An entrance that is not a service entrance or a restricted entrance.
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PUBLIC ENTRANCE
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Detectable Warning
A standardized surface feature built in or applied to walking surfaces or other elements to warn of hazards on a circulation path.
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SERVICE ENTRANCE
An entrance intended primarily for delivery of goods or services.
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Standards: ADA Standard Section 2010
This of the ADA Standards covers the definition of the 2010 ADA Standards.
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AREA OF REFUGE
An area where persons unable to use stairways can remain temporarily to await instructions or assistance during emergency evacuation.
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SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS
[DSA-AC] Rooms intended and designed for sleeping.
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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...
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RECOMMEND
[DSA-AC] Does not require mandatory acceptance, but identifies a suggested action that shall be considered for the purpose of providing a greater degree of accessibility to persons...
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AREA OF REFUGE
An area where persons unable to use stairways can remain temporarily to await instructions or assistance during emergency evacuation.
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TEXT TELEPHONE
[DSA-AC] Machinery or equipment that employs interactive text-based communications through the transmission of coded signals across the standard telephone network. Text telephones...
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VEHICULAR WAY
[HCD 1-AC, DSA-AC] A route provided for vehicular traffic, such as in a street, driveway, or parking facility.
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ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY
[DSA-AC] A governmental agency that adopts or enforces regulations and guidelines for the design, construction or alteration of buildings and facilities.
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SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS
[DSA-AC] Rooms intended and designed for sleeping.
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BLENDED TRANSITION
[DSA-AC] A raised pedestrian crossing, depressed corner or similar connection that has a grade of 5 percent or less a circulation path at the level of the sidewalk or walk and the...
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PUBLIC HOUSING
Housing facilities constructed or altered by, for, or on behalf of a public entity, or constructed or altered as part of a public entity’s program to provide housing pursuant to...
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GROUND FLOOR
[DSA-AC] The floor of a building with a building entrance on an accessible route. A building may have one or more ground floors.
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CURB RAMP
[DSA-AC] A sloping prepared surface, intended for pedestrian traffic, which provides access between a walk or sidewalk and a surface located above or below an adjacent curb...
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PUBLIC ENTITY
[DSA-AC] Any state or local government; any department, agency, special-purpose district, or other instrumentality of a state or local government. [ADA Title III §36.104] Public...
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TTY
[DSA-AC] An abbreviation for teletypewriter. Machinery that employs interactive text-based communication through the transmission of coded signals across the telephone network. TTYs...
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MAIL BOXES
[DSA-AC] Receptacles for the receipt of documents, packages or other deliverable matter. Mail boxes include, but are not limited to, post office boxes and receptacles provided by...
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KITCHEN OR KITCHENETTE
[DSA-AC] A room, space or area with equipment for the preparation and cooking of food.
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[ADA Title III §36.104] 2010 Standards
[ADA Title III §36.104] 2010 Standards means the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, which consist of the 2004 ADAAG and the requirements contained in subpart D of this part.
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MARKED CROSSING
[DSA-AC] A crosswalk or other identified path intended for pedestrian use in crossing a vehicular way.
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POWDER ROOM
[DSA-AC] A room containing a water closet (toilet) and a lavatory, and which is not defined as a bathroom.