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Originally Posted by Burninator
As far as the Building code is concerned there is no such thing as a "private business" in this sense. This store is in a mall, is not private, it is public. The building states, "...access shall be provided to all storeys of buildings of new construction." The Building code exists for a reason. A shop owner is required by law to follow it, despite the fact that he owns his business. He can't make it out of popsicle sticks, because it will fall down. He can't make the wall of blankets because it won't keep a climate. You have make it accessible to wheel chairs because we live in a fair society. This decision is not in the shop owners hands.
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That was my opinion, since this is a free country i believe i should be entitled to build my store how i want it - with exception to saftey codes aside. I just believe there is a big different between a multi-billion dollar corporation such as Wal-Mart and that of an insignificant local operation.
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Originally Posted by Burninator
You say we need to accommodate, and that is exactly why this has been put into the building code to accomplish. If people are putting up buildings that are not barrier free, because of their choice, then we are just moving backwards.
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What i was trying to say is, as a disabled person, your not going to have access to everywhere, nor should you expect it, nor should the laws require.
Municipal, Provincial and Federal property should all accomodate to you for sure for tax reasons and because you are a citizen of the country. But when it comes to privately owned small businesses, you simply cannot expect all of these places to be accessible to the disabled. Lots of things factor in, money, square footage and right down to which disabilities. (As someone has pointed out, with the visually impared argument)
I'm all for Safeway, Wal-mart and other big corporations to have measures in place to accomodate the disabled, but when it boils right down to some avarage joe who operates
one store in [/i]one[/i] location, i feel these types of businesses should be exempt from these "guidelines" simply for the fact every location should not be expected to accomodate disabilities.
I'm not trying to be a dick, i just feel your at a loss when you have a disability and the entire world cannot function to your liking nor should "building codes" include every which business.