2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design

Subpart D of 28 CFR Part 36 (2) Costs that may be counted as expenditures required to provide an accessible path of travel may include: (i) Costs associated with providing an accessible entrance and an accessible route to the altered area, for example, the cost of widening doorways or installing ramps; (ii) Costs associated with making restrooms accessible, such as installing grab bars, enlarging toilet stalls, insulating pipes, or installing accessible faucet controls; (iii) Costs associated with providing accessible telephones, such as relocating the telephone to an accessible height, installing amplification devices, or installing a text telephone (TTY). (iv) Costs associated with relocating an inaccessible drinking fountain. (g) Duty to provide accessible features in the event of disproportionality. (1) When the cost of alterations necessary to make the path of travel to the altered area fully accessible is disproportionate to the cost of the overall alteration, the path of travel shall be made accessible to the extent that it can be made accessible without incurring disproportionate costs. (2) In choosing which accessible elements to provide, priority should be given to those elements that will provide the greatest access, in the following order: (i) An accessible entrance; (ii) An accessible route to the altered area; (iii) At least one accessible restroom for each sex or a single unisex restroom; (iv) Accessible telephones; (v) Accessible drinking fountains; and (vi) When possible, additional accessible elements such as parking, storage, and alarms. (h) Series of smaller alterations. (1) The obligation to provide an accessible path of travel may not be evaded by 24 - 2010 Standards: Title III Department of Justice