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Not an expert, but $100K claimed by the owner seems rather much. A third party assessment would be good to procure. Given the touted popularity, cost would be a
by ngneer 7y ago
Not an expert, but $100K claimed by the owner seems rather much. A third party assessment would be good to procure. Given the touted popularity, cost would be amortized, too. Maybe the owner derived what they had hoped out of the business.
- Nightshaxx 7y agoShe mentioned the building is old. Maybe there are other structural issues that would be brought up if a ramp was installed that would have to be delt with. I don't know though, it's just a guess.
- haroldl 7y agoAgreed. "Crema Coffee owner June Tran said bringing her 100-year-old building up to code would cost $100,000." Bringing a 100-year-old building up to code != installing a ramp.
- BurningFrog 7y agoBut you need a building permit to install a ramp, and that may come with a requirement to bring it up to code.
- mondoshawan 7y agoThen she was already willfully ignorant of the law when she started, long before ADA got involved.
- CaliforniaKarl 7y agoBesides the ramp, the other big thing (from a customer's perspective) would be the bathroom. This business was basically in a converted house. So the existing "half-bath" would probably not be large enough for ADA standards (with enough room for someone in a wheelchair to enter, close the door, transfer to the toilet, etc.).
- codezero 7y agoADA compliance (IANAL), if the owner is being comprehensive, includes things not just for customers but for employees too, so maybe their kitchen/working spaces are also not compliant and would involve significant interior redesign etc... I dunno. Seems plausible, anything that has some legal definition of compliance also has some overhead cost to make sure that the thing implemented also complies :)
- DataWorker 7y agoIt’s an absurd figure and a real news source wouldn’t print it.