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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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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Information for Disabled Persons
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Inquiries Related to Ability to Perform Job Functions and Accommodations
If an applicant indicates that s/he cannot perform an essential job function even with an accommodation, the applicant would not be qualified for the job in question....
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7.4 Nondiscrimination and Relationship or Association with an Individual with a Disability
The obligation to make a reasonable accommodation applies only to qualified individuals with disabilities....
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3. Modified Work Schedules
Many people with disabilities are fully qualified to perform jobs with the accommodation of a modified work schedule....
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Changing Essential Job Functions
For example: If the checker's disability made it impossible to lift any item over one pound, s/he might not be qualified to perform the essential bagging functions of the new job....
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a) ADA
. § 12132, prohibits public entities from denying qualified disabled individuals from "meaningful access" to their services and programs. Lonberg, 571 F.3d at 851....
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17. Tests and selection criteria
For example, a person with a speech impediment may be perfectly qualified for jobs that do not or need not, with reasonable accommodation, require ability to speak clearly....
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§35.130(b)(8) (Section-by-Section Analysis)
For example, public entities may not require that a qualified individual with a disability be accompanied by an attendant....
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C. Training
Such training shall not be required in the event that the County contracts with a qualified architecture firm with ADA experience for EDS services....
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Equivalent Facilitation [§103]
A wider transfer shower stall would not qualify as “equivalent facilitation” because it would make the grab bars less usable from the seat and less accessible to individuals with disabilities...
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505.4 Height
When children are the principal users in a building or facility (e.g., elementary schools), a second set of handrails at an appropriate height can assist them and aid in preventing accidents...
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F215.1 General
Consult local fire departments and prepare evacuation plans taking into consideration the needs of every building occupant, including people with disabilities....
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Compliance Dates
The deadline for complying with the 2010 Standards, which detail the technical rules for building accessibility, is March 15, 2012....
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11B-233.3.3 Additions
Where an addition to an existing building results in an increase in the number of residential dwelling units, the requirements of 233.3.1 shall apply only to the residential dwelling units...
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Alterations
Under section 4.1.6(1)(c) of the 1991 Standards if alterations to single elements, when considered together, amount to an alteration of a room or space in a building or facility, the entire...
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F227.2 Check-Out Aisles
Where check-out aisles are dispersed throughout the building or facility, check-out aisles complying with 904.3 shall be dispersed....
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1115B.4.5, Item 5
ETA Editor's Note Select portions of the 2010 California Building Code (2010 CBC) are provided for reference only....
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1133B.2.5.1
ETA Editor's Note Select portions of the 2010 California Building Code (2010 CBC) are provided for reference only....
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R204.2 Pedestrian Circulation Paths
facilities required by this document and to accessible routes required by section 206.2.1 of appendix B to 36 CFR part 1191 or section F206.2.1 of appendix C to 36 CFR 1191 that connect building...
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4. Rulemaking History
Accessibility Guidelines based on the advisory committee’s report in 2012.23 The advisory committee report and proposed rule are available at: http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/buildings-and-sites...
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Accessible Routes
Accessible Routes Accessible routes are continuous, unobstructed paths connecting all accessible elements and spaces of a building or facility....
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Identification of accessible guest rooms. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Individuals with disabilities must be able to ascertain which features--in new and existing buildings--are included in the hotel's accessible guest rooms. ...
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Purpose
compliance and enforcement by eliminating, to the extent possible, inconsistencies among federal accessibility requirements and between federal accessibility requirements and state and local building...
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Certification.
The current title III regulation provides that state or local governments may apply to the Department for certification that state laws or local building codes comply with or exceed the...