The questions I still get confused on is if the bed and breakfast has 5 rooms or less and is owner occupoied it is exempt from ADA. I take this to understand that a bed and breakfast with 5 or fewer rooms would not need to have an elevator or ramps installed. In most old homes it may not work anyways. The part I am not clear on is if a bed and breakfast is exempt from ADA does that mean they are exempt from allowing a service animal in?.
oceans said:
The questions I still get confused on is if the bed and breakfast has 5 rooms or less and is owner occupoied it is exempt from ADA. I take this to understand that a bed and breakfast with 5 or fewer rooms would not need to have an elevator or ramps installed. In most old homes it may not work anyways. The part I am not clear on is if a bed and breakfast is exempt from ADA does that mean they are exempt from allowing a service animal in?
From what I understand we are NOT exempt. So long as you are a business renting rooms to the public you are not exempt.
Riki
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no business open to the public is exempt from ADA. As a private residence open as a B&B with 5 rooms or less, we may not have to comply with certain requirements in ADA Architecural Guidelines (ramps, elevator, etc.) but we have to make any other reasonable accomodation to anyone wishing to patronize the estableshment, which would include allowing a service dog.
BTW, we built from scratch and used ADAAG as a voluntary good practice design guide, works fairly well with a contemporary look: wider corridors, 36" doors, lever style door handles, elevator (3 stories), varying access in bathrooms. We don't meet strict ADAAG, but the increase mobility has been valuable to guests, even just those stiff in the joints. It was a business decision.
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