Qualified Historic Building or Facility. A building or facility that is listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places or designated as historic under...
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Qualified Historic Building or Facility
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Housing at a Place of Education
Housing at a Place of Education. Housing operated by or on behalf of an elementary, secondary, undergraduate, or postgraduate school, or other place of education, including...
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Transition Plate
Transition Plate. A sloping pedestrian walking surface located at the end(s) of a gangway.
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Specified public transportation
Specified public transportation means transportation by bus, rail, or any other conveyance (other than by aircraft) that provides the general public with general or special service...
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CLEAR FLOOR SPACE
CLEAR FLOOR SPACE. [DSA-AC] The minimum unobstructed floor or ground space required to accommodate a single, stationary wheelchair and occupant.
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106.5.8 Amusement Ride Seat
A seat that is built-in or mechanically fastened to an amusement ride intended to be occupied by one or more passengers.
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106.5.27 Elevated Play Component
A play component that is approached above or below grade and that is part of a composite play structure consisting of two or more play components attached or functionally linked to...
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Impracticable
Impracticable—In this guidebook, impracticable means work that cannot be completed within the limits of the applicable conditions for an exception.
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Constructed Features
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Provisions
Provisions are the sections of accessibility guidelines and standards that explain what is required for specific situations and facilities (parking, picnic tables, trails, and so...
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Platform Accessibility Services
Services provided by a platform enabling interoperability with assistive technology. Examples are Application Programming Interfaces (API) and the Document Object Model (DOM).
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Power-assisted Door
A door used for human passage with a mechanism that helps to open the door, or relieves the opening resistance of a door, upon the activation of a switch or a continued force applied...
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Substantial proposed change
A “substantial proposed change,” as used in this Consent Decree, is a proposed material change, modification, alteration, or addition to the user interface design (i.e., any...
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Operable Part
Operable Part. A component of an element used to insert or withdraw objects, or to activate, deactivate, or adjust the element.
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106.5.20 Closed-Circuit Telephone
A telephone with a dedicated line such as a house phone, courtesy phone or phone that must be used to gain entry to a facility.
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Qualified Historic Facility
Qualified Historic Facility. A facility that is listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, or designated as historic under an appropriate state or...
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106.5.78 Work Area Equipment
Any machine, instrument, engine, motor, pump, conveyor, or other apparatus used to perform work. As used in this document, this term shall apply only to equipment that is permanently...
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Running Slope (Grade)
Running Slope (Grade). The ascent or descent of a trail segment expressed as a percentage of its length, which is the difference in elevation of a section of a trail measured...
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Public Facing
Content made available by an agency to members of the general public. Examples include, but are not limited to, an agency website, blog post, or social media pages.
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Operable Part
A component of ICT used to activate, deactivate, or adjust the ICT.
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Slope Ratio
Slope Ratio—A ratio of vertical distance to horizontal distance or rise to run.
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Running Slope
Running Slope—The ascent or descent of a trail segment expressed as a percentage of its length. In other words, the slope is the difference in elevation from the beginning to the end...
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Setting
Setting—The term used to describe the natural surroundings of a trail or recreation area.
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“Accessible Trail” is a term to avoid
The technical provisions in section 7.4 of the FSTAG allow for grades up to 12 percent. While such grades are understandable in challenging terrain as hiking paths selected by...