Connecticut § 29-270a Automatic doors for persons with physical disabilities in certain shopping malls or retail businesses.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 29-270a — Automatic doors for persons with physical disabilities in certain shopping malls or retail businesses.

Connecticut § 29-270a

Title 29Public Safety and State Police

Ch. 541Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-270a (2026).

Text

The owner of any enclosed shopping mall or retail business with more than fifty thousand square feet of floor space, shall install, in at least one of the primary entrances, doors that are automatically activated to provide access to persons with physical disabilities, provided the State Building Inspector may grant an exemption from such requirement where strict compliance would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship. The State Building Inspector shall electronically publish such waiver on the Internet web site of the Department of Administrative Services. Nothing in this section shall require the installation of an automatically activated door in a primary entrance which is open and unobstructed by any door during the hours the retail business is open to the public.

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The owner of any enclosed shopping mall or retail business with more than fifty thousand square feet of floor space, shall install, in at least one of the primary entrances, doors that are automatically activated to provide access to persons with physical disabilities, provided the State Building Inspector may grant an exemption from such requirement where strict compliance would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship. The State Building Inspector shall electronically publish such waiver on the Internet web site of the Department of Administrative Services. Nothing in this section shall require the installation of an automatically activated door in a primary entrance which is open and unobstructed by any door during the hours the retail business is open to the public.

Legislative History

(P.A. 87-54; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 61, 121; P.A. 17-96, S. 28.) History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 changed reference from “advocacy for the handicapped and developmentally disabled” to “advocacy for persons with disabilities”, effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 17-96 deleted provision re concurrence with Director of the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities, and added provision re publishing waiver on Internet web site of Department of Administrative Services, effective July 1, 2017.