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Has there been consideration for electric vehicles being parked in valet mode that could share EVSE and meet the equivalent EVSE option? This could reduce the cost of construction and major electrical upgrades.
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Must all new or reconstructed facilities be accessible?
These include observation galleries, mechanical equipment rooms, and spaces or facilities designed for use by employees needing considerable dexterity and special abilities....
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§ 36.308(c)(1) Seating areas
When designating seating sections of assembly areas providing spectators with, or entitling them to, distinct services or amenities that are not generally available to other spectators,...
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C101.1 Purpose
These Revised 255 Guidelines, which consist of 255 Chapters 1 and 2 (Appendix B), along with Chapters 3 through 7 (Appendix C), contain scoping and technical requirements for the design,...
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Section 36.405 Alterations: Historic Preservation (Section-by-Section Analysis)
guidance on making alterations to buildings or facilities that are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under the National Historic Preservation Act or that are designated...
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C. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
The proposed 255 Guidelines apply to manufacturers of telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment and require that equipment is designed, developed, and fabricated to be...
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How ALSs Operate
Recommendation: While a "complete" system with the necessary components can be bought off-the-shelf, ALSs designed as "mix and match" systems can provide a range of components appropriate...
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9.5.1 New Construction
In new construction all public use and common use areas are required to be designed and constructed to comply with section 4....
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C101.1 Purpose
These 255 Guidelines, which consist of 255 Chapters 1 and 2 (Appendix B), along with Chapters 3 through 6 (Appendix C), contain scoping and technical requirements for the design, development...
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APPENDIX
This appendix contains materials of an advisory nature and provides additional information that should help the reader to understand the minimum requirements of the guidelines or to design...
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Accessible Classroom - Chevron Style
It is never appropriate to require that people using mobility devices sit only in the back or in one designated area. Click [here] ... for a full-page, printable handout....
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3.1.1 Vehicle Parking
Minimum Number of Accessible RV Parking Areas Number of Camping Units Minimum Number of Accessible RV Parking Areas in units designated for Recreational Vehicles and Trailers...
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Knee Clearance: Clearance as Measured from Anterior-Most Point - Manual Wheelchair
Hence, to accommodate a particular percentage of users, the side profile of a design element (shown by dotted line) should not extend outside the corresponding shaded area....
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Knee Clearance: Clearance as Measured from Dorsal Foot Point - Manual Wheelchair
Hence, to accommodate a particular percentage of users, the side profile of a design element (shown by dotted line) should not extend outside the corresponding shaded area....
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ADA Requirements - Service Animals
These requirements, or rules, clarify and refine issues that have arisen over the past 20 years and contain new, and updated, requirements, including the 2010 Standards for Accessible Design...
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Do requirements of accessible means of egress apply to employee work areas?
The ADA Standards (§203.9) require that employee work areas “be designed and constructed so that individuals with disabilities can approach, enter, and exit the employee work area” and apply...
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1132A.8 Hand-activated door hardware
locking doors that are hand-activated and on an accessible route shall be operable with a single effort by lever-type hardware, panic bars, push-pull activating bars or other hardware designed...
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§ 37.41(a)
(a) A public entity shall construct any new facility to be used in providing designated public transportation services so that the facility is readily accessible to and usable by individuals...
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§ 37.33(a)
(a) Transportation systems operated by public airport operators, which provide designated public transportation and connect parking lots and terminals or provide transportation among terminals...
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WHEELCHAIR
. [§35.104 & §36.104] A manually-operated or power-driven device designed primarily for use by an individual with a mobility disability for the main purpose of indoor or of both indoor...
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11B-1009.3 Sloped entries
Providing an aquatic wheelchair made of non-corrosive materials and designed for access into the water will protect the water from contamination and avoid damage to personal wheelchairs...
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1.1.5 Referenced codes
When this code does not specifically cover any subject related to building design and construction, recognized architectural or engineering practices shall be employed....
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1607.8.2 Grab bars, shower seats and dressing room bench seats
Grab bars, shower seats and dressing room bench seat systems shall be designed to resist a single concentrated load of 250 pounds (1.11 kN) applied in any direction at any point on the grab...
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Appendix to Part 38—Guidance Material
This appendix contains materials of an advisory nature and provides additional information that should help the reader to understand the minimum requirements of the standards or to design...