Public Accommodations
Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities (Title III)
Title III prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in the activities of places of public accommodations (businesses that are generally open to the public and that fall into one of 12 categories listed below) and requires newly constructed or altered places of public accommodation—as well as commercial facilities (privately owned, nonresidential facilities such as factories, warehouses, or office buildings)—to comply with the ADA Standards.
- Places of lodging (e.g. inns, hotels, motels, except for owner-occupied establishments renting fewer than six rooms)
- Establishments serving food or drink (e.g. restaurants and bars)
- Places of exhibition or entertainment (e.g. motion picture houses, theaters, concert halls, stadiums)
- Places of public gathering (e.g. auditoriums, convention centers, lecture halls)
- Sales or rental establishments (e.g. bakeries, grocery stores, hardware stores, shopping centers)
- Service establishments (e.g. laundromats, dry-cleaners, banks, barber shops, beauty shops, travel services, shoe repair services, funeral parlors, gas stations, offices of accountants or lawyers, pharmacies, insurance offices, professional offices of health care providers, hospitals)
- Public transportation terminals, depots, or stations (not including facilities relating to air transportation)
- Places of public display or collection (e.g. museums, libraries, galleries)
- Places of recreation (e.g. parks, zoos, amusement parks)
- Places of education (e.g. nursery schools, elementary, secondary, undergraduate, or postgraduate private schools)
- Social service center establishments (e.g. day care centers, senior citizen centers, homeless shelters, food banks, adoption agencies)
- Places of exercise or recreation (e.g. gymnasiums, health spas, bowling alleys, golf courses)
