Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Common house designation for legal purposes

[Tom Smyth (tom]

It all depends on the law in question I believe.

The one I've done some research into is the ADA. My understanding is that
the common house can be deemed to be a "public accommodation" if e.g. you
host public events there, charge admission, etc. In that case, you become
subject to the ADA regulations and can be sued and forced to put in e.g.
accessible bathrooms if you don't have them already.


On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 9:33 AM, <librarymaggi [at] gmail.com> wrote:

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> Is the common house legally a private or a public place? For purposes of
> fundraising, showing movies, etc. this is an important designation. Anybody
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> Maggi Rohde
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> Touchstone, Ann Arbor
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