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

[KAREN A CARLSON (kcarlson2]

Re: Common House kitchen--I spoke with city/county public health who said the 
kitchen was residential unless food prepared there was sold.  (I think there’s 
leeway for “bake sale” type events.)  They can intervene, tho, if  a bunch of 
us got sick and the question of food safety arose.

Karen Carlson
Arboretum Cohousing
Madison, WI


> On Feb 5, 2017, at 8:43 AM, Tom Smyth <tom [at] tomsmyth.ca> wrote:
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> It all depends on the law in question I believe.
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> 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.
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> 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
>> have experience with this?
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>> Maggi Rohde
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>> Touchstone, Ann Arbor
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