Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 21 - KANSAS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION › Article 60 - DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING PRACTICES › Section 21-60-14 - Prohibitions against discrimination because of disability; definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a)
			 "Accessible," when used with respect to the public and common use areas of a
			 building containing covered multifamily dwellings, means that the public or
			 common use areas of the building can be approached, entered, and used by
			 individuals with physical disabilities. The phrase "readily accessible to and
			 usable by" is synonymous with accessible. A public or common use area that
			 complies with the appropriate requirements of K.S.A. 1991 Supp. 44-1016(h)(4) 
			 or a comparable standard, is "accessible" within the meaning of this act.
(b) "Accessible route," when used
			 with respect to the public and common areas of a building containing covered
			 multifamily dwellings, means a continuous unobstructed path connecting
			 accessible elements and spaces in a building or within a site that can be
			 negotiated by a person with a severe disability using a wheelchair and that is
			 also safe for and usable by people with other disabilities. Interior accessible
			 routes may include corridors, floors, ramps, elevators and lifts. Exterior
			 accessible routes may include parking access aisles, curb ramps, walks, ramps
			 and lifts. A route that complies with the appropriate requirements of K.S.A.
			 1991 Supp. 44-1016(h)(4)  is an "accessible route."
(c) "Building" means a structure, facility or
			 the portion thereof that contains or serves one or more dwelling units.
(d) "Building entrance on an
			 accessible route" means an accessible entrance to a building that is connected
			 by an accessible route within the boundary of the site to public transportation
			 stops, to accessible parking and passenger loading zones, and to public streets
			 or sidewalks, if available. A building entrance that complies with the
			 appropriate requirements of K.S.A. 1991 Supp. 44-1016(h)(4)  or a comparable
			 standard complies with the requirements of this act.
(e) "Common use areas" means rooms, spaces or
			 elements inside or outside of a building that are made available for the use of
			 residents of a building or the guests thereof. These areas include hallways,
			 lounges, lobbies, laundry rooms, refuse rooms, mail rooms, recreational areas
			 and passageways among and between buildings.
(f) "Controlled substance" means any drug or
			 other substance, or immediate precursor included in the definition in section
			 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 USC 802 1970).
(g) "Dwelling unit" means a single unit of
			 residence for a family or one or more persons, including but not limited to, a
			 single family home and an apartment unit within an apartment building. The term
			 dwelling unit also includes other types of dwellings in which sleeping
			 accommodations are provided but in which toilet or cooking facilities are
			 shared by occupants of more than one room or portion of the dwelling,
			 including, but not limited to, dormitory rooms, sleeping rooms and sleeping
			 accommodations in shelters intended for occupancy as a residence for homeless
			 persons.
(h) "Entrance" means any
			 access point to a building used by residents for the purpose of entering.
(i) "Exterior" means all areas of
			 the premises outside of an individual dwelling unit.
(j) "First occupancy" means a building that
			 has never before been used for any purpose.
(k) "Ground floor" means a floor of a
			 building with a building entrance on an accessible route. A building may have
			 more than one ground floor.
(l)
			 "Interior" means the spaces, parts, components or elements inside of an
			 individual dwelling unit.
(m)
			 "Modification" means any change to the public or common use areas of a building
			 or any change to a dwelling unit.
(n) "Premises" means the interior or exterior
			 spaces, parts, components or elements of a building, including individual
			 dwelling units and the public and common use areas of a building.
(o) "Public use areas" means rooms or spaces
			 of a building that are made available to the general public. Public use areas
			 may be provided at a building that is privately or publicly owned.
(p) "Site" means a parcel of land bounded by
			 a property line or a designated portion of a public right of way.