The ADA also requires newly designed and constructed or altered State and local government facilities, public accommodations, and commercial facilities to be readily accessible to and usable...
Search Results "Alteration"
2010 ADA Definition
Alteration: A change to a building or facility that affects or could affect the usability of the building or facility or portion thereof. Alterations include, but are not limited to, remodeling, renovation, rehabilitation, reconstruction, historic restoration, resurfacing of circulation paths or vehicular ways, changes or rearrangement of the structural parts or elements, and changes or rearrangement in the plan configuration of walls and full-height partitions. Normal maintenance, reroofing, painting or wallpapering, or changes to mechanical and electrical systems are not alterations unless they affect the usability of the building or facility.
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A. Statutory and rulemaking history
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28 CFR Parts 35 and 36, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description (NPRM)
all showings whenever movies are produced, distributed, or otherwise made available with captioning and audio description unless to do so would result in an undue burden or fundamental alteration...
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Section 36.304 Removal of Barriers (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The reason that the Department's proposal to adopt the 2004 ADAAG is relevant to barrier removal is that the Department approaches barrier removal by reference to the alterations standard...
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Relationship to Other Laws
Nothing in this proposed rule will alter this relationship....
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Picnic Units
When an existing picnic area is altered or reconstructed and a condition for an exception prohibits full compliance with a specific technical requirement on part of an outdoor recreation...
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ADAAG
ADAAG contains requirements for new construction and alterations of buildings and facilities....
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Common Use Circulation Paths in Employee Work Areas
The 1991 Standards at section 4.1.1(3), and the 2010 Standards at section 203.9, require employee work areas in new construction and alterations only to be designed and constructed so that...
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Communicating with People Who Have Disabilities
They must honor that choice, unless they can demonstrate that another equally effective means of communication is available or that the aid or service requested would fundamentally alter...
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Slopes and Resting Intervals for Outdoor Recreation Access Routes
Grade requirements for an outdoor recreation access route may be more difficult to meet when altering an existing site than during new construction....
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3. Statutory and Regulatory Background
The Architectural Barriers Act requires facilities constructed or altered by or on behalf of federal agencies to be readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities.3 See...
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III-7.3110 Work areas
These common use areas are not considered work areas, and they must be constructed or altered in full compliance with ADAAG....
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11B-203.9 Employee workstations
Under the ADA, employees with disabilities are entitled to reasonable accommodations in the workplace; accommodations can include alterations to spaces within the facility....
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11B-203.9 Employee workstations
Under the ADA, employees with disabilities are entitled to reasonable accommodations in the workplace; accommodations can include alterations to spaces within the facility....
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Re: Single User Restroom Accessibility
If they preferred to modify only one of the toilet rooms, they have a code-defensible alternative in (b), signing both as unisex and altering one to be fully accessible (and providing an...
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Texas Board of Architectural Examiners (TBAE)
This legislative effort altered the composition of the Board to four architects, one landscape architect, one interior designer, and three public members....
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Readily Achievable (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Several also said the removal of a barrier should not result in a fundamental alteration of the product....
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Section 36.309 Examinations and Courses (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
The most frequent comments were objections to the fundamental alteration and undue burden provisions in §§ 36.309 (b)(3) and (c)(3) and to allowing courses and examinations to be provided...
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Section 36.309 Examinations and Courses (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
The most frequent comments were objections to the fundamental alteration and undue burden provisions in Sec..36.309 (b)(3) and (c)(3) and to allowing courses and examinations to be provided...
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Section 36.201(b) (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Some asserted that paragraph (b)(2) of the proposed rule only addressed the situation when a lease gave the tenant the right to make alterations with permission of the landlord, but failed...
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The Reasonable Modification NPRM
The language was based on DOJ's requirements and, like the DOJ regulation, would not require a modification if doing so would fundamentally alter the nature of the entity's service....
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Section 36.201(b) (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
Some asserted that paragraph (b)(2) of the proposed rule only addressed the situation when a lease gave the tenant the right to make alterations with permission of the landlord, but failed...
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Element-by-element safe harbor for public accommodations. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Title III's architectural barrier provisions place the most significant requirements of accessibility on new construction and alterations....
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11B-233.2 Reserved
In addition, Section 233.2 defers to HUD the specification of criteria by which the technical requirements of this document will apply to alterations of existing facilities subject to HUD's...
