The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 2903)
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§ 2903. Exemptions
(a) The following are exempt from the provisions of this chapter, unless compliance with
access standards is required by federal law:
(1) Alterations to privately funded and operated dwelling units consisting of two or more
stories within a single dwelling unit. This exemption shall not apply to alterations
of dwelling units that are operated by State or local government or units that receive
federal financial assistance to alter the unit or to provide rental assistance to
an altered unit.
(2) Apartments or rooming houses, cooperatives, condominiums, and other residential buildings
consisting of three living units or less.
(3) Alterations to the dwelling unit in a public building in which the owner of the public
building resides.
(b) Unless required by federal law, dwelling units that consist of three stories or less
and two- or three-story retail establishments with a total of 15,000 square feet or
less shall be exempt from any requirements pertaining to the installation of elevators.
All other multistory buildings shall be provided with vertical access unless the building
is exempted from this requirement pursuant to a rule of the Access Board.
(c) Unless required by federal law, any single dwelling unit of two or more stories within
a building consisting of four or more dwelling units is not required to have a vertical
access within the dwelling unit, provided that five percent of the dwelling units
or one unit, whichever is greater, has an accessible entrance, and all the dwelling
units meet or exceed the minimum standards required in section 2907 of this title. (Added 2003, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. April 1, 2005.)