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§100.20 Dwelling
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Requirement 4 -- Accessible Route Into and Through the Unit
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Requirement 6. Reinforced walls for grab bars.
Section 100.205(c)(3)(iii) requires that covered multifamily dwellings with a building entrance on an accessible route shall be designed and constructed in such a manner that all premises...
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ADAPTABLE
Advisory Definition of ADAPTABLE. This term means that elements can be modified or adjusted to accommodate the needs of a specific user....
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11B-809.5.2 Residential dwelling unit smoke detection system and carbon monoxide detection system
11B-809.5.2 Residential dwelling unit smoke detection system and carbon monoxide detection system. ...
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(3) Usable bathrooms
., a room with only a toilet and a sink) when the powder room is the only toilet facility on the accessible level of a covered multistory dwelling unit....
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11B-233.3.1.2.1 Elevator buildings
Residential dwelling units on floors served by an elevator shall be adaptable....
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§100.5(c)
(c) Nothing in this part relieves persons participating in a Federal or Federally-assisted program or activity from other requirements applicable to buildings and dwellings....
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11B-809.10.5.3 Controls
Exception: Shower spray units are not required in bathtubs....
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First Occupancy
The Act states that covered multifamily dwellings subject to the Act's accessibility requirements are those that are "for first occupancy" after March 13, 1991....
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7(2)(b)(v)
(v) Vanities and lavatories are installed with the centerline of the fixture a minimum of 1'3" horizontally from an adjoining wall or fixture. The top of the fixture rim is a maximum...
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Fair Housing Act
The Fair Housing Act protects people from discrimination when they are renting, buying, or securing financing for any housing. The prohibitions specifically cover discrimination...
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11B-809.10.5.4 Bathtub enclosures
Doors and panels of bathtub enclosures shall be constructed from approved, shatter-resistant materials. Hinged doors shall open outward. Glazing used in doors and panels of bathtub...
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(5) Reinforced walls for grab bars
to these guidelines has been to subject powder rooms to the reinforced wall requirement when the powder room is the only toilet facility on the accessible floor of a covered multistory dwelling...
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11B-208.3.2 Residential facilities
In residential facilities containing residential dwelling units required to provide mobility features complying with Sections 11B-809.2 through 11B-809.4, and adaptable features complying...
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11B-233.3.1.3 Residential dwelling units with communication features
In public housing facilities with residential dwelling units, at least 2 percent, but no fewer than one unit, of the total number of residential dwelling units shall provide communication...
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Guidelines for Requirement 3
dwelling units; and (2) doors within individual dwelling units...
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11B-809.5.5 Residential dwelling unit primary entrance
Communication features shall be provided at the residential dwelling unit primary entrance complying with Section 11B-809.5.5....
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16.1 Q. Will a standard hung 32-inch door provide sufficient clear width to meet the requirements of the Fair Housing Act?
A. No, a 32-inch door would not provide a sufficient clear opening to meet the requirement for usable doors. A notation in the Guidelines for Requirement 3 indicates that a 34-inch...
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11B-708.4 Residential dwelling unit communication systems
Communications systems between a residential dwelling unit and a site, building, or floor entrance shall comply with Section 11B-708.4....
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Fair Housing Act Design Manual
The manual was first published in August, 1996, and this update is intended to provide clear and helpful guidance about ways to design and construct housing which complies with the...
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24.1 Q. What types of grab bars should the reinforcement be designed to accommodate and what types may be used if the builder elects to install grab bars in some units at the time of construction?
A. The Guidelines do not prescribe the type of product for grab bars, or the structural strength for grab bars. The Guidelines only state that the necessary reinforcement must be...
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Covered Multifamily Dwellings
, and ground floor dwelling units in other buildings consisting of four or more dwelling units....
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19.1 Q. If a sliding door track has a threshold of 3/4, does this trigger requirements for ramps?
A. No. The Guidelines at Requirement 4 provide that thresholds at doors, including sliding door tracks, may be no higher than 3/4 and must be beveled with a slope no greater than 1:2.