Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act requiring, among other provisions, that places of public accommodation remove architectural barriers to access where such removal is "readily achievable." If such removal is not "readily achievable," the firm must make its goods or services available through alternative methods if such methods are readily achievable.
To comply with the law, Ricardo's Restaurant will have to construct a ramp at the entrance to the restaurant and two ramps within the dining area, rearrange some of the tables and chairs, and remodel the restrooms so that they will accommodate wheelchairs. Because of the expenditures Ricardo will have to make to comply with the law, he challenges the law as being a taking of private property without just compensation in violation of the Fifth Amendment. Does the law violate the Fifth Amendment?