United States of America v. Hilton Worldwide Inc. - Consent Decree

(b) In determining whether any Post-1993 Owned Hotel and Post-1993 Joint Venture Hotel has complied with the ADA Standards, the Parties agree that each Post-1993 Owned Hotel and each Post-1993 Joint Venture Hotel meets its obligations under ADA Standards § 9.1.4 to disperse accessible units among the various classes of sleeping accommodations if the inventory of accessible rooms required under ADA Standards § 9.1.2 ( i.e., rooms with features for individuals with mobility disabilities and hearing impairments) includes at least one suite (if the hotel has more than one suite), one room with one bed, one room with two beds, and one room with a premium view (if the hotel offers more than one room with a premium view at a higher cost), one room on the executive level (if the hotel has an executive level), and one smoking room (if the hotel offers smoking rooms). At hotels where there are two or more premium views offered, the hotel shall not be required to provide an accessible room in a particular view category if fewer than 5% of the rooms at the hotel fall within that particular view category; however, at least one accessible premium view room must be provided in the hotel. For all Owned Hotels and Joint Venture Hotels under construction as of the Consent Decree Date where architectural plan changes affecting the size or layout of guest rooms or guest room bathrooms are made and construction pursuant to those plans has not been completed, and all Owned Hotels and Joint Venture Hotels where construction begins after the Consent Decree Date, the premium view accessible room shall be in the premium view category with the most rooms. Nothing in this subparagraph requires a hotel to have more accessible guest rooms than are required under ADA Standards § 9.1.2.