36 CFR Parts 1190 and 1191 ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines - Preamble (Discussion of Comments and Changes)

Various signage requirements specific to certain spaces and elements have been relocated for simplicity and ease of reference to section 216. These provisions include:

• 216.4 Means of Egress (from 207.3, 410.7, 410.8)

• 216.5 Parking (from 208.3)

• 216.6 Entrances (from 206.4.8)

• 216.7 Elevators (from 407.5.7)

• 216.8 Toilet Rooms and Bathing Rooms (from 213.2.2 and 213.2, Exception 4)

• 216.9 TTYs (from 217.4.9)

• 216.10 Assistive Listening Systems (from 219.4)

• 216.11 Check-Out Aisles (from 227.2.1)

• 216.12 Amusement Rides (incorporated from guidelines previously issued for recreation facilities)

Substantive changes have been made to provisions for means of egress, parking, assistive listening systems, and check-out aisles.

Section 216.4 provides specific requirements for means of egress, including exit doors, areas of refuge, and directional signs. The proposed rule required tactile signs at exit doors and provided specific requirements for areas of refuge and directional signs. These specifications are substantively revised in the final rule. The requirement for exit doors (216.4.1) has been clarified as applying to "doors at exit passageways, exit discharge, and exit stairways." In the final rule, scoping requirements for means of egress and areas of refuge have been revised to reference provisions in the International Building Code (IBC) as discussed above in section 207. Corresponding changes have been made to signage requirements for areas of refuge (216.4.2) and directional signs (216.4.3) which now reference the respective IBC signage specifications for scoping. Such signs must be provided where required by the IBC but are subject to technical specifications in these guidelines at section 703.