54-21.3-04.1. Accessibility standards - Automatic doors

54-21.3-04.1. Accessibility standards - Automatic doors

1. Notwithstanding section 54-21.3-04, every building or facility subject to the federal

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 [Pub. L. 101-336; 104 Stat. 327] must conform

to the 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act standards for accessible design as

contained in title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, parts 35 and 36 [28 CFR 35

and 36].

2. A state agency or the governing body of a political subdivision shall require from any

individual preparing plans and specifications for a building or facility subject to the

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 [Pub. L. 101-336; 104 Stat. 327], a statement

that the plans and specifications are, in the professional judgment of that individual, in

conformance with the Americans with Disabilities Act standards for accessible design

as provided under subsection 1. A statement of conformance must be submitted to the

department of commerce division of community services for recording.

3. After July 31, 2013, a newly designed and constructed building in excess of seven

thousand five hundred square feet [696.77 square meters] which is classified within

the state building code as assembly, business, educational, institutional, or mercantile

occupancy and required by the state building code to be accessible must include at

the primary exterior public entrance an automatic door or power-assisted manual door

that complies with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,

revised 2010. If a multiple unit building does not have a primary exterior public

entrance, an individual unit within that building is not required to include an automatic

door or power-assisted manual door unless that individual unit is in excess of seven

thousand five hundred square feet [696.77 square meters].