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Objectives of, and legal basis for, proposed accessibility guidelines
Objectives of, and legal basis for, proposed accessibility guidelines The Access Board is required to issue accessibility guidelines by the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C....
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Current Guidelines Developed Primarily for Buildings and Facilities on Sites
Guidelines Developed Primarily for Buildings and Facilities on Sites The Access Board’s current accessibility guidelines were issued in 2004 and are known as the Americans with Disabilities Act...
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1. Public Rights-of-Way
and additions to existing pedestrian facilities in the public right-of-way as well as newly constructed pedestrian facilities covered under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act...
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Guidelines as Minimum Requirements
The minimum accessibility requirements are contained in the Act....
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Outdoor Developed Areas: ADA Standard Section 9.
Review the updated information on the revisions to the ADA Standards regarding outdoor developed areas.
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Residential Dwelling Units Provided by Entities Subject to HUD Section 504 Regulations: ADA Standard Section 233.2
Section 233.2 covers scoping requirements in the current ADA Standards for residential dwelling units provided by entities subject to HUD Section 504 Regulations.
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Residential Dwelling Units for Sale: ADA Standard Section 233.3.2
Section 233.3.2 covers scoping requirements in the current ADA Standards for residential dwelling units for sale.
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11B-224.1 General
Certain facilities used for transient lodging, including time shares, dormitories, and town homes may be covered by both these requirements and the Fair Housing Amendments Act....
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16.1 Q. Will a standard hung 32-inch door provide sufficient clear width to meet the requirements of the Fair Housing Act?
A. No, a 32-inch door would not provide a sufficient clear opening to meet the requirement for usable doors. A notation in the Guidelines for Requirement 3 indicates that a 34-inch...
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4.1 Q. If an owner adds four or more dwelling units to an existing building, are those units covered by the Fair Housing Act?
A. Yes, provided that the units constitute a new addition to the building and not substantial rehabilitation of existing units.
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SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND EDX INC. UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT DJ No. 202-36-255
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4.3 Q. If the only new construction is an addition consisting of four or more dwelling units, would the existing public and common use spaces have to be made accessible?
The Fair Housing Act applies to new construction of covered multifamily dwellings. (See section 804(f)(3)(C)(i) of the Act.)...
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12206(e) Failure to Receive Assistance
--An employer, public accommodation, or other entity covered under this Act shall not be excused from compliance with the requirements of this Act because of any failure to receive technical...
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§35.178 State Immunity
§35.178 State Immunity Section 35.178 restates the provision of section 502 of the Act that a State is not immune under the eleventh amendment to the Constitution of the United States...
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II. DISCUSSION
Moreover, because 904.4.1’s length requirement does not mandate any particular amount of “clear” counter space, Defendants have satisfied that requirement if their transaction counter, as...
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Sections 35.108(a)(2) and 36.105(a)(2) Definition of ‘‘disability’’—Rules of Construction
The NPRM’s inclusion of rules of construction stemmed directly from the ADA Amendments Act, which amended the ADA to require that the definition of ‘‘disability’’ be interpreted in conformance...
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Hafele America Co. Pocket Door Hardware
When installed the sliding hardware requires less than the 5 lbf. (22.2 N) mandated opening and closing force per ADA....
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2004 ADAAG
2004 ADAAG means parts I and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Guidelines, which were issued by the Architectural and Transportation...
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AIA White Paper: A Proposal for additions to accessibility Standards for Nursing Home & Assisted Living Residents in Toileting and Bathing
Executive Summary Since the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADA) were initially issued in 1991, millions of Americans have benefited from changes to the built...
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Contact Disability Network Capital Area - Lansing, MI
Mandated by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Centers for Independent Living are required to have at least 51% of the staff, as well as Board of Directors, as individuals with disabilities...
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Universal Design for Health Care Facilities
Universal Design for Health Care Facilities: Addressing Safety, Access to Care for a Diverse Patient Population Environment of Care® News, January 2009, Volume 12, Issue...
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Compliance Problems Due to Lack of Accessibility Guidelines
A number of commenters from the building industry attributed difficulty in meeting the Act's March 13, 1991 compliance deadline, in part, to the lack of accessibility guidelines....
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Disability (Section-by-Section Analysis)
It is comparable to the definition of the term "individual with handicaps" in section 7(8) of the Rehabilitation Act and section 802(h) of the Fair Housing Act....
