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Parties Involved:
Jerry Doran
Plaintiff
JJ Motels
Defendant
Super 8 Motel
Defendant

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Lynn Hubbard III, SBN 69773

Scottlynn J Hubbard, IV, SBN 212970

Law Offices of Lynn Hubbard

12 Williamsburg Lane

Chico, Ca. 95926

Telephone: (530) 895-3252

Facsimile: (530) 894-8244

Attorneys for Plaintiff

United States District Court

Eastern District Of California

Jerry Doran, Case No. Civ.S-04-0003 FCD PAN

Plaintiff, Order

vs.

JJ Motels dba Super 8 Motel; 

and DOES 1 through 10,

Defendant.

___________________________/

Plaintiff Jerry Doran filed this action against defendant JJ

Motel for violating Title III of the Americans with Disabilities

Act (“ADA”) and related state disabled access laws at the Super 8

Motel located in Auburn, California (“the Motel”). He avers that

defendant denied him full and equal enjoyment and use of the

motel, and failed to remove barriers that violate federal

disability access standards, viz., the Americans with

Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (“ADAAG”) codified at

Appendix A of 28 C.F.R. Part 36, and Title 24 of the California

Building Code (“CBC”).

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By way of a motion for summary judgment, Doran sought

damages pursuant to the Unruh Civil Rights Act (“Unruh Act”),

Calif. Civil Code § 52(a), and injunctive relief pursuant to the

ADA, 42 U.S.C. § 12188(a)(2). Because defendant does not oppose

the motion (see Non-Opp’n, filed May 13, 2005), the court orders

the following:

Injunctive relief:

Defendant will remediate the following barriers within one

year of the issuance of this order:

1. The Motel’s (outside) fire extinguishers may protrude

no more than four inches into the path of travel, and must

comply with ADAAG § 4.4.1 and CBC § 1133B.8.6.1. 

2. The Motel’s walks and pedestrian ways must have a grate

with less than a 1/2 inch space, and comply with ADAAG §

4.5.4 and CBC § 1133B.7.2. 

3. The Motel’s accessible route of travel must have a ramp

over abrupt changes, and comply with ADAAG ' 4.5.2 and CBC '

1133B.7.4.

4. The Motel=s sidewalk (at the driveway) and outside

hallway/walkway path of travel must have a cross-slope less

than 2%, and comply with CBC § 1133B.7.1.3 and ADAAG §

4.3.7.

5. The floor mats at the Motel must be secured to the

floor, and comply with CBC § 1124B.3 and ADAAG § 4.5.3.

6. The Motel’s front office must provide an aisle of 36

inches in width for a wheelchair to access the vending

machine, and comply with ADAAG § 4.3.3 and CBC § 1133B.6.2.

7. The Motel’s van accessible parking space must have the 

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“Van Accessible” sign, and comply with ADAAG § 4.6.4 and CBC

§ 1129B.5.

8. The Motel must provide tow-away signage, and comply

with Calif. Vehicle Code § 22511.8(d), CBC § 1129B.5 and

Department of Transportation R 100B.

9. The Motel’s existing disabled parking stall must be at

least 9 feet wide with an access aisle of 5 feet wide and

have the words “NO PARKING” painted across the access

aisles, and comply with CBC § 1129B.4.

10. The Motel’s van accessible access aisle must be at

least 8-feet wide, and comply with CBC § 1129B4 and ADAAG §

4.6.3.

11. The ramp adjacent to the Motel’s accessible parking

must avoid protruding into the unloading area (causing a

side slope greater than 2%), and comply with CBC § 1129B.4.3

and ADAAG § 4.6.3.

12. The Motel’s accessible parking spaces, and access

aisles must have a 2% (maximum) slope, and comply with CBC §

1129B.4.3 and ADAAG § 4.6.3. 

13. The Motel must provide a mechanism for gaining entry to

the pool (i.e., a pool lift), and comply with CBC §

1104B.4.3. 

14. The opening hardware for the Motel’s pool gate must be

centered between 30 to 44 inches above the floor, and must

provide opening hardware on the outside of the gate, and

comply with ADAAG § 4.13.9 and CBC §§ 1133B1.1.1.4,

1133B.2.5.2.

15. The kick plate for the Motel’s pool gate must be a 

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10-inch, smooth and uninterrupted surface, and comply with

CBC §§ 1133B.1.1.1.4, 1133B.2.6.

16. The Motel’s outside picnic table must be located on an

accessible path of travel that is identified by the

International Symbol of Accessibility (“ISA”), and comply

with ADAAG §§ 4.30.7, 9.1.1 and CBC §§ 1111B.2, 1117B.5.8.1. 

17. The Motel’s accessible parking stall must have a

profile that is 36 inches high by 36 inches wide, and comply

with CBC § 1129B.5(2). 

18. The doors to the Motel’s front office and the night

window must display the ISA and comply with CBC §

1117B.5.8.1 and ADAAG § 4.30.7.

19. The Motel must have door landings that are level, and

comply with CBC § 1133B.2.4.2 and ADAAG § 4.13.6.

20. The Motel’s night check-in window must include a level

landing, and comply with CBC § 1111B.2 and ADAAG § 9.1.1.

21. The Motel must provide accessible rooms in accordance

with ADAAG §§ 9, 9.1, and 9.2.

22. Room number 102 of the Motel must have the minimum

strike side distance of 24 inches, and comply with CBC §

1133B.2.4.3 and ADAAG § 4.13.6.

23. The doors to the Motel’s outside restroom and front

office must take no more than 5 pounds of pressure to open,

and comply with CBC § 1133B.2.5 and ADAAG § 4.13.11. 

24. The Motel’s lavatories must be mounted with the rim (or

counter edge) no higher than 34 inches above the finished

floor; have vertical clearance no less than 29 inches

(measured from the bottom of the apron of the lavatory, and

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reduced to 27 inches at a point located 8 inches back from

the front edge); be a minimum of 18 inches to the centerline

of the fixture (when located adjacent to a sidewall); and

comply with CBC § 1115B.2.1.2.1 and ADAAG § 4.19.2.

25. The mirrors of room number 102 and the Motel’s outside

restroom must be mounted less than 40 inches above the

finished floor, and comply with CBC § 1115B.9.1 and ADAAG §

4.19.6.

26. The Motel’s outside restroom must have the hot water

pipes or the drainpipes insulated under the lavatory, and

comply with CBC § 1115B.2.1.2.2 and ADAAG § 4.19.4.

27. The Motel’s outside restroom must have a paper towel

dispenser that protrudes less than 4 inches from the wall,

and complies with CBC § 1133B.8.6.1 and ADAAG § 4.4.1.

28. The Motel’s outside restroom must have a soap dispenser

mounted within 40 inches from the finished floor, and comply

with CBC § 1115B.9.2 and ADDAG § 4.23.7.

29. The toilet tissue dispenser in room number 102 of the

Motel must be located on the wall within 12 inches of the

front edge of the toilet seat, and comply with CBC §

1115B.9.3.

30. The water closet in room number 102 of the Motel must

have the requisite 42-inch minimum clear floor space, and

comply with ADAAG § 4.16.2.

31. The grab bars in room number 102 of the Motel must be

located on one side and the back of the accessible toilet

stall or compartment, 33-inches above (and parallel to) the

floor, mounted on the side wall a minimum of 52-inches from

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the back wall, and comply with CBC § 1115B.8.1 and ADAAG §

4.17.6.

32. The water closets in both the outside restroom and room

number 102 of the Motel must be centered 18-inches from the

wall, and comply with CBC § 1115B.7.2 and ADAAG § 4.17.3.

33. The Motel’s outside restroom must provide 12 inch

clearance between the wall and the grab bar, and comply with

CBC § 1115B.8.2 and ADAAG § 4.26.2.

34. The height of the Motel’s outside restroom water closet

must be less than 19-inches, and comply with CBC § 1115B.2.1

and ADAAG § 4.16.3. 

35. The towel and clothes hangers in room number 102 of the

Motel must be located no more than 54 inches (side approach)

or 48 inches (front approach) above the finished floor, and

comply with CBC § 1125B.3 and ADDAG § 4.25.3.

36. The phone for the Motel’s front office must have a

30-inch by 48-inch clear floor space for either a forward or

parallel approach, and comply with CBC § 1117B.2.2 and ADAAG

§ 4.31.2. 

37. The Motel’s front office must have a portion of the

counter that is 36 inches wide and 28 to 34 inches high, and

comply with CBC § 1122B.4 and ADAAG § 7.2.

38. The Motel must provide at least one roll-in shower, and

comply with CBC § 1111B.4.2 and ADAAG § 9.1.2.

39. Room number 102 of the Motel must provide a 36-inch

clear space around the bed, and comply with CBC § 1111B.4.3

and ADAAG § 9.2.2.

40. The table in room number 102 of the Motel must have 

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knee space of at least 27-inches high, 30-inches wide, and

19-inches deep, and comply with CBC § 1122B.3 and ADAAG §

4.32.3.

The court declines to provide explicit instructions on the

appropriate means to accomplish this directive, and, instead,

leaves "logistical matters" concerning the implementation in the

capable hands of Defendant. Fortyune v. Am. Multi-Cinema, Inc.,

364 F.3d 1075, 1087 (9th Cir. Cal. 2004).

Damages:

Plaintiff is also awarded damages in the amount of $16,000.

IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: May 20, 2005

/s/ Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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