The Department has added a new section, designated as § 35.151(a)(2), to provide that full compliance with the requirements of this section is not required where an entity can demonstrate...
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Section 35.151 New construction and alterations (Section-by-Section Analysis)
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Enforcement
Building Officials, regardless of how conscientious, knowledgeable and hard-working, cannot be expected to find and correct every Building Code shortcoming any more than traffic enforcement can...
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Section 810.2.2
example, a bus driver could position the bus at a nearby point—even if not the precise location of the designated stop—so that a passenger needing a lift or ramp to get on or off the bus can...
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II-4.3200 Reasonable accommodation
public entities must make "reasonable accommodation" to the known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified applicants or employees with disabilities, unless the public entity can...
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8. Transportation Vehicles
More information can be found on the Access Board’s website at https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/transportation/vehicles/about-adaag-for-transportation-vehicles...
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11B-223.1.1 Alterations
In this way, people with disabilities can have access to the full-range of services provided by a medical care facility. ◼...
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2.5 Physical Accessibility.
The design and construction of new buildings and the alterations and the necessary structural modifications to existing buildings must comply with accessibility standards under Title II...
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3. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
emergency transportable housing units for disaster survivors.15 FEMA may install the emergency transportable housing units on private sites provided for free by the occupant of the unit; existing...
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ADA Technical Assistance Manual Addendum (10/29/02)
employee expectations about the uniform application of the seniority system, and thus it may be a "reasonable accommodation," absent undue hardship, to reassign an employee despite the existence...
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A. Purpose of the Rule
Public accommodations that own, lease, or operate movie theaters have an existing obligation to provide effective communication to persons with disabilities through the use of auxiliary...
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Background
Anecdotal evidence of the need for greater specificity also exists as comments from architects, contractors, building owners and managers, the disabled community and regulatory agencies....
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Alterations and Water Closet Clearances in Single-User Toilet Rooms With In-Swinging Doors (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Another commenter requested that the Department exempt existing guest room bathrooms and single-user toilet rooms that comply with the 1991 Standards from complying with the increased clearances...
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11B-233.3.2 Residential dwelling units for sale
Exception: Existing residential dwellings or residential dwelling units acquired by public entities that will be offered for resale to individuals without additions or alterations shall...
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What is a “reasonable accommodation”?
Examples of “reasonable accommodations” include: making existing facilities readily accessible to and usable by employees with disabilities; restructuring a job; modifying work schedules...
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Issue 2: Location relative to the crosswalk
In existing streetscapes, without a median, it may also be possible to widen the crosswalk (and adjust the stop line accordingly) to eliminate the offset. ...
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Truncated Domes
The revised base diameter and spacing dimensions will accommodate existing detectable warning products that were previously deemed to provide an equivalent level of accessibility....
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1115B.3.2, Item 3
Exception: In an existing building, a single-accommodation toilet facility may have the water closet fixture located in an area which provides a clear space of not less than 36 inches (...
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B. Whether the City May Assert an Undue Burden Defense With Respect to New Construction or Alterations Under Title II of the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Title II of the ADA provides an undue financial burden defense for facilities already in existence as of January 26, 1992, but not for facilities constructed or altered after that date....
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SUMMARY OF THE 19-INCH RECOMMENDATION
entry to, use of, and exit from the equipment by those individuals Carefully balance the costs to hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers of replacing or modifying existing...
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Congressional Findings of Discrimination
Congress found that “the continuing existence of unfair and unnecessary discrimination and prejudice denies people with disabilities the opportunity to compete on an equal basis and to pursue...
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Your ADA Obligations
You must, for instance: Follow accessibility standards when constructing or altering facilities; Remove architectural or structural communication barriers in existing facilities...
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I. Purpose of the Regulatory Action
Reasonable modification/accommodation requirements are a fundamental tenet of disability nondiscrimination law—for example, they are an existing requirement for recipients of Federal assistance...
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Intent
references to 2010 California Building Code (2010 CBC) and 1991 Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (1991 ADAAG) requirements that may represent "Safe Harbors" for existing...
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T504 Fare Collection Devices
However, the Access Board did not retain a proposed specification—which also appears in the existing guidelines for buses and vans—requiring fare collection devices, where provided, to be...