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Rochelle Callis <br />CRPD Therapeutic Recreation Program Final Report and Recommendations <br />September 8, 2017 page 39 <br />SPECIAL INSERT: An Abbreviated Analysis of the Americans with <br />Disabilities Act <br />There have been several questions from CRPD staffs about how the <br />comprehensive federal civil rights law, known as the Americans with <br />Disabilities Act (ADA), applies with California requirements for <br />accessibility. The following is an abbreviated analysis of these <br />requirements, as applicable to CRPD. This analysis will principally address <br />bricks -and -mortar issues, such as new construction and existing sites. <br />CDPD must follow whichever requirement is more stringent, and that <br />may mean that California requirements rule at part of a site, while <br />federal requirements rule at the remainder of the site. <br />California Requirements for New Sites and Facilities <br />California Building Code Title 24 Accessibility Requirements: California <br />first published its accessibility requirements in the California Code of <br />Regulations (CCR) in 1989, like several other larger states that recognized <br />the equity of making sites and facilities accessible. The Title 24 <br />requirements are a work of the California Division of the State Architect <br />(DSA). Under DSA, these requirements are reviewed and republished as a <br />part of the California Building Code (CBC) every three years. This last <br />occurred in January of 2016, and the new requirements became effective <br />January 1, 2017. <br />These requirements apply to the design or construction of new sites and <br />facilities, alterations to existing sites and facilities, or additions to <br />existing sites and facilities. (This is similar to federal requirements). <br />California, as did many states, added recreation asset design guidance in <br />2012 and 2013. This coincides with federal activity described below. <br />California will likely adopt into Title 24 the eventual federal guidance <br />regarding outdoor recreation areas. Currently, the Presidential <br />Administration has placed that guidance on hold. <br />Federal Requirements for New Sites and Facilities: <br />The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became effective January 26, <br />1992. The first federal design requirements were published July 26, 1991 <br />and became effective for CRPD on January 26, 1992. None of the 1991 <br />Standards addressed parks and recreation assets. These federal <br />requirements apply to the design or construction of new sites and <br />THE W -T GRO <br />DBA RECREATION ACCESSIBILITY CONSULT C <br />ONE SOURCE, INFINITE SOLUTIONS, <br />