(c) In connection with the design and construction of covered multi-family housing accommodations for first occupancy after the effective date of passage of this chapter, a failure to design and construct those housing accommodations in a manner ensuring that they have at least one entrance on an accessible route unless impractical to do so because of the terrain or unusual characteristics of the site. Housing accommodations with a building entrance on an accessible route shall comply with the following requirements:
1. The public use and common use portions of the housing accommodations shall be readily accessible to and usable by disabled persons;
2. All the doors designed to allow passage into and within all premises within the housing accommodations shall be sufficiently wide to allow passage by disabled persons on wheelchairs; and
3. All premises within the housing accommodations shall contain the following features of adaptive design:
a. An accessible route into and through the housing accommodations;
b. Light switches, electrical outlets, thermostats, and other environmental controls in accessible locations;
c. Reinforcements in bathroom walls to allow later installation of grab bars; and
d. Usable kitchens and bathrooms such that an individual in a wheelchair can maneuver about the space; and
(d) Compliance with the appropriate requirements of Chapter 11 of the Kentucky Building Code, Requirement for Accommodations in New Construction, as amended from time to time, suffices to satisfy the requirements of subsection (1)(c)2. or 3. of this section.
(2) As used in subsection (1) of this section, the term
COVERED MULTIFAMILY HOUSING ACCOMMODATION means:
(a) Buildings consisting of four (4) or more units if such buildings have one or more elevators; and