More Findings on Private and Public Areas (Condominiums)

36 CFR Parts 1190 and 1191; Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 141 / Friday, July 23, 2004 / Rules and Regulations page 44084 have the following sentence:

“The ADA applies to places of public accommodation, commercial facilities, and State and local government facilities.”

In the ADA of 1990 commercial facilities are Title II and State and local government facilities are Title III.  So what are places of public accommodations?

In the opinion of ACCESS, these public accommodations are public amenities within a building, in a separate building or on the site that are not in the private areas of the building.  The private area of a building is the space inside ones front door.  In the case of a condominium, it would be all the common areas on the other side of ones front door.

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Hank


The above are opinions of Hank Falstad, AIA, Managing Senior Associate of Access Technologies Services, Inc. (ACCESS).  See our web site for additional information:  www.accessts.net.