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Historic Properties
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Individual with a disability
Individual with a disability means a person who has a disability. The term individual with a disability does not include an individual who is currently engaging in the illegal use of...
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§ 37.3 New vehicle
New vehicle means a vehicle which is offered for sale or lease after manufacture without any prior use.
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§ 37.3 Purchase or lease
Purchase or lease, with respect to vehicles, means the time at which an entity is legally obligated to obtain the vehicles, such as the time of contract execution.
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Complete complaint
Complete complaint means a written statement that contains the complainant's name and address and describes the public entity's alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to...
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Public entity
Public entity means— (1) Any State or local government; (2) Any department, agency, special purpose district, or other instrumentality of a State or States or local government;...
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Designated agency
Designated agency means the Federal agency designated under subpart G of this part to oversee compliance activities under this part for particular components of State and local...
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ACCESSIBLE ROUTE
[DSA-AC & HCD 1-AC] A continuous unobstructed path connecting accessible elements and spaces of an accessible site, building or facility that can be negotiated by a person with a...
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[ADA Title III] Private Entity
[ADA Title III] Private Entity. [§36.104] A person or entity other than a public entity.
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AUTOMATIC DOOR
A door equipped with a power operated mechanism and controls that open and close the door automatically upon receipt of a momentary actuating signal. The switch that begins the...
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WHEELCHAIR SPACE
A space for a single wheelchair and its occupant.
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CURB RAMP
A sloping pedestrian way, intended for pedestrian traffic, which provides access between a walk or sidewalk and a surface located above or below an adjacent curb face. [2010 ADAS]...
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MEANS OF EGRESS
A continuous and unobstructed path of vertical and horizontal egress travel from any occupied portion of a building or structure to a public way. A means of egress consists of three...
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EXISTING BUILDING OR FACILITY
[DSA-AC] A facility in existence on any given date, without regard to whether the facility may also be considered newly constructed or altered under this code.
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FUNCTIONAL AREA
[DSA-AC] A room, space or area intended or designated for a group of related activities or processes.
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11B-106.2 Terms defined in referenced standards
Terms not listed in Section 11B-106.5 and not defined in Chapter 2, Section 202, but specifically defined in a referenced standard, shall have the specified meaning from the...
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EQUIVALENT FACILITATION
The use of designs, products, or technologies as alternatives to those prescribed, resulting in substantially equivalent or greater accessibility and usability. Note: In...
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UNREASONABLE HARDSHIP
When the enforcing agency finds that compliance with the building standard would make the specific work of the project affected by the building standard infeasible, based on an...
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KEY STATION
[DSA-AC] Certain rapid and light rail stations, and commuter rail stations, as defined under criteria established by the Department of Transportation in 49 CFR 37.47 and 49 CFR...
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OCCUPIABLE SPACE
A room or enclosed space designed for human occupancy in which individuals congregate for amusement, educational or similar purposes or in which occupants are engaged at labor, and...
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DIRECTIONAL SIGN
[DSA-AC, HCD 1 & HCD 2]. A publicly displayed notice which indicates by use of words or symbols a recommended direction or route of travel.
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PUBLIC ENTRANCE
An entrance that is not a service entrance or a restricted entrance.
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§ 37.3 Remanufactured vehicle
Remanufactured vehicle means a vehicle which has been structurally restored and has had new or rebuilt major components installed to extend its service life.
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§ 37.3 Rapid rail
Rapid rail means a subway-type transit vehicle railway operated on exclusive private rights of way with high level platform stations. Rapid rail also may operate on elevated or at...