28 CFR Part 35 Title II Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) (published 2008)

§ 35.150 Existing facilities.

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(2) Safe harbor.  If a public entity has constructed or altered elements in an existing facility in accordance with the specifications in either the 1991 Standards or the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standard, such public entity is not, solely because of the Department's adoption of the proposed standards, required to retrofit such elements to reflect incremental changes in the proposed standards.

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(4) Reduced scoping for existing facilities. For measures taken to comply with the program accessibility requirements of this section, existing facilities shall comply with the applicable requirements for alterations in § 35.151 of this part, except as follows:

(i) In addition to the provisions of section 240.2.1 of the proposed standards, where an existing play area provides elevated play components, an additional number of ground level play components may be substituted for the number of elevated play components that would have been required to comply with the provisions of section 240.2.2 of the proposed standards; and

(ii) Where an existing swimming pool has at least 300 linear feet of swimming pool wall, it shall comply with the applicable requirements for swimming pools, except that it shall provide at least one accessible means of entry that complies with section 1009.2 or section 1009.3 of the proposed standards.

(5) Exemption for small facilities.  For measures taken to comply with the program accessibility requirements of this section, existing facilities shall comply with the applicable requirements for alterations in § 35.151 of this part, except as follows:

(i) Where an existing play area has less than 1000 square feet, it shall be exempt from the provisions of section 240 of the proposed standards;

(ii) Where an existing swimming pool has less than 300 linear feet of swimming pool wall, it shall be exempt from the provisions of section 242.2 of the proposed standards; and

(iii) Where an existing sauna or steam room was designed and constructed to seat only two people, it shall be exempt from the provisions of § 241 of the proposed standards.

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