2019 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 department 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. These 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 under this subsection, only one (1) out of every twenty-five (25)
units shall be accessible to persons with a disability. The administrative
regulations shall be incorporated into the Kentucky Building Code.
The administrative regulations promulgated by the department 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 stated in the Kentucky Building Code.
Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 169, sec. 14, effective June 29, 2017. -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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