[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR40.2]

[Page 358]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 40_ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND ALTERATION 
OF PUBLICLY OWNED RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 40.2  Definition of ``residential structure''.

    (a) As used in this part, the term residential structure means a 
residential structure (other than a privately owned residential 
structure and a residential structure on a military reservation):
    (1) Constructed or altered by or on behalf of the United States;
    (2) Leased in whole or in part by the United States after August 12, 
1968, if constructed or altered in accordance with plans and 
specifications of the United States; or
    (3) Financed in whole or in part by a grant or loan made by the 
United States after August 12, 1968, if such residential structure is 
subject to standards for design, construction, or alteration issued 
under authority of the law authorizing such grant or loan.
    (b) As used in this part, residential structure includes the 
following:
    (1) Any residential structure which, in whole or in part, is 
intended for occupancy by the physically handicapped or designed for 
occupancy by the elderly;
    (2) All elevator residential structures;
    (3) Any residential structure that contains 15 or more housing 
units, unless otherwise specifically prescribed by the Uniform Federal 
Accessibility Standards contained in appendix A to this part.
    (4) Nonresidential structures appurtenant to a residential structure 
covered under this part.

[36 FR 24437, Dec. 22, 1971, as amended at 49 FR 31620, Aug. 7, 1984]