the Canadian Standards Association B651 Barrier-Free Design Standard, extending it to cover outdoor recreation facilities. The document provides design guidelines for auxiliary facilities such as parking spaces and signs, and for built facilities such as heritage buildings; general requirements regarding space allowances, ground surfaces, circulation routes and gradients; and design requirements for such outdoor recreation facility components as guards and handrails, trails, stairs, bridges and boardwalks, campgrounds, picnic sites, outdoor amphitheaters, playgrounds, equestrian sites, beaches, swimming pools, fishing areas, docks, outdoor lighting, fountains, barbecue grills, privies, trash bins, and gates.

(a) Design and construction. (1) Each facility or part of a facility constructed by, on behalf of, or for the use of a public entity shall be designed and constructed in such manner that the facility or part of the facility is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, if the construction was commenced after January 26, 1992. (2) Exception for structural impracticability. (i) Full compliance with the requirements of this section is not required where a public entity can demonstrate that it is structurally impracticable to meet the requirements. Full compliance will be considered structurally impracticable only in those rare circumstances when the unique characteristics of terrain prevent the incorporation of accessibility features. (ii) If full compliance with this section would be structurally impracticable, compliance with this section is required to the extent that it is not structurally impracticable. In that case, any portion of the facility that can be made accessible shall be made accessible to the extent that it is not structurally impracticable. (iii) If providing accessibility in conformance with this section to individuals with certain disabilities (e.g., those who use wheelchairs) would be structurally impracticable, accessibility shall nonetheless be ensured to persons with other types of disabilities, (e.g., those who use crutches or who have sight, hearing, or mental impairments) in accordance with this section.