McDonalds ADA Requirement

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So...you opened the door for him, right?

Fire codes generally require outward swinging doors in public buildings for obvious reasons.

 

Contrary to what too many people believe, the ADA does not require that all buildings make modifications to allow ADA access in all situations. I may have this slightly off (zddoodah can correct me if I'm wrong) but as I understand it, if the building was already standing and had been built to the code at the ADA became law, they only needed to make ADA modifications if they were going to made structural changes anyway. If they were, then they needed to become ADA compliant but they weren't required to start a building project for the sole purpose of ADA access.

 

@Disabled Vet is a veteran, who suffers his own afflictions.

I suspect if he had been possessed of his full faculties and had seen a person in distress, he'd have offered to assist the person.

On a personal note, I have two relatives with various mobility issues.

One welcomes the kindness of strangers, the other strives hard to assert her independence.

That is to say, unless asked for your assistance, some people who suffer afflictions are insulted by uninvited intrusions into their lives.

In light of the general surliness among today's population, I find it best to mind my business.

 

I'm not an ADA expert by any stretch, but this sounds right based on what little I know. That said, even new construction doesn't require automatic doors.

 

Not entirely true. There are regulations governing these however it is impossible to say whether any particular door was in compliance or not just from the description. Request Rejected

Local building codes and requirements may also vary.

 

Yeah, i've been on the wrong side of offering assistance.... I was stunned by the negative vitrolic response.

 

Even existing facilities are required to remove architectural barriers if doing so is “readily achievable.” 42 U.S.C. § 12182(b)(2)(A)(iv) (West 1990); see also Theodore v. Lowell General Hospital, Docket No.15-cv-11774-ADB, 2017 WL 1164486, (D. Mass. March 28, 2017) (“The pre-1993 facilities are required to “remove architectural barriers ... where such removal is readily achievable.”).
Subpart C of the regulations, 28 CFR § 36.301 et seq, apply to all facilities regardless of the time they were built. Id. Thus, facilities built before 1993 must “remove architectural barriers . . . where such removal is readily achievable.” 28 CFR § 36.304(a) (emphasis added). The regulations include installing ramps and cutting into curbs as examples of readily achievable steps that can be taken to remove architectural barriers. 28 CFR § 36.304(b)(1)(2) (listing examples).

 

You go get 'em tiger.

However, please don't post to threads upon which no activity has appeared within the last 90 days, thank you!