Percentage of Restaurant Tables Appropriate for Wheelchairs
<p>A local restaurant remodeled and now they have mostly high tables with stools and booths. They only have a few tables appropriate for someone in a wheelchair. If a restaurant has plenty of tables available, but none are suitable for a person in a wheelchair, are they ADA compliant?</p>

<p>The <a href="https://www.ada.gov/regs2010/2010ADAStandards/2010ADAstandards.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ADA Standards </a>, in section 226.1 requires that:</p>

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  <p>Where dining surfaces are provided for the consumption of food or drink, at least 5 percent of the seating spaces and standing spaces at the dining surfaces shall comply with 902.</p>
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<p>Where section 902 gives specifics on the requirements for accessible dining surfaces.</p>

<p>It therefore seems that, in order to determine compliance, you would need to know how many dining spaces are available in total, and how many are wheelchair accessible. If less than 5% are accessible then the restaurant is not compliant, otherwise they appear to be OK.</p>

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