(Amd) 1103.1 Where required: All buildings and structures, including their associated sites and facilities, shall be accessible to persons with physical disabilities including, but not limited to, occupants, employees, students, spectators, participants and visitors. 

Exceptions:

1. Accessibility is not required in buildings and facilities, or portions thereof, to the extent permitted by Sections 1104.0 through 1110.0.
   
   
2. Detached one- and two-family dwellings and accessory structures, and their associated sites and facilities, are not required to be accessible except as provided by Section 1107.4.2.2.
   
   
3. Use Group U is exempt from all requirements of this section other than the following:
   
   

3.1 In agricultural buildings, access is required to paved work areas areas open to the general public.

3.2 Access is required to private garages or carports which contain accessible parking.

4. Temporary structures, sites and equipment directly associated with the construction process, such as construction site trailers, scaffolding, bridging or material hoists.
   
   
5. Pursuant to subsection (a) of section 29-274, C.G.S., Use Group H (High Hazard), Use Group S-1 (Moderate-Hazard Storage) to the extent that such facility is not designed to be utilized by the general public, and Use Group S-2 (Low-Hazard Storage) to the extent that such facility is not a parking garage to be utilized by the general public, except that the provisions of section 29-269, C.G.S., shall apply to any employer occupying space in Use Group H, S-1 or S-2 who is in violation of section 46a-60, C.G.S.
   
   
6. Renovations, additions or alterations to existing buildings above the street floor being converted to Use Group B (Business) provided: (1) Each story above the street floor contains less than 3,000 square feet of total gross area per floor; and (2) the street floor is renovated to provide accessibility to the disabled pursuant to section 29-269, C.G.S.
   
   
7. Pursuant to subsection (c) of section 29-274, C.G.S., any complex or building which is not part of a complex designated as Use Group R-1 having fewer than 25 dwelling units or the second story of a two-story Use Group R-1 building where the street floor complies with the applicable provisions of this chapter, section 29-269, C.G.S., and subsection (a) of section 29-273, C.G.S.
   
   
8. Any building of any use group consisting of three stories or less not otherwise exempted by the provisions of section 29-269, C.G.S., shall be exempt if (1) each story above or below the street floor contains less than 3,000 square feet of total gross area; and (2) the street floor is designed, renovated or altered to comply with the provisions of this chapter, section 29-269, C.G.S., and the applicable provisions of section 29-273, C.G.S.
   
   
9. Mezzanines having less than 3,000 square feet of gross floor area, either singly or in the aggregate for multiple mezzanines on any floor, provided that the goods and services available on any mezzanine shall be available in accessible areas.

(Amd) 1104.2 Connected spaces: At least one accessible route shall connect accessible spaces, elements, facilities and buildings that are on the same site. Where only one accessible route is provided, the accessible route shall not pass through kitchens, storage rooms, restrooms, closets or similar spaces.

Exceptions:

1. A single accessible route shall be permitted to pass through a kitchen or storage room in an accessible dwelling unit.
   
   
2. In buildings that are three stories or less, floors that are above or below the accessible street floor and that have a gross floor area of less than 3,000 square feet are not required to be served by an accessible route from an accessible level pursuant to subsection (d) of section 29-274, C.G.S.

(Amd) 1109.2 Signs: Required accessible elements shall be identified by the International Symbol of Accessibility at the following locations: