Top Ten Alleged Construction-Related Disability Access Violations:

  Monday, July 01, 2024 – Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Rank

Violation Description

Total Selected

1

Parking: Existing spaces are non-compliant (e.g., excessive slopes/cross-slopes, improper dimensions, striping, etc.).

633

2

Access to Goods, Support, Services and Equipment: Surface heights and space requirements for counters, tables, bars, or seating are not compliant.

477

3

Path of Travel - Exterior: Routes to and from parking lot or public right of way are not accessible (e.g., non-compliant surfaces, excessive slope/cross-slope, lack of detectable warnings, not protected from traffic, etc.).

446

4

Parking: Designated accessible directional and/or parking signage is missing or non-compliant.

374

5

Path of Travel - Exterior: Vertical transitions (ramps and/or stairs) are not compliant (e.g., excessive slope/cross-slope; landings are non-compliant, lack of guardrails and/or wheel guard, etc.).

352

6

Websites: Text alternatives were not provided for non-text content on website. (e.g., alt text for images and form buttons were not provided, text labels for form inputs were not provided, etc.)

310

7

Websites: Content not appropriately/logically marked on website. (e.g., semantic markups not used, tables not used for tabular data, only visual/auditory cues, content restricted to portrait/landscape, etc.)

291

8

Websites: Navigation order is not logical on website. (e.g., navigation order of links, form elements, etc. is not logical and intuitive, etc.)

286

9

Websites: Hyperlinks not meaningful on website. (e.g., link's purpose can't be inferred by link text, not clear links with same text go different places, external hyperlink doesn't say it leaves page, etc.)

281

10

Parking: Van-accessible and/or loading zones are non-compliant or non-existent.

257

Total:

3,707


Additional Information

You may contact a local Certified Access Specialist (CASp) for a more in-depth interpretation of the design standards and requirements in California. For more information on CASp and access compliance, please visit the Division of State Architect (DSA). Alternatively, your local jurisdictions (e.g. the City’s/County’s building department) have licensed design professionals that can provide an access compliance evaluation of a facility.

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