2025 California Standards for Accessible Design Guide (effective January 1, 2026)

11B-224.1.2 Guest room doors and doorways.

Entrances, doors and doorways providing user passage into and within guest rooms that are not required to provide mobility features complying with Section 11B-806.2 shall comply with Section 11B-404.2.3. In transient lodging facilities, bathrooms doors shall be either sliding or hung to swing in the direction of egress from the bathroom.

[2010 ADA Standards] 224.1.2 Guest Room Doors and Doorways. Entrances, doors, and doorways providing user passage into and within guest rooms that are not required to provide mobility features complying with 806.2 shall comply with 404.2.3.

Exception: Shower and sauna doors in guest rooms that are not required to provide mobility features complying with Section 11B-806.2 shall not be required to comply with Section 11B-404.2.3.

Advisory 11B-224.1.2 Guest room doors and doorways. Because of the social interaction that often occurs in lodging facilities, an accessible clear opening width is required for doors and doorways to and within all guest rooms, including those not required to be accessible. This applies to all doors, including bathroom doors, that allow full user passage. Other requirements for doors and doorways in Section 11B-404 do not apply to guest rooms not required to provide mobility features. ◼

Advisory 11B-224.1.2 Guest room doors and doorways. The italicized text at Section 11B-224.1.2 applies only to transient lodging facilities and does not apply to housing at a place of education where both sleeping rooms with mobility features and sleeping rooms with adaptable features are provided. The requirements for accessible routes to and through these units supersede the requirements at Section 11B-224.1.2.