[DSA-AC] A facility in existence on any given date, without regard to whether the facility may also be considered newly constructed or altered under this code.
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EXISTING BUILDING OR FACILITY
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VEHICULAR WAY
[DSA-AC] A route provided for vehicular traffic, such as in a street, driveway, or parking facility.
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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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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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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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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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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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[ADA Title II §35.151(b)(4)(i)] Primary function
[ADA Title II §35.151(b)(4)(i)] Primary function. A “primary function” is a major activity for which the facility is intended. Areas that contain a primary function include, but are...
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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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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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UNREASONABLE HARDSHIP
[DSA-AC] When the enforcing agency finds that compliance with the building standard would make the specific work of the project affected by the building standard infeasible, based on...
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WET BAR
[DSA-AC] An area or space with a counter equipped with a sink and running water but without cooking facilities.
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HISTORIC BUILDINGS
[DSA-AC] See “Qualified historical building or property,” C.C.R., Title 24, Part 8.
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AMUSEMENT ATTRACTION
[DSA-AC] Any facility, or portion of a facility, located within an amusement park or theme park which provides amusement without the use of an amusement device. Amusement attractions...
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Teeing Ground
In golf, the starting place for the hole to be played.
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Transient Lodging
A building or facility containing one or more guest room(s) for sleeping that provides accommodations that are primarily short-term in nature. Transient lodging does not include...
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Vehicular Way
A route provided for vehicular traffic, such as in a street, driveway, or parking facility.
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Wheelchair Space
Space for a single wheelchair and its occupant.
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EQUIVALENT FACILITATION
[DSA-AC] The use of designs, products, or technologies as alternatives to those prescribed, resulting in substantially equivalent or greater accessibility and usability. Note: In...
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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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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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SHOULD
[DSA-AC] Denotes an advisory specification or recommendation.
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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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[ADA Title III §36.403(b)] Primary function
[ADA Title III §36.403(b)] Primary function. A "primary function" is a major activity for which the facility is intended. Areas that contain a primary function include, but are not...