2010 ADA Definition
Place of Public Accommodation: Place of public accommodation means a facility operated by a private entity whose operations affect commerce and fall within at least one of the following categories –
(1) Place of lodging, except for an establishment located within a facility that contains not more than five rooms for rent or hire and that actually is occupied by the proprietor of the establishment as the residence of the proprietor. For purposes of this part, a facility is a "place of lodging" if it is – (i) An inn, hotel, or motel; or
(ii) A facility that – (A) Provides guest rooms for sleeping for stays that primarily are short-term in nature (generally 30 days or less) where the occupant does not have the right to return to a specific room or unit after the conclusion of his or her stay; and
(B) Provides guest rooms under conditions and with amenities similar to a hotel, motel, or inn, including the following – (1) On- or off-site management and reservations service;
(2) Rooms available on a walk-up or call-in basis;
(3) Availability of housekeeping or linen service; and
(4) Acceptance of reservations for a guest room type without guaranteeing a particular unit or room until check-in, and without a prior lease or security deposit.
(2) A restaurant, bar, or other establishment serving food or drink;
(3) A motion picture house, theater, concert hall, stadium, or other place of exhibition or entertainment;
(4) An auditorium, convention center, lecture hall, or other place of public gathering;
(5) A bakery, grocery store, clothing store, hardware store, shopping center, or other sales or rental establishment;
(6) A laundromat, dry-cleaner, bank, barber shop, beauty shop, travel service, shoe repair service, funeral parlor, gas station, office of an accountant or lawyer, pharmacy, insurance office, professional office of a health care provider, hospital, or other service establishment;
(7) A terminal, depot, or other station used for specified public transportation;
(8) A museum, library, gallery, or other place of public display or collection;
(9) A park, zoo, amusement park, or other place of recreation;
(10) A nursery, elementary, secondary, undergraduate, or postgraduate private school, or other place of education;
(11) A day care center, senior citizen center, homeless shelter, food bank, adoption agency, or other social service center establishment; and
(12) A gymnasium, health spa, bowling alley, golf course, or other place of exercise or recreation.
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Additional Access Publications > Emergency Evacuation Planning Guide For People with Disabilities
§304(a) General Rule
No individual shall be discriminated against on the basis of disability in the full and equal enjoyment of specified public transportation services provided by a private entity that is primarily...
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Rulemaking Process Documents > NPRMS > 36 CFR Part 1190, Proposed Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
Table 2
Requirements in DOJ 2010 Standards
Table 2 analyzes requirements in the proposed guidelines that adapt requirements in the DOJ 2010 Standards to allow for conditions and constraints in the public...
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Webinars, Videos, and Training > Design Solution
Accessible Pittsburgh: Housing Authority
Published on Jun 4, 2015
Updated video on Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh
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Rulemaking Process Documents > ANPRMS > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Movie Captioning and Video Description ANPRM
28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Movie Captioning and Video Description ANPRM
considering revising its regulation implementing title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in order to establish requirements for making the goods, services, facilities, privileges, accommodations...
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State and Local Documents > Codes and Standards > 2013 California Standards for Accessible Design Pocket Guide
11B-224.8 Social service center establishments
Group homes, halfway houses, shelters, or similar social service center establishments that provide either temporary sleeping accommodations or residential dwelling units subject to this...
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State and Local Documents > Codes and Standards > 2016 California Standards for Accessible Design Pocket Guide - Eff. Jan. 1, 2017
11B-224.8 Social service center establishments
Group homes, halfway houses, shelters, or similar social service center establishments that provide either temporary sleeping accommodations or residential dwelling units subject to this...
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Federal Documents > Regulations > 49 CFR Parts 37 & 38 - Department of Transportation (DOT) ADA Regulations
8. Boarding Separately From Wheelchair
(Note, however, that under §37.165(b), entities are required to accommodate device/user loads and dimensions that exceed the former “common wheelchair” standard, as long as the vehicle and...
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Federal Documents > Regulations > 49 CFR Parts 37 & 38 - Department of Transportation (DOT) ADA Regulations
§ 38.103(a)
(a) Each car shall be equipped with an interior public address system permitting transportation system personnel, or recorded or digitized human speech messages, to announce stations and...
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Products and Additional Resources > Products
Roadtech Manufacturing Retractable Cone Bar Barricades and Barriers
Retractable Cone Bar Barricades and Barriers
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The JBC Retractable Cone-Bar...
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Products and Additional Resources > Products
WorkZone Safety Products Retractable Cone Bar
Retractable Cone Bar, black & yellow
Light weight and extremely portable
Easy to set up or remove
Providing an instant inexpensive barrier to hazardous or controlled...
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Products and Additional Resources > Products
Grainger Telescoping Traffic Cone Bar
PRODUCT DETAILS
PVC bar includes 2 rings to lay on top of cones. May be used with any size traffic cone, including 28" or 36" wide-body cones
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Products and Additional Resources > Products
T&W Traffic Control Retractable Cone Bar
Economical barrier for work zone areas.
Fits all cone sizes.
Restricts access to any work zone area.
Sets up and tears down in seconds.
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Rulemaking Process Documents > NPRMS > 36 CFR Part 1190, Proposed Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
R101 Purpose (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Purpose (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The proposed guidelines contain scoping and technical requirements to ensure that facilities for pedestrian circulation and use located in the public...
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Federal Documents > Regulations > 28 CFR Part 35 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in State and Local Government Services (1991 ADA Title II Regulations)
§35.130(f)
(f) A public entity may not place a surcharge on a particular individual with a disability or any group of individuals with disabilities to cover the costs of measures, such as the provision...
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Federal Documents > Regulations > 28 CFR Part 35 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in State and Local Government Services (2010 ADA Title II Regulations with amendments issued through Aug. 2016)
§ 35.130(f)
(f) A public entity may not place a surcharge on a particular individual with a disability or any group of individuals with disabilities to cover the costs of measures, such as the provision...
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Federal Documents > Regulations > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities (1991 ADA Title III Regulations)
Sec.36.303(e) Closed caption decoders
Places of lodging that provide televisions in five or more guest rooms and hospitals that provide televisions for patient use shall provide, upon request, a means for decoding captions for...
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Federal Documents > Regulations > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities (2010 ADA Title III Regulations with amendments issued through Dec. 2016)
§ 36.303(e) Closed caption decoders
Places of lodging that provide televisions in five or more guest rooms and hospitals that provide televisions for patient use shall provide, upon request, a means for decoding captions for...
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Federal Documents > Regulations > 28 CFR Part 35 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in State and Local Government Services (2010 ADA Title II Regulations with amendments issued through Aug. 2016)
Captioning at sporting venues. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In addition, the Department posed four questions about captioning of information, especially safety and emergency information announcements, provided over public address (PA) systems....
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Legal Documents > SETTLEMENT UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT ON AGING
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
will adopt an ADA Grievance Procedure, which has been approved by the Department, and will distribute it to all agency heads, and post copies of it in conspicuous locations in each of its public...
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Federal Documents > Preamble to Regulations > 28 CFR Part 35, Appendix B: 1991 ADA Title II Regulations Preamble and Section-by-Section Analysis
§35.151 New Construction and Alterations
It should be noted that Congress did not include an elevator exemption for public transit facilities covered by subtitle B of title II, which covers public transportation provided by public...
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Federal Documents > Technical Assistance > Title III Technical Assistance Manual (with 1994 supplement)
III-4.3500 Closed caption decoders
Hospitals that provide televisions for use by patients, and hotels, motels, and other places of lodging that provide televisions in five or more guest rooms, must provide closed caption...
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Federal Documents > Standards > 2010 ADA Standards
Location: ADA Standard Section 206.4.4.1
Section 206.4.4.1 covers scoping requirements in the most current ADA Standards for the location of entrances in transportation facilities.
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Federal Documents > Regulations > 28 CFR Part 35 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in State and Local Government Services (2010 ADA Title II Regulations with amendments issued through Aug. 2016)
Facilities operated through contractual, licensing, or other arrangements with other public entities or private entities. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department is aware that some public entities are confused about the applicability of the title II requirements to correctional facilities built or run by other public entities or private...
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Federal Documents > Technical Assistance > ADAAG Manual
General [9.1.1]
General [9.1.1]
ADAAG applies to all public and common use spaces, such as hallways, corridors, and lobbies....