Wheelchair Access 4 Family?
Hope someone, preferably a professional, can offer some quick insite on this. I was speaking with a consultant about a property that I am looking at buying. It is currently an SRO, but would finish as a 4 family (and yes certificate of non-harrassment is in order). The consultant said that since this will be…
Hope someone, preferably a professional, can offer some quick insite on this. I was speaking with a consultant about a property that I am looking at buying. It is currently an SRO, but would finish as a 4 family (and yes certificate of non-harrassment is in order). The consultant said that since this will be a four family house, we might be required to make the ground floor wheelchair accessable, but he didn’t think this would apply if it were a 3 family.
Well it’s a Brownstone. It has a stoop. I can’t see anyway of making it wheelchair accessable without removing the stoop (which there is no way I would do anyway). The building is lankmarked anyway, so I probably couldn’t do it anyway.
So, anyone know how the law applies here? Thanks.
Thanks. Probably will have to apply for the waiver then. What’s the point of making the interior for wheelchair access if the entrence isn’t accessable anyway?
We’re not gutting the place though. The top two floors may have a wall removed to make a kitchen pass through, and on the parlor we are going to remove a wall with pocket doors to make one huge living-kitchen-dining-room area that spreads covers almost the entire floor outside of the hallway.
The rest of the work is primarily cosmetic.
Ah, complying with the wonderful Local Law 58/87. I suppose you are gutting the place? Existing J-2 multiple dwellings with no more than 3 family dwelling units are exempt. So 4 needs to comply. I would think if you are not redoing the entry than that could be left alone. Kitchens, Bathrooms, accessible routes, etc would need to comply if you are going to change it. Non-elevator residential buildings must contain on ground floors at least one and not less than 25% of the units to be be useable or adaptable, if there are dwelling units on that floor…
You can always apply for a waiver.
Jock deBoer, AIA
deBoer Architects