In fact, this sort of thinking undermines the essential purpose of these laws that persons with disabilities have the opportunity to participate in all facets of public life and employment...
Search Results "Place of Public Accommodation"
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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16. I will never hire a disabled person, so I don’t have to comply with any accessibility requirements.
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Overview
This publication is designed to help title II and title III entities understand how new requirements for swimming pools, especially existing pools, apply to them....
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Telecommunications. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
accommodations must not disconnect or refuse to take calls from FCC-approved telecommunications relay systems, including Internet-based relay systems....
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Section 35.137 Mobility Devices (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Proposed § 35.137 has been added to provide additional guidance to public entities about the circumstances in which power-driven mobility devices must be accommodated....
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Personal Assistants and Service Animals
In overnight accommodations, room blocks should be adequate to cover the addition of assistants....
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Section 36.406(f)(1)
stairs), but there is an accessible route that complies with section 206.3 of the 2004 ADAAG that could be connected to seats on the field, wheelchair spaces and companion seats must be placed...
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Section 35.151(g)(1)
stairs), but there is an accessible route that complies with section 206.3 of the 2010 Standards that could be connected to seats on the field, wheelchair spaces and companion seats must be placed...
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"Direct Threat" (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In the Department's proposed § 35.136(b)(3), a service animal may be removed from the premises of a public entity if the animal poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others that...
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FAQ: What shipping options do you offer?
For Next-Day, 2-Day, or other shipping requests, please contact our Publications Representative before placing your order so that a custom shipping charge can be added to your order....
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Issue 13: How can energy codes and LEED™ “Points” be made compatible with lighting design criteria that accommodate low vision persons?
A lot of transitional areas are public spaces or circulation areas, and the energy codes are restricting you to half a watt a square foot, so it’s very restrictive in terms of light levels...
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§ 382.5 Qualified individual with a disability
or obtaining information about schedules, fares or policies, takes those actions necessary to avail himself or herself of facilities or services offered by an air carrier to the general public...
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§382.3 Qualified individual with a disability
carrier, offers, or makes a good faith attempt to offer, to purchase or otherwise validly to obtain such a ticket; (2) With respect to obtaining air transportation, or other services or accommodations...
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A4.31.9 Text Telephones
A public text telephone may be an integrated text telephone pay phone unit or a conventional portable text telephone that is permanently affixed within, or adjacent to, the telephone enclosure...
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Statutory Background
buildings and facilities are accessible to and usable by people with disabilities, the ADA establishes accessibility requirements for State and local government facilities under title II and places...
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8. How do I determine if it is readily achievable for me to install a lift in my existing pool?
This is the same standard that places of public accommodation have been using for all covered elements of existing facilities since 1992....
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DEFINITIONS
The term “Patient” shall be broadly construed to include any individual who is seeking or receiving the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of AFAC....
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ADAAG
Like most federal regulations, ADAAG was developed under a rule making process that invites public comment through publication in the Federal Register....
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11B-221.2.4 Temporary structures
Exception: When an entire seating section is placed on temporary platforms or other movable structures in an area where fixed seating is not provided, in order to increase seating for an...
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11B-221.2.4 Temporary structures
Exception: When an entire seating section is placed on temporary platforms or other movable structures in an area where fixed seating is not provided, in order to increase seating for an...
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Summary of significant issues raised by public comments in response to the NPRM Paperwork Reduction Act analysis and annual reporting burden estimate
Summary of significant issues raised by public comments in response to the NPRM Paperwork Reduction Act analysis and annual reporting burden estimate. Comment....
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III-7.5180 Assembly areas
seating and dispersion of wheelchair locations, ADAAG requires that wheelchair locations provide people with disabilities lines of sight comparable to those for members of the general public...
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III-8.7000 Technical assistance
The Department plans to provide technical assistance through publications, exhibits, videotapes and audiotapes, and public service announcements....
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11B-707.4 Privacy
[From Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities (as amended by the final rule published on September 15, 2010)]....
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11B-707.4 Privacy
[From Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities (as amended by the final rule published on September 15, 2010)]....