When children are the principal users in a building or facility (e.g., elementary schools), a second set of handrails at an appropriate height can assist them and aid in preventing accidents...
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11B-505.4 Height
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11B-411.2.2.1 Visible identification
Exception: Existing buildings shall be permitted to have a visible identification fixture with a car designation character adjacent to each elevator car entrance centered at 72 inches (1829...
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907.5.2.3.2 Groups R-1 and R-2.1
Visible alarms shall be activated by the in-room smoke alarm and the building fire alarm system....
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PREFACE
to evacuate a building in the event of an emergency....
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216 Signs
Section 216.1 exempts certain types of signs, including building directories, menus, building names, temporary signs, and signs provided in non-public use spaces of prisons and jails....
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1117B.2.8
SECTION 1117B - OTHER BUILDING COMPONENTS 1117B.2 Telephones. 1117B.2.8 Telephone equipment for hearing impaired persons. ...
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233.3.4 Additions, F233.3.3 Additions, F233.4.4 Additions
Where an addition to an existing building results in an increase in the number of residential dwelling units, the requirements of 233.3.1.1 and 233.3.2.1 shall apply only to the residential...
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Which Paths Are Usable Circulation Paths?
Building management should consider installing appropriate visual, tactile, and/or braille signage in appropriate locations conforming to the code requirements in Annex C....
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Deferred Maintenance
Maintenance work includes improving accessibility as well as compliance with building codes....
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Alterations [4.1.6(1)(f) & (k)]
Thus, the exception from the requirement for an elevator in buildings with less than 3 stories or with less than 3,000 square feet per floor applies to altered facilities as well, including...
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206.7 Platform Lifts
Platform lifts shall be permitted as a component of an accessible route in an existing building or facility....
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Areas of Refuge (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
a stairway, and where people who cannot use stairs may await assistance during a emergency evacuation) will be required, as proposed, but the final provisions are based on the Uniform Building...
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Story
That portion of a building or facility designed for human occupancy included between the upper surface of a floor and upper surface of the floor or roof next above....
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MEANS OF EGRESS
A continuous and unobstructed path of vertical and horizontal egress travel from any occupied portion of a building or structure to a public way....
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12204(b) Contents of Guidelines
.-- The supplemental guidelines issued under subsection (a) shall establish additional requirements, consistent with this Act, to ensure that buildings, facilities, rail passenger cars,...
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C1-1. Accessible Route
Is an accessible route provided from accessible parking spaces to the accessible entrance of the building?...
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4.1.2(1)
provided within the boundary of the site from public transportation stops, accessible parking spaces, passenger loading zones if provided, and public streets or sidewalks, to an accessible building...
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Exterior Sites
Exterior Sites Recommendation: The 50% scoping required for building interiors should be followed for exterior sites....
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Steps
Most building codes require handrails for a certain change in level or number of steps....
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ALTERATION
As applied to a building or structure, means a change or rearrangement in the structural parts or elements, or in the means of egress or in moving from one location or position to another...
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DWELLING UNIT
A single family home is a dwelling unit, and dwelling units are to be found in such housing types as townhouses and apartment buildings....
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List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 1191
List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 1191 Buildings and facilities, Civil rights, Incorporation by reference, Individuals with disabilities, Transportation. ___________________________...
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1. PURPOSE
These standards are to be applied during the design, construction, and alteration of buildings and facilities to the extent required by the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968, as amended...
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4.1.1(1)
provided within the boundary of the site from public transportation stops, accessible parking spaces, passenger loading zones if provided, and public streets or sidewalks to an accessible building...