In several instances, the clarifications of existing definitions, or the new terms defined, were derived from definitions of certain terms used by one or more of the major building code...
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Section 2. Definitions
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Purpose
compliance and enforcement by eliminating, to the extent possible, inconsistencies among federal accessibility requirements and between federal accessibility requirements and state and local building...
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Who Should Read This Guide?
This guide focuses on people with disabilities and activity limitations successfully evacuating buildings. Its goal is to help you strengthen your evacuation preparedness....
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The September 11, 2001 Wake-up Call
If we just rely on employers, building managers, or fire inspectors to make sure things are in place, it may or may not happen....
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A4.1.1(3) Areas Used Only by Employees as Work Areas
Rooms housing individual offices in a typical office building must meet the requirements of the guidelines concerning doors, accessible routes, etc. but do not need to allow for maneuvering...
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B. NOTIFICATION
County on four (4) different days, including two (2) Sunday editions; post the Notice on its Internet Home Page (humboldtgov.org); and post the Notice in conspicuous locations in its public buildings...
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Portable tactile maps
Some guides suggest the use of “no more than three distinct line types, three different textures and four or five point symbols, such as stairs and building entrances (Rowell and Ungar,...
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Technical difficulty and readily achievable
They can widen the doorway to 30 inches, but widening the doorway to 32 inches will require extensive alteration of the building....
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Employee Work Areas [§206.2.8]
Work areas must also be served by an accessible means of egress, as required by the International Building Code. (See the ADA Scoping: New Construction Guide.)...
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1.2.6
Allowing a small percentage of localized slopes to exceed 8.3% is based on the allowable slopes in ADA/ABA - AG (2004) for existing buildings of 1:8 (12.5%) for maximum rises of 3 inches...
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Tactile and Visual Signs [ADA Standards §216.2, §216.4.1]
(An exit passageway is a horizontal component of an exit that is separated from interior building spaces by fire-resistance-rated construction that leads to the exit discharge or public...
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11B-502.3.3 Marking
Although white paint is preferred (and traditionally the color most often used), its use is not mandatory under the California Building Code (CBC)....
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Accessible Routes Throughout the Museum
If directional signs to accessible building features are mounted on movable pedestals, they must be monitored to ensure they are in place and continue to provide correct directions...
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A4.5.1 General
finishes, and other factors not under the control of the designer or builder and not subject to design and construction guidelines and that compliance would be difficult to measure on the building...
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11B-502.3.3 Marking
Although white paint is preferred (and traditionally the color most often used), its use is not mandatory under the California Building Code (CBC)....
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11B-502.3.3 Marking
Although white paint is preferred (and traditionally the color most often used), its use is not mandatory under the California Building Code (CBC)....
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Standards Development
Buildings will be certified based on the incorporation of universal design features. Designers will be accredited through an educational program....
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Professional Office of a Health Care Provider
The facility housing the “professional office of a health care provider” only includes floor levels housing at least one health care provider, or any floor level designed or intended for...
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224.6 Places of Lodging
EXCEPTION: Alterations to guest rooms in places of lodging where the guest rooms are not owned or substantially controlled by the entity that owns, leases, or operates the overall facility...
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"Sleeping room"
The Department is using this term because it believes that, for the most part, it provides a better description of the sleeping facilities used in a place of education than “guest room.’...
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F247.3.2 Outdoor Recreation Access Routes
Accessible elements, spaces, and facilities provided within the trailhead. Advisory F247.3.2 Outdoor Recreation Access Routes. ...
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Exercise machines. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Question 40: Will existing facilities have to reduce the number of available exercise equipment and machines in order to comply? ...
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Exercise machines. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Question 34: Will existing facilities have to reduce the number of available exercise equipment and machines in order to comply? ...
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10. I do not have a lift at my pool and it is not readily achievable to provide one now. Do I have to close the pool?
Because accessibility in existing facilities is an ongoing obligation, a covered entity must provide accessible features when it becomes readily achievable to do so....