103 Equivalent Facilitation Nothing in these requirements prevents the use of designs, products, or technologies as alternatives to those prescribed, provided they result in substantially...
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103 Equivalent Facilitation
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4.13.9* DOOR HARDWARE
Handles, pulls, latches, locks, and other operating devices on accessible doors shall have a shape that is easy to grasp with one hand and does not require tight grasping, tight pinching...
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603.2.3 Door Swing
Doors shall not swing into the clear floor space or clearance required for any fixture. Doors shall be permitted to swing into the required turning space. EXCEPTIONS: 1....
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Q. Must employers be familiar with the many diverse types of disabilities to know whether or how to make a reasonable accommodation?
An employer is required to accommodate only a "known" disability of a qualified applicant or employee....
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4.2 Existing Facilities.
An airport operator is not required to make structural changes to existing facilities where other methods are effective in achieving compliance....
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Who is Covered by the ADA?
The ADA establishes requirements for 12 categories of public accommodations, which include stores, restaurants, bars, service establishments, theaters, hotels, recreational facilities, private...
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New Construction and Alterations
New Construction and Alterations The ADA requires that newly constructed facilities, first occupied on or after January 26, 1993, meet or exceed the minimum requirements of the ADA Standards...
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16. What should an employer do when another federal law prohibits it from hiring anyone with a hearing impairment?
The employer should be certain, however, that compliance with the law actually is required, not voluntary....
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11B-228.2 Mail boxes
residential facilities, where mail boxes are provided for each residential dwelling unit, mail boxes complying with Section 11B-309 shall be provided for each residential dwelling unit required...
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11B-405.8 Handrails
Curb ramps do not require handrails. 4. At door landings, handrails are not required on ramp runs less than 6 inches (152 mm) in rise or 72 inches (1829 mm) in length....
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11B-809.2.2 Turning space
Exception: Turning space shall not be required in exterior spaces 30 inches (762 mm) maximum in depth or width. [2010 ADAS] Advisory 809.2.2 Turning Space. ...
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1007.3 Enclosed exit stairways
The area of refuge is not required at open stairways that are permitted by Section 1019.1 in buildings or facilities that are equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system installed...
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704.3 Buildings on the same property and buildings containing courts
For the purposes of determining the required wall and opening protection and roof-covering requirements, buildings on the same property and court walls of buildings over one story in height...
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11B-607.4 Grab bars
Where separate grab bars are required on adjacent walls at a common mounting height, an L-shaped or U-shaped grab bar meeting the dimensional requirements of Section 11B-607.4.1 or 11B-607.4.2...
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3.3.10 90-Degree Turn
3.3.10 90-Degree Turn While all of the standards compared in this report have requirements for “wheelchair turning spaces”, only the U.S. and Canada have requirements specifically for...
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Alterations [§206.4 and §202.4]
Alterations [§206.4 and §202.4] In alterations to existing facilities, accessible entrances are required: if an existing entrance is altered (and no fully compliant entrance...
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Operating Hardware
Operating Hardware Common Problem: The shape of the hardware on accessible doors, and on faucets, fixed lamps, drapery controls, and heating and air conditioning controls in spaces required...
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11B-405.8 Handrails
Curb ramps do not require handrails. 4. At door landings, handrails are not required on ramp runs less than 6 inches (152 mm) in rise or 72 inches (1829 mm) in length....
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11B-809.2.2 Turning space
Exception: Turning space shall not be required in exterior spaces 30 inches (762 mm) maximum in depth or width. [2010 ADAS] Advisory 809.2.2 Turning Space....
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11B-809.2.2 Turning space
Exception: Turning space shall not be required in exterior spaces 30 inches (762 mm) maximum in depth or width. Advisory 11B-809.2.2 Turning space....
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11B-405.8 Handrails
Curb ramps do not require handrails. At door landings, handrails are not required on ramp runs less than 6 inches (152 mm) in rise or 72 inches (1829 mm) in length....
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104 Conventions
Section 104.1.1 of the 2010 Standards provides that all dimensions are subject to conventional industry tolerances except where the requirement is stated as a range with specific minimum...