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2010 ADA Definition
Qualified Historic Building: A building or facility that is listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, or designated as historic under an appropriate State or local law.
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How the ADA Standards are Enforced
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11B-217.4 TTYs
Separate requirements are provided based on the number of public pay telephones provided at a bank of telephones, within a floor, a building, or on a site....
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11B-217.4 TTYs
Separate requirements are provided based on the number of public pay telephones provided at a bank of telephones, within a floor, a building, or on a site....
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Documenting Exceptions
specified in Condition 4 prescribe certain activities or require certain analyses or procedures to be followed when planning to construct or alter facilities that may affect the cultural, historic...
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7.1 Characterizing Facilities
The first and most frequent one are the small sites, such as houses of worship, tour sites, funeral parlors, small museums, historic houses, and various kinds of social service agencies....
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Getting In
Building entries must be flush with the grade of the outside access route and have a beveled doorsill that is not more than one-half inch high....
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4.1.5(4) ELEMENTS, SPACES, AND COMMON AREAS
If elements, spaces, or common areas are located in the existing building and they are not provided in the addition, then consideration should be given to making those elements, spaces,...
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A. DEFINITIONS AND BACKGROUND
BIDMC is the product of the 1996 merger of two and separate historic hospitals....
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11B-101.1 General
This chapter contains scoping and technical requirements for accessibility to sites, facilities, buildings, and elements by individuals with disabilities....
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11B-101.1 General
This chapter contains scoping and technical requirements for accessibility to sites, facilities, buildings, and elements by individuals with disabilities....
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11B-101.1 General
This chapter contains scoping and technical requirements for accessibility to sites, facilities, buildings, and elements by individuals with disabilities....
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ACCESSIBLE ROUTE
[DSA-AC & HCD 1-AC] A continuous unobstructed path connecting accessible elements and spaces of an accessible site, building or facility that can be negotiated by a person with a disability...
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1.2.3 Alternative materials, design and methods of construction and equipment
An alternative material, design or method of construction shall be approved where the building official finds that the proposed design is satisfactory and complies with the intent of the...
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11B-216.4.1 Exit doors
An exit passageway is a horizontal exit component that is separated from the interior spaces of the building by fire-resistance-rated construction and that leads to the exit discharge or...
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11B-411.2.1.1 Location
On floors with a building entry, including parking and transfer levels, each hoistway entrance shall be adjacent to a hall call console....
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1.1.8.2 Locally adopted energy standards - California Energy Code, Part 6.
addition to the provisions of Section 1.1.8.1 of this part, the provisions of this section shall apply to a city, county, and cities and counties adopting local energy standards applicable to buildings...
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11B-411.2.1.1 Location
On floors with a building entry, including parking and transfer levels, each hoistway entrance shall be adjacent to a hall call console....
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11B-216.4.1 Exit doors
An exit passageway is a horizontal exit component that is separated from the interior spaces of the building by fire-resistance-rated construction and that leads to the exit discharge or...
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11B-705.1.2.5 Blended transitions
ETA Editor's Note: From DSA's "Summary of New and Amended 2025 California Building Code (CBC) Regulations for Accessibility in the Triennial Code Cycle: "Requirements for detectable warning...
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ACCESSIBLE ROUTE
[DSA-AC & HCD 1-AC] A continuous unobstructed path connecting accessible elements and spaces of an accessible site, building or facility that can be negotiated by a person with a disability...
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1.2.3 Alternative materials, design and methods of construction and equipment
An alternative material, design or method of construction shall be approved where the building official finds that the proposed design is satisfactory and complies with the intent of the...
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13. Notice
Section 104 which prohibited the use of materials that might give the impression that a recipient excludes qualified handicapped persons from its program, has been deleted....
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Ground Floor
A building or facility always has at least one ground floor and may have more than one ground floor as where a split level entrance has been provided or where a building is built into a...
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ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF EGRESS
A continuous and unobstructed way of egress travel from any accessible point in a building or facility to a public way. [2010 ADA Standards 106.5] Accessible Means of Egress....