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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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Common Problems with Access to Programs, Generally
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Proposed Section 36.309 Purchase of Furniture and Equipment (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
or equipment made available for use at a place of public accommodation be accessible, to the extent such furniture or equipment is available, unless this requirement would fundamentally alter...
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Q11: Utility Trench Work and Curb Ramp Compliance
If the utility work impacts the curb at a pedestrian street crossing where no curb ramp exists, the work affecting the curb falls within the definition of "alteration," and a curb ramp must...
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Scoping Requirements for Elevators
Scoping requirements for elevators in section 206.6 reference technical criteria for standard passenger elevators, destination-oriented elevators, existing elevators that are altered, limited-use...
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Who Decides Which Aid or Service Is Needed?
honor the person’s choice, unless it can demonstrate that another equally effective means of communication is available, or that the use of the means chosen would result in a fundamental alteration...
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Legal Authority and Purpose
Department of Justice (DOJ) for the design, construction, and alteration of facilities (other than certain transportation facilities) by entities subject to the ADA.2 We are also required...
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Section 36.406(b) Application of Standards to Fixed Elements (Section-by-Section Analysis)
established by this section, including those contained in the proposed standards (and the 2004 ADAAG) prescribe the requirements necessary to ensure that fixed or built-in elements in new or altered...
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Saunas and steam rooms. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Section 241 of the 2004 ADAAG requires newly constructed or altered saunas and steam rooms to meet accessibility requirements, including accessible turning space and an accessible bench....
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Documenting Exceptions and Notifying the U.S. Access Board About Exemptions
requirement on a section of trail as allowed in General Exception 1, document the reason that full compliance wasn't achieved and file it with the project records for the trail construction or alteration...
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Section 37.53 Exception for New York and Philadelphia
The section references also §37.9, which provides that key station accessibility alterations which have already been made, or which are begun before January 26, 1992, and which conform to...
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11B-404.2.5 Thresholds
[2010 ADAS] EXCEPTION: Existing or altered thresholds ¾ inch (19 mm) high maximum that have a beveled edge on each side with a slope not steeper than 1:2 shall not be required to comply...
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Section 36.101 Purpose (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
This title prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability by public accommodations, requires places of public accommodation and commercial facilities to be designed, constructed, and altered...
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BACKGROUND
The purpose of these code requirements is to ensure that barrier-free design is incorporated in all buildings, facilities, site work, additions, alterations, and structural repairs....
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7.2 General Exceptions
The basis for the determination that General Exception 1 or General Exception 2 apply shall be documented and maintained with the records of the construction or alteration project. ...
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7.2.2 General Exception 2
For long-distance trails, this exception applies to the trail segments that are planned for construction or alteration in a given planning period, rather than over the entire length of the...
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Social Service Establishments [9.5]
Alterations provisions recognize unique problems that may arise when shelters and similar facilities are placed in existing facilities designed for other purposes....
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Thresholds [§404.2.5]
A maximum height of 3/4” is permitted for existing or altered thresholds if they have a beveled edge on each side with a slope not steeper than 1:2....
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11B-404.2.5 Thresholds
[2010 ADAS] EXCEPTION: Existing or altered thresholds ¾ inch (19 mm) high maximum that have a beveled edge on each side with a slope not steeper than 1:2 shall not be required to comply...
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11B-404.2.5 Thresholds
[2010 ADA Standards] EXCEPTION: Existing or altered thresholds ¾ inch (19 mm) high maximum that have a beveled edge on each side with a slope not steeper than 1:2 shall not be required...
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DeafSpace Project
Our built environment, largely constructed by and for hearing individuals, presents a variety of surprising challenges to which deaf people have responded with a particular way of altering...
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808.3 Clear Floor Space
EXCEPTION: In alterations, wheelchair spaces are not required to be located within the defined area of raised jury boxes or witness stands and shall be permitted to be located outside these...
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808.3 Clear Floor Space
EXCEPTION: In alterations, wheelchair spaces are not required to be located within the defined area of raised jury boxes or witness stands and shall be permitted to be located outside these...
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§104.22(c) Small health, welfare, or other social service providers
services finds, after consultation with a handicapped person seeking its services, that there is no method of complying with paragraph (a) of this section other than making a significant alteration...
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§104.23(c)(1)
(1) Effective as of January 18, 1991, design, construction, or alteration of buildings in conformance with sections 3-8 of the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) (Appendix A...
