This section states that a public accommodation is not required to provide its customers, clients, or participants with personal devices, such as wheelchairs; individually prescribed devices...
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2010 ADA Definition
Place of Public Accommodation: Place of public accommodation means a facility operated by a private entity whose operations affect commerce and fall within at least one of the following categories –
(1) Place of lodging, except for an establishment located within a facility that contains not more than five rooms for rent or hire and that actually is occupied by the proprietor of the establishment as the residence of the proprietor. For purposes of this part, a facility is a "place of lodging" if it is – (i) An inn, hotel, or motel; or
(ii) A facility that – (A) Provides guest rooms for sleeping for stays that primarily are short-term in nature (generally 30 days or less) where the occupant does not have the right to return to a specific room or unit after the conclusion of his or her stay; and
(B) Provides guest rooms under conditions and with amenities similar to a hotel, motel, or inn, including the following – (1) On- or off-site management and reservations service;
(2) Rooms available on a walk-up or call-in basis;
(3) Availability of housekeeping or linen service; and
(4) Acceptance of reservations for a guest room type without guaranteeing a particular unit or room until check-in, and without a prior lease or security deposit.
(2) A restaurant, bar, or other establishment serving food or drink;
(3) A motion picture house, theater, concert hall, stadium, or other place of exhibition or entertainment;
(4) An auditorium, convention center, lecture hall, or other place of public gathering;
(5) A bakery, grocery store, clothing store, hardware store, shopping center, or other sales or rental establishment;
(6) A laundromat, dry-cleaner, bank, barber shop, beauty shop, travel service, shoe repair service, funeral parlor, gas station, office of an accountant or lawyer, pharmacy, insurance office, professional office of a health care provider, hospital, or other service establishment;
(7) A terminal, depot, or other station used for specified public transportation;
(8) A museum, library, gallery, or other place of public display or collection;
(9) A park, zoo, amusement park, or other place of recreation;
(10) A nursery, elementary, secondary, undergraduate, or postgraduate private school, or other place of education;
(11) A day care center, senior citizen center, homeless shelter, food bank, adoption agency, or other social service center establishment; and
(12) A gymnasium, health spa, bowling alley, golf course, or other place of exercise or recreation.
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Section 36.306 Personal Devices and Services (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
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Telecommunications. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Paragraph (d)(1) is retitled, "Telephones" and altered to address situations in which a public accommodation must provide an effective means to communicate by telephone for individuals with...
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Section 36.403 Alterations: Path of Travel (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
For example, the availability of public restrooms at a place of public accommodation at a roadside rest stop may be a major factor affecting customers’ decisions to patronize the public...
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Section 36.403 Alterations: Path of Travel (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
For example, the availability of public restrooms at a place of public accommodation at a roadside rest stop may be a major factor affecting customers' decisions to patronize the public...
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III-4.2200 Specialties
It is not considered discriminatory for a public accommodation with a specialty in a particular area to refer an individual with a disability to a different public accommodation if --...
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Employee Work Areas: ADA Standard Section 203.9
Section 203.9 covers scoping requirements of general exceptions for employee work areas in the most current ADA Standards.
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Proposed Section 36.309 Purchase of Furniture and Equipment (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Proposed Section 36.309 Purchase of Furniture and Equipment Section 36.309 of the proposed rule would have required that newly purchased furniture or equipment made available for use at a place...
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Furnishings and Equipment
Recommendation: Design spaces so that planned furnishings and moveable elements are accommodated without encroaching into accessible routes and clearances....
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Chapter 3: Publicizing the ADA: Advocacy and the Government Response
Publicizing the ADA: Advocacy and the Government Response Gallaudet University erupted on March 1, 1988, as an estimated 1,500 alumni, students, faculty, and community supporters...
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§ 36.303(d)(2)
(2) A public accommodation that offers a customer, client, patient, or participant the opportunity to make outgoing telephone calls using the public accommodation's equipment on more than...
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B. Defendant is Covered Under Title III Because it Owns and Operates its Watch Instantly Service; Other Control Arguments Are Not Supported or Are Inappropriate for Judgment on the Pleadings
For title III to apply, a defendant must be a “person who owns, leases (or leases to), or operates a place of public accommodation.” 42 U.S.C. § 12182....
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CONSENT DECREE
of any place of public accommodation by any private entity that owns, leases (or leases to), or operates any place of public accommodation. 42 U.S.C. § 12182(a); 28 C.F.R. § 36.201(a)....
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Compliance Dates
Compliance Dates On or after March 15, 2012 All newly constructed or altered facilities of public entities and public accommodations, including pools, must comply with the 2010 Standards...
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Wild animals, monkeys, and other nonhuman primates. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The organization acknowledged that the capuchin monkeys it trains are not necessarily suitable for use in a place of public accommodation but noted that the monkeys may need to be used in...
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11B-809.10.7.3 Reinforcement for grab bars
Reinforcement for grabs bars shall comply with the following: Where water closets are not placed adjacent to a side wall capable of accommodating a grab bar, the bathroom shall...
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11B-809.10.7.3 Reinforcement for grab bars
Reinforcement for grabs bars shall comply with the following: Where water closets are not placed adjacent to a side wall capable of accommodating a grab bar, the bathroom shall...
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24 CFR Part 8 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Federally Assisted Programs and Activities - Notice: Instructions for use of alternative accessibility standard
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 24 CFR Part 8 [Docket No. FR–5784–N–01] Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Federally Assisted Programs and...
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Hold and release of unsold accessible seating. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
For example, a public accommodation could have in place a system whereby accessible seating that was released because it was not purchased by individuals with disabilities is not in the...
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§ 36.406(f)(2)
When wheelchair seating locations are not required to accommodate people who use wheelchairs, individual, removable seats may be placed in those spaces; ...
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A. Statutory and Rulemaking History Up to the 2008 NPRM
The ADA broadly protects the rights of individuals with disabilities in employment, access to State and local government services, places of public accommodation, transportation, and other...
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§ 35.151(g)(2)
When wheelchair seating locations are not required to accommodate people who use wheelchairs, individual, readily removable seats may be placed in those spaces;...
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Programs, Services, and Activities
Programs, Services, and Activities Public entities may provide a wide range of programs, services, and activities....
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Sec.36.307(b)
(b) A public accommodation shall order accessible or special goods at the request of an individual with disabilities, if, in the normal course of its operation, it makes special orders on...