However, due to the widespread adoption at the State and local level of model code provisions that mirror Req. #32, it is further understood that slightly more than 70 percent of all existing...
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General description of monetized benefits for water closet clearance in single-user toilet rooms—in-swinging doors (Req. # 32)
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General description of monetized benefits for water closet clearance in single-user toilet rooms—in-swinging doors (Req. # 32)
However, due to the widespread adoption at the State and local level of model code provisions that mirror Req. #32, it is further understood that slightly more than 70 percent of all existing...
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11B-206.4.10 Medical care and long-term care facilities
The purpose of this requirement is to permit a person to exit a vehicle and enter the building under cover....
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11B-206.4.10 Medical care and long-term care facilities
The purpose of this requirement is to permit a person to exit a vehicle and enter the building under cover....
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Can People with Limited Mobility Use the Usable Circulation Path by Themselves?
In the last several years, however, building experts have increasingly joined forces to carefully consider building elevators that are safer for use in the event of an emergency....
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11B-410.1 General
Building owners are reminded that the ASME A18 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts requires routine maintenance and inspections....
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GROUND FLOOR
[DSA-AC] The floor of a building with a building entrance on an accessible route. A building may have one or more ground floors....
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Sec.36.603(c)(2)
(2) Any model code or statute on which the pertinent code is based, and an explanation of any differences between the model and the pertinent code;...
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11B-233.3.4.3 Alterations to residential dwelling units with adaptable features
The building standards for residential dwelling units with adaptable features do not apply to the alteration, repair, rehabilitation or maintenance of residential dwelling units constructed...
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Chapter 4 BUILDING AN EVACUATION PLAN FOR A PERSON WHO IS DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING
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7. I do not own the building, so I am not liable for accessibility.
The ADA is directed to businesses, not just property owners. Nearly all ADA lawsuits are filed against both the operating business owner (tenant) and the property owner...
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Annex A THE ADA: A BEGINNING
The good news is that here in the United States we have developed building codes that have significantly reduced damage and injury to people and property....
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INTERPRETATIONS
INTERPRETATIONS Note: Code section language being clarified is shown within the boxes. In some instances, an entire code section is clarified....
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1009.6 Areas of refuge
[DSA-AC] Areas of refuge shall comply with the requirements of this code and shall adjoin an accessible route complying with Sections 11B-206 and 11B-402....
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68.31. Variance Procedures
A separate Variance Application form shall be submitted for each TAS standard within a single building or facility....
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Private Businesses that Serve the Public: Public Accommodations
Existing facilities are not exempted by "grandfather provisions" that are often used by building code officials....
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What does "accessible" mean?
As with all building codes, facilities must comply with the accessibility standards and guidelines in effect when they are constructed....
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Visual Alarms [4.28.3]
The technical requirements apply to single-station and building-wide alarm systems and are based in part on research sponsored by the Access Board as well as Underwriters Laboratories (UL...
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1009.4 Elevators
In order to be considered part of an accessible means of egress, an elevator shall comply with the emergency operation and signaling device requirements of California Code of Regulations...
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Slope
One commenter, the Building Officials Code Administrators International, Inc. (BOCA), requested clarification of the term, "slope"....
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3104.2 Separate structures
Buildings connected by pedestrian walkways or tunnels shall be considered to be separate structures....
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101.4.2 Mechanical
The provisions of the California Mechanical Code shall apply to the installation, alterations, repairs and replacement of mechanical systems, including equipment, appliances, fixtures, fittings...
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1009.4.1 Standby power
The elevator shall meet the emergency operation and signaling device requirements of California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 6, Elevator Safety Orders....