2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 198B - HOUSING, BUILDINGS, AND CONSTRUCTION - BUILDING CODE 198B.260 Administrative regulations to make buildings accessible to and usable by persons with a disability -- Compliance required.
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198B.260 Administrative regulations to make buildings accessible to and usable by
persons with a disability -- Compliance required.
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The Board of Housing, Buildings and Construction shall promulgate administrative
regulations, pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A, applicable to all new and altered
buildings which shall establish requirements for making all buildings accessible to
and usable by persons with a disability. Such regulations shall require, as a
minimum, that all buildings, with the exception of one (1) and two (2) family
dwellings, multifamily projects consisting of twenty-four (24) living units or less,
church buildings, and historical structures whose historic significance would be
threatened or destroyed, be accessible to persons with a disability. If multifamily
projects are not exempt hereunder, only one (1) out of every twenty-five (25) units
must be accessible to persons with a disability. The administrative regulations shall
be incorporated into the Kentucky Building Code.
The administrative regulations promulgated by the board shall be consistent with
the Federal 1991 Americans with Disabilities Act and the American Disabilities Act
Guidelines.
No building permit or other official authorization for construction of any building
shall be valid unless the plans and specifications are in compliance with the
accessibility requirements as stated in the Kentucky Building Code.
Effective: July 15, 1994.
History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 405, sec. 51, effective July 15, 1994; and ch. 416,
sec. 12, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 280, sec. 1, effective
July 15, 1982. -- Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 361, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1980.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/94). This section was amended by 1994
Ky. Acts chs. 405 and 416 which are in conflict. Under KRS 446.250, Acts ch. 416,
which was last enacted by the General Assembly, prevails.
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