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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Thresholds [§404.2.5]
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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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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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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-411.1.1 Floor designations
Exceptions: In existing facilities where new elevators are installed or existing elevators are altered into a destination-oriented elevator system, levels within stories, such as mezzanines...
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11B-411.1.1 Floor designations
Exceptions: In existing facilities where new elevators are installed or existing elevators are altered into a destination-oriented elevator system, levels within stories, such as mezzanines...
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11B-504.5 Nosings
Exception: In existing buildings there is no requirement to retroactively alter existing nosing projections of 1½ inches (38 mm) which were constructed in compliance with the building code...
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11B-504.5 Nosings
Exception: In existing buildings there is no requirement to retroactively alter existing nosing projections of 1½ inches (38 mm) which were constructed in compliance with the building code...
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11B-224.7.2 Multi-bedroom housing units with adaptable features
. ◼ ETA Editor's Note The following Access Board Note was taken from ADA Title II §35.151(f) New Construction and Alterations; Housing at a Place of Education, and ADA Title...
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Solutions for Five Common ADA Access Problems at Polling Places
Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Disability Rights Section Solutions for Five Common ADA Access Problems at Polling Places Voting is one of our nation's most fundamental...
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Overview
Providing equal opportunity to people with disabilities is the fundamental principle of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)....
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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...
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12188(a)(2) Injunctive relief
(2) Injunctive relief In the case of violations of sections 12182(b)(2)(A)(iv) and Section 12183(a) of this title, injunctive relief shall include an order to alter facilities to make...
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Unisex Restrooms
Accessible unisex restrooms cannot be used as a substitute for accessible multi-user restrooms (except in alterations where making existing restrooms fully accessible is not technically...
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F247.3.2 Outdoor Recreation Access Routes
In alterations to existing trailheads, there are exceptions in 1016.1 that can be used where conditions specified in 1019 apply....
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If a state or local authority interprets an accessibility requirement differently than how a comparable requirement in the ADA Standards is interpreted under the ADA (or waives that requirement completely), does this have any bearing on ADA compliance?
Covered entities are still required to design, construct or alter their facilities in compliance with the ADA Standards even where comparable requirements in a state or local code are interpreted...