Taking to the choir here. To open my coffee shop that serves only pre-made pastries and bagels I need to install a 45 gallon grease trap. I need to have two "secure, long term, covered bike parking spaces" in addition to two short term uncovered unsecured bike parking spaces. becase my space is over 400 sq ft (clocking in at 750 sq ft) I need two ADA bathrooms (400 sq ft is an awfully small space to need an additional bathroom that take up at least 100 sq ft). I have to have a locker for my employees personal effects. Fuck all. That being said I have at least three little free libraries within easy walking distance to my house but I'd guess that I have more like five or six. I know of at least two more on my 5 mile commute to work but I'm sure there are a bunch that are a few blocks off my route. Any politician that opposed little free libraries would face a serious back lash (I'd guess 2-5% points) at election time.
Technically, ADA2010 requires you to comply with ADA restroom requirements only to the point where your TI or remodel consumes 20% of your overall cost. Minimum ADA2010 bathrooms are also 7'6x7'6 for 56 sqft... Your architect/design build firm should have made this clear to you. If not, there are professionals. http://www.ada.gov/infoline.htm I once talked to one of the people who drafted the original ADA back in 1988. It was left vague and unclear with the hope that litigation would elaborate and clarify the code for everyone. In other words, they did a shit job of explaining it so that everyone would sue the people trying to comply thereby establishing through caselaw and precedent what they actually meant. As you might imagine, this did not popularize the ADA with merchants, architects, or anyone without a handicapped permit.