Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title21 HANDICAPPED PERSONS. |
Chapter4. ACCESSIBILITY TO AND USE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES BY PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS. |
Article1. Accessibility Generally. |
§21-4-5. Standards and specifications for public buildings and facilities - Construction and interpretation; waivers.
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(a) The State Fire Marshal and the director of the State Building Commission are each hereby authorized to construe and interpret the standards and specifications prescribed as authorized in this article.
(b) Each of such officers is hereby authorized, with the concurrence of the other, to grant a waiver of a particular standard or specification upon proper application therefor, when in their joint opinion, following the specification or standard would be unreasonably costly and impractical, or that an alternative facility is already reasonably available.