Mississippi Code
Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property
§ 21-37-6. Installation of ramps at municipal crosswalks

Every municipality shall install ramps at crosswalks, in both business and residential areas, when making new installations of sidewalks, curbs or gutters, or improving or replacing existing sidewalks, curbs or gutters, so as to make the transition from street to sidewalk easily negotiable for physically handicapped persons in wheelchairs and for other persons who may have difficulty in making the required step up or down from curb level to street level.
The term "ramps" as used herein means a sloping asphalt or concrete surface, from the level of the sidewalk or curb to the level of the street at curbside, extending outward and downward from the curb to the street for such a distance, at such an angle, and at such a width as will facilitate the movement up and down such ramps of persons in wheelchairs or persons who have difficulty in stepping up or down between curb level and street level.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 21 - Municipalities

Chapter 37 - Streets, Parks and Other Public Property

§ 21-37-1. Municipal buildings

§ 21-37-4. Governing authorities of municipalities to maintain roads, driveways, parking lots and grounds of public schools located within municipal corporate boundaries

§ 21-37-5. Sidewalks

§ 21-37-6. Installation of ramps at municipal crosswalks

§ 21-37-7. Closing streets

§ 21-37-9. Railroad crossings

§ 21-37-11. Lights and lamp posts

§ 21-37-13. Municipal piers, pavilions, and bath houses

§ 21-37-15. Harbors, wharves, and docks

§ 21-37-17. Curb markets

§ 21-37-19. Public library

§ 21-37-20. Contributions to public library outside corporate limits by municipality without public library

§ 21-37-21. Public cemeteries; cemetery board of trustees authorized in certain municipalities

§ 21-37-23. Parking facilities for motor vehicles; establishment and operation authorized

§ 21-37-27. Parking facilities for motor vehicles; funding

§ 21-37-29. Parking meters

§ 21-37-31. Advertising signs on parking meters

§ 21-37-32. Municipalities authorized to delegate authority for enforcement of parking regulations

§ 21-37-33. Park commission; election and removal of park commissioners; advisory park and recreation commission

§ 21-37-35. Park commission; funding

§ 21-37-37. Park commissioner; powers and duties of commissioners

§ 21-37-39. Park commission; disposition of revenues

§ 21-37-41. Park commission; construction of certain laws

§ 21-37-43. Tax levy for parks and playgrounds

§ 21-37-45. Insuring of municipal property

§ 21-37-47. Exercise of eminent domain by municipalities

§ 21-37-49. Purchase of lands sold to state

§ 21-37-51. Surveys and maps

§ 21-37-53. Disposal of certain property not purchased with public funds by certain municipalities

§ 21-37-57. Pascagoula Public Beach renamed "Buffett Beach."