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If the building departments would stop granting final approval of construction that is inaccessible, there would be no lawsuits.

The enforcement mechanism chosen by Congress, for the ADA and the State of California, for the state accessibility codes, is effective, however draconian in some circumstances.

It does work though.

Unlike the building departments which frequently do not.

If you do not like the law, propose something better to your legislator.
 
conarb,

no to 1&3 would do research and find out why on 4. Don't know if building was done to code 57 years ago, but that's the code applied until they do something else then that part will be brought to today's standards.This ain't Berkeley
 
David Henderson said:
conarb, no to 1&3 would do research and find out why on 4. Don't know if building was done to code 57 years ago, but that's the code applied until they do something else then that part will be brought to today's standards.This ain't Berkeley
David:

That's my point, we don't go putting businesses out of business because they don't meet code and we don't condemn existing buildings because they don't comply with current codes, before we do such things there must be a clear and present danger, this applies to California's accessibility standards as well. As far as ADA is concerned it is Federal law and is not enforced by building departments, in fact the law says it cannot be enforced by the states.
 
I think we must have a moderator with Tourette Syndrome.

Where's brudgers when you need him?
 
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Merry Christmas to all. This thread is officially closed as it has run its usefulness and has turned unprofessional.

This is a sensitive subject so some for whatever reason and not everyone posting is "close enough to center" to keep it real. So yeah, the big bad wolf is blowing down this house.
 
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