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Originally Posted by eazyduzzit

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.

Couldn't disagree more. The building code isn't just "safety codes". In some ways it gives pratically to buildings. If store owners wanted to build however they wanted, buildings would be terrible. Things like exits, bathrooms, stairs would small as possible to allow more space for leasing. You have to have guide lines for these things otherwise buildings won't work. What Wal-Mart and the Joe-Smoes store have in common is that both buildings that are open to the public. I don't see why bank account size should change this.

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)

Why not? I have yet to see a resonable argument for why this is not feasable for a store owner. You have to design a building with a fire exit why can't you design a building with a wider corrider or a larger bathroom. This hardly effects cost as it is a given in the design stage.

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.

Wow, what have you got against people with disabilities? Did someone in a wheel chair run over your foot once? Could you imagine if you couldn't go into half the stores because average joe store owner is too much of a tight-wad to put in barrier free measures? That would be horrible. First you are limiting your own business. Second how do you deciede which business gets to have wheel chair access and which don't? It is much easier and it makes so much more sense to have them all cover it.

We live in a progressive society, we are trying move forward. Why on earth would you want to segregate a group of people because a shop owner wants "his" building a certain way.