2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 40 Public health and safety :: RS 40:1732 Definitions

§1732.  Definitions

As used in this Part:

(1)  "ADA" means the Americans with Disabilities (Civil Rights) Act of 1990 (Public Law 336).

(2)  "ADAAG" means the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines in effect on September 1, 1994, as adopted by the United States Department of Justice pursuant to the ADA.

(3)  "Alteration" means deliberate reconstruction of an existing building in whole or in part in order to bring it up to date in conformity with present uses of the structure and to which other rules and regulations on the upgrading of health and safety provisions are applicable.  It shall also include "alteration" as defined in the ADAAG.  For purposes of this Part, alteration shall also mean any change in occupancy as defined by the Life Safety Code.

(4)  "Building" means a structure to which the general public customarily has access or utilizes as defined in the ADAAG.

(5)  "Dwelling unit" means a single unit of residence for a household of one or more persons.

(6)  "Fire marshal" means the fire marshal of the state of Louisiana.

(7)  "Governmental facility" means a building, structure, or facility designed, constructed, or altered by, on behalf of, or for the use of a quasi public agency, the state, or any agency or department thereof, or any political subdivision or any agency or department thereof.

(8)  "Improved area" includes parking lots, curbings, sidewalks, streets, harbors, parks, beaches, public telephones, recreational areas, drinking fountains, camping grounds, and restrooms.

(9)(a)  "Public facility" means a commercial facility or a place of public accommodation as such terms are defined in the ADAAG.

(b)  A "public facility" does not include a governmental facility.

(10)  "Structure" means that which is built or constructed; an edifice or building of any kind; temporary or permanent.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 625, §1.  Acts 1984, No. 240, §1, eff. June 30, 1984; Acts 1988, No. 551, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 1995, No. 880, §1.

{{NOTE:  SEE ACTS 1988, NO. 551, §3.}}