2010 Maine Code
TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES
Chapter 337: HUMAN RIGHTS ACT
5 §4594-A. Public accommodations constructed, remodeled or enlarged after January 1, 1984

Part 12: HUMAN RIGHTS

Subchapter 5: PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS

§4594-A. Public accommodations constructed, remodeled or enlarged after January 1, 1984

1. Facilities attested. This section applies to any building or facility constructed specifically as a place of public accommodation on or after January 1, 1984, or when the estimated total costs for remodeling or enlarging an existing building exceeds $150,000 and the remodeling or enlarging is begun after January 1, 1984.

[ 1983, c. 437, §5 (NEW) .]

2. Application. Facilities subject to this section must meet the following standards.

A. Facilities subject to this section constructed on or after January 1, 1984, must meet the requirements of the 1981 standards of construction adopted pursuant to Title 25, chapter 331. [1991, c. 99, §25 (AMD).]

B. Plans to reconstruct, remodel or enlarge an existing place of public accommodation, when the estimated total cost exceeds $150,000, are subject to this section when the proposed reconstruction, remodeling or enlargement will substantially affect that portion of the building normally accessible to the public.

Facilities subject to this section which are remodeled, enlarged or renovated on or after January 1, 1984, must meet the requirements of the following 4 parts of the 1981 standards of construction adopted pursuant to Title 25, chapter 331:

(1) 4.3 accessible route;

(2) 4.13 doors;

(3) 4.17 toilet stalls;

(4) 4.29.3 tactile warnings on doors to hazardous areas; and

(5) Parking spaces for use by persons with physical disability in adequate number, pursuant to section 4593, subsection 1, paragraph E. [1991, c. 99, §25 (AMD).]

[ 1991, c. 99, §25 (AMD) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1983, c. 437, §5 (NEW). 1987, c. 390, §4 (AMD). 1991, c. 99, §25 (AMD).