Source: https://www.ada.gov/hiltonnytower.htm
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 06:56:44+00:00

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1. The Hotel is a place of public accommodation within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 12181(7) because, among other things, it is "an inn, hotel, motel, or other place of lodging." 42 U.S.C. § 12181(7) (A) see 28 C.F.R. § 36.104.
2. Hilton Hotels Corporation (the "Owner") is a public accommodation within the meaning of Title III of the ADA because it owns the Hotel, a place of public accommodation. see 42 U.S.C. § 12182(a) see 28 C.F.R. § 36.104.
3. Hilton Hotels Corporation (the "Operator") is a public accommodation within the meaning of Title III of the ADA because it operates the Hotel, a place of public accommodation. see 42 U.S.C. § 12182(a); 28 C.F.R. § 36.104.
7.For purposes of this Agreement,"alterations" means a change to the Hotel that affects or could affect the usability of the building or facility or any part thereof and includes, but the term is not limited to, remodeling, renovation, rehabilitation, historic restoration, changes or rearrangement in structural parts or elements, and changes or rearrangement in the plan configuration of walls and full height partitions. Normal maintenance, re-roofing, painting or wallpapering, asbestos removal, or changes to mechanical or electrical systems are not alterations unless they affect the usability of the building or facility.
9. The Hotel shall ensure that its registration counter (or any auxiliary counter) complies with Section 7.2 of the Standards, or that the Hotel provides equivalent facilitation as provided in Section 7.2(2) (iii) of the Standards. For purposes of this Agreement, the Hotel shall be considered in compliance with this Paragraph if it maintains its registration counter or auxiliary registration counter in the condition as it existed at the time of the Government's inspection on February 8, 2006. The Hotel shall notify the United States, through undersigned counsel, in writing if it makes any modification of the station counter during the term of this Agreement.
11. To increase accessibility for individuals with disabilities, the Hotel shall take the following steps within the time periods specified: First, within nine months after the effective date of this Agreement, the Hotel agrees to conduct, and maintain a record of, a self-evaluation of the rooms that the Hotel currently designates as its "accessible" rooms to identify any designated "accessible" room that does not comply with Section 9.2.2 of the Standards. Second, within three years after the effective date of the Agreement, the Hotel agrees to eliminate, to the maximum extent feasible, any barriers to access identified during its self-evaluation, and shall provide a total of 52 units, sleeping rooms, or suites in compliance with Section 9.2.2 of the Standards to the maximum extent feasible; and provide a total of 21 units with accessible roll-in showers.
12. To provide persons with disabilities a range of options equivalent to the options available to other persons served by a hotel, the Standards obligate hotels to disperse their accessible rooms among the various classes of sleeping accommodations available. Standards § 9.1.4(1). Factors to be considered include room size, cost, amenities provided, and the number of beds provided. Id.
12(A). Within three years of the effective date of this Agreement, the Hotel shall modify at least one mini suite and one executive king suite to provide an accessible room in each of those categories of sleeping accommodations. In addition, within five years after the effective date of this Agreement, the Hotel shall modify at least four existing double-double rooms to provide at least four accessible king rooms with roll-in showers.
12 (B). Until such time as the Hotel provides accessible standard king rooms, the Hotel shall offer persons with disabilities requesting an accessible standard king room the option of a Deluxe or Executive level king room at a rate that does not exceed that of a standard king room.
12(C). The Hotel remains committed, going forward, to providing a range of room options for persons with disabilities. Accordingly, whenever the Hotel remodels additional rooms in the future, the Hotel will at such times assess its existing range of room options in light of the dispersal principles of the ADA, and make whatever additional changes to existing rooms or reservation policies as the ADA may require.
13. To increase accessibility for individuals with hearing impairments, the Hotel shall provide a total of 83 units that are accessible to persons with hearing impairments. The Hotel may satisfy the requirements of this paragraph either by providing units that are in compliance with Section 9.3.1 of the Standards or by providing equivalent facilitation in compliance with Section 9.3.2 of the Standards. To the extent the Hotel provides rooms that comply with Section 9.3.1 of the Standards, the Hotel shall complete the construction of such rooms within three years after the effective date of the Agreement. To the extent the Hotel provides equivalent facilitation that complies with Section 9.3.2 of the Standards, the Hotel shall purchase portable visual alarms and communication devices and install sufficient electrical outlets (including outlets connected to the Hotel's central alarm system) and telephone wiring in units to enable persons with hearing impairments to utilize the portable visual alarms and communication devices within nine months after the effective date of the Agreement. Standards § 9.1.3.
(j) Hotel staff shall be trained to offer assistance, upon request, to persons with disabilities who cannot transport their luggage to/from their guestrooms/suites and who may need assistance in locating guestrooms and Hotel amenities (see 28 C.F.R. § 36.302 (a)).

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