agency established by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 792).1 The Access Board is responsible for developing accessibility guidelines for the design, construction, and alteration...
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2010 ADA Definition
Alteration: A change to a building or facility that affects or could affect the usability of the building or facility or portion thereof. Alterations include, but are not limited to, remodeling, renovation, rehabilitation, reconstruction, historic restoration, resurfacing of circulation paths or vehicular ways, changes or rearrangement of the structural parts or elements, and changes or rearrangement in the plan configuration of walls and full-height partitions. Normal maintenance, reroofing, painting or wallpapering, or changes to mechanical and electrical systems are not alterations unless they affect the usability of the building or facility.
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Introduction
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232.2 General Holding Cells and General Housing Cells
EXCEPTION: Alterations to cells shall not be required to comply except to the extent determined by 232.2.1 Exception 2....
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240.1 General
In existing play areas, where play components are relocated for the purposes of creating safe use zones and the ground surface is not altered or extended for more than one use zone, the...
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After Completing the Survey
Alterations When State and local governments make permanent modifications or alterations to facilities that serve as polling places these alterations must comply with the ADA Standards...
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Section 37.61 Public Transportation Programs and Activities in Existing Facilities
The section clearly excludes from this requirement access by persons in wheelchairs, unless these changes would be necessitated by the alterations or key station provisions....
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VI. Auxiliary Aids
., "significant difficulty or expense") or in a fundamental alteration in the nature of the goods or services are not required by the regulation....
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F248.1 General
Where the entity that administers or manages a beach constructs or alters circulation paths, parking facilities, toilet facilities, or bathing facilities to serve the beach or undertakes...
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When an addition increases the number of stories or square footage beyond the maximum permitted by the exception, is an accessible route between stories required?
of travel to the primary function area is required, including where it involves travel between stories or levels, to the extent the cost does not exceed 20% of the cost of the overall alteration...
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Dining Areas in Restaurants and Cafeterias
In alterations, an accessible route is not required to existing raised/ sunken dining areas or to all parts of outdoor dining areas if the same services and decor are available in other...
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Reconstruction
For the purposes of FSORAG and FSTAG, actions are categorized as construction, alteration, or maintenance....
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Reconstruction
For the purposes of the FSTAG and FSORAG, actions are categorized as construction, alteration, or maintenance....
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STRUCTURAL IMPRACTICABILITY
Changes having little likelihood of being accomplished without removing or altering a load-bearing structural member and/or incurring an increased cost of 50 percent or more of the value...
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§ 36.304(d)(4) Exemption for small facilities
For measures taken to comply with the barrier removal requirements of this section, existing facilities shall comply with the applicable requirements for alterations in § 36.402 and §§ 36.404...
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12201(e) Benefits under State worker's compensation laws
—Nothing in this Act alters the standards for determining eligibility for benefits under State worker’s compensation laws or under State and Federal disability benefit programs....
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Reconstruction
For the purposes of FSORAG and FSTAG, actions are categorized as construction, alteration, or maintenance....
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Adaptability
The ability of certain building spaces and elements, such as kitchen counters, sinks, and grab bars, to be added or altered so as to accommodate the needs of individuals with or without...
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‘‘Historic preservation programs’’ and ‘‘Historic properties’’
are defined in order to aid in the interpretation of §§ 35.150 (a)(2) and (b)(2), which relate to accessibility of historic preservation programs, and § 35.151(d), which relates to the alteration...
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1015.1 General
EXCEPTION: In alterations, when an entity determines that a condition in 1019 does not permit full compliance with a specific provision in 1015, the viewing area shall comply with the provision...
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Historic preservation programs (Section-by-Section Analysis)
" are defined in order to aid in the interpretation of §§ 35.150(a)(2) and (b)(2), which relate to accessibility of historic preservation programs, and §35.151(d), which relates to the alteration...
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ADAPTABILITY
The ability of certain building spaces and elements, such as kitchen counters, sinks, and grab bars, to be added or altered so as to accommodate the needs of either disabled or nondisabled...
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1015.1 General
EXCEPTION: In alterations, when an entity determines that a condition in 1019 does not permit full compliance with a specific provision in 1015, the viewing area shall comply with the provision...
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§1630.1(c)(3) State workers' compensation laws and disability benefit programs
Nothing in this part alters the standards for determining eligibility for benefits under State workers' compensation laws or under State and Federal disability benefit programs....
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1.2 Compliance with New Construction Requirements
1.2 Compliance with New Construction Requirements: The basic work of any project, whether new construction, an addition to an existing building or facility or an alteration of an existing...
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§ 35.151(i)(1)
(1) Newly constructed or altered streets, roads, and highways must contain curb ramps or other sloped areas at any intersection having curbs or other barriers to entry from a street level...