2015 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES
Part 12: HUMAN RIGHTS
Chapter 337: HUMAN RIGHTS ACT
Subchapter 5: PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
§4594-A. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1, 1984 and January 1, 1988

§4594-A. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1, 1984 and January 1, 1988

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 but before January 1, 1988, or when the estimated total costs for remodeling or enlarging an existing building exceed $150,000 and the remodeling or enlarging is begun after January 1, 1984 but before January 1, 1988.

[ 2011, c. 322, §3 (AMD) .]

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 but before January 1, 1988 must meet the requirements of the 1981 standards of construction adopted pursuant to Title 25, former chapter 331. [2011, c. 613, §16 (AMD); 2011, c. 613, §29 (AFF).]

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 that are remodeled, enlarged or renovated on or after January 1, 1984 but before January 1, 1988 must meet the requirements of the following 4 parts of the 1981 standards of construction adopted pursuant to Title 25, former 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. [2011, c. 613, §17 (AMD); 2011, c. 613, §29 (AFF).]

[ 2011, c. 613, §§16, 17 (AMD); 2011, c. 613, §29 (AFF) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1983, c. 437, §5 (NEW). 1987, c. 390, §4 (AMD). 1991, c. 99, §25 (AMD). 2011, c. 322, §3 (AMD). 2011, c. 613, §§16, 17 (AMD). 2011, c. 613, §29 (AFF).