Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 8 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS › Division 60 - Missouri Commission on Human Rights › Chapter 4 - Guidelines and Interpretations of Fair Housing Sections of the Missouri Human Rights Act › Section 8 CSR 60-4.010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule defines terms used in sections
				  213.040,
				  213.045,
				  213.050
				  and 213.070, RSMo.
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				  material.
(1) Accessible
				route 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 American National Standards
				Institute, (ANSI) A117.1-1986 or a comparable standard is an accessible
				route.
(2) 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
				handicaps. 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 the (ANSI) A117.1-1986 or a comparable standard is accessible
				within the meaning of this definition.
(3) ANSI A117.1-1986 means the 1986 edition
				of the
American National Standard for Buildings and Facilities
				Providing Accessibility and Usability for Physically Handicapped
				People
. Copies may be obtained from American National Standards
				Institute, Inc., 1430 Broadway, New York, New York 10018.
(4) Building entrance on an accessible route
				means an accessible entrance to a building that is connected by an accessible
				route to public transportation stops, to accessible parking and passenger
				loading zones, or to public streets or sidewalks, if available. A building
				entrance that complies with ANSI A117.1-1986 or a comparable standard complies
				with the requirements of this section.
(5) Building means a structure, facility or
				portion of it that contains or serves one (1) or more dwelling units.
(6) 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 their guests. These areas include hallways, lounges,
				lobbies, laundry rooms, refuse rooms, mail rooms, recreational areas and
				passageways among and between buildings.
(7) Controlled substance means any drug or
				other substance, or immediate precursor, included in the definition in section
				195.010,
				RSMo.
(8) Covered multifamily
				dwellings means buildings consisting of four (4) or more dwelling units if
				these buildings have one (1) or more elevators, and ground floor dwelling units
				in other buildings.
(9) Dwelling
				means any building, structure or portion of it which is occupied as, or
				designed or intended for occupancy as a residence by one (1) or more families
				and any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or
				location of any building, structure or portion of it intended for residential
				purposes.
(10) Dwelling unit means
				a single unit of residence for a family of one (1) or more persons. Examples of
				dwelling units include: a single family home; an apartment unit within an
				apartment building; and in other types of dwellings in which sleeping
				accommodations are provided but toileting or cooking facilities are shared by
				occupants of more than one (1) room or portion of the dwelling, or rooms in
				which people sleep. Examples of the latter include dormitory rooms and sleeping
				accommodations in shelters intended for occupancy as a residence for homeless
				persons.
(11) Entrance means any
				access point to a building or portion of a building used by residents for the
				purpose of entering.
(12) Exterior
				means all areas of the premises outside of an individual dwelling
				unit.
(13) First occupancy means a
				building that has never before been used for any purpose.
(14) Ground floor means a floor of a building
				with a building entrance on an accessible route. A building may have more than
				one (1) ground floor.
(15) Interior
				means the spaces, parts, components or elements of an individual dwelling
				unit.
(16) Modification means any
				change to the public or common use areas of a building or any change to a
				dwelling unit.
(17) Other financial
				assistance as used in section
				213.045,
				RSMo includes the purchasing of loans which are for purchasing, constructing,
				improving, repairing or maintaining a dwelling or which are secured by
				residential real estate.
(18)
				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.
(19)
				Public use areas means interior or exterior rooms or spaces of a building that
				are made available to the general public. Public use may be provided at a
				building that is privately or publicly owned.
(20) Site means a parcel of land bounded by a
				property line or a designated portion of a public right of way.
*Original authority: 213.030, RSMo 1959, amended 1978,
					 1986, 1992; 213.040, RSMo 1986, amended 1992; 213.045, RSMo 1986, amended 1992
					 and 213.050, RSMo 1986, amended
					 1992.