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

Substantive changes made to requirements for elevators in section 407 include:

• revision of the height of call controls (407.2.1.1)

• removal of a specification concerning objects located below hall call buttons (407.2.2 in the proposed rule)

• modification of specifications for audible hall signals (407.2.2.3) and audible car position indicators (407.4.8.2)

• revision of the height of tactile floor designations at hoistways (407.2.3.1)

• addition of an exemption for destination-oriented elevators from the requirements for door and

• signal timing (407.3.4)

• addition of a new exception for the height of car controls (407.4.6.1, Exception 1)

• modification of requirements for keypads (407.4.7.2)

• clarification that requirements for operable parts in 309 apply to call controls (407.2.1) and car controls (407.4.6)

• removal of redundant specifications for emergency communication systems (407.4.9)

• relocation of requirements for existing elevator cars to be labeled by the International Symbol of Accessibility, unless all cars are accessible, to the signage scoping section (216.7)