We recommend a prompt, thorough compliance audit of the specific items the letter raises (and often the broader property, since deficiencies rarely exist in isolation), followed by a remediation plan and permitted construction to correct them — documentation of good-faith, timely remediation matters in how these claims typically resolve.

Under Florida Building Code Section 105, accessibility remediation work generally requires a permit like any other construction — we pull it and close it out with a final inspection specifically because that creates a documented record of the correction.

It's a tiered ratio under the ADA's parking table — for example, lots with 1-25 total spaces need 1 accessible space, 26-50 need 2, and the ratio continues scaling up (with a portion required to be van-accessible) as total lot size grows; we calculate your specific requirement against your actual space count.

If you're not doing construction, your obligation is to remove barriers that are easy and affordable to fix given your resources. If you're altering a primary function area, the standard gets stricter — the accessible path to that area has to be brought up to current code, generally up to a cap of 20% of your alteration's cost.

Florida's own accessibility code (Chapter 553.5041, F.S.) adopts the more protective of the state or federal standard, and adds Florida-specific rules on top — for example, requiring that accessible parking routes not force someone to wheel behind other parked cars to reach their destination.

Yes — the ADA's barrier removal requirements apply to existing facilities regardless of construction date; "readily achievable" barrier removal is an ongoing obligation, not something that only applies to new construction.

Parking (insufficient accessible spaces or missing van spaces), entrance thresholds and door hardware, restroom clearances and grab bars, and counter heights are the recurring items we see across compliance audits and the demand letters that follow them.

It reduces your exposure on that specific item, but ADA compliance covers the whole accessible path — parking, route, entrance, interior circulation, restrooms, and service counters — so a comprehensive audit addressing all of them is a stronger position than fixing one item in isolation.