Accessible Requirements for Public Entrances

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Cesia Lopez-Angel

January 30, 2019 03:02

Per code section 1105 Accessible Entrance, it requires at least 60% of all public entrances to be accessible. 

Per code section 11B-206.1, all entrances and exterior ground floor exits need to be accessible in public spaces.

If the most stringent of the code sections is to be used for the exam, then that clearly implies following 11B-206.1 to interpret requirements for public entrances. Is this a correct assumption?

Also, does anyone have a reliable source for interpreting the 60% per section 1105? I'm guessing it is simply multiplying the number of entrances by 60% to obtain the required number of entrances. Has anyone looked into this?

Thanks!

 

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  Derek Mason January 30, 2019 11:37

  I have dealt with this on a professional level. The client didn't want a ramp for the entrance due to cost and felt that they didn't need it. This was an existing hotel with a total of 3 means of ingress/egress. One of which was for the restaurant but had an indirect connection to the hotel. Not an official accessible entrance to the hotel. If the extent of the renovation was to occur then they would need to make the main entrance accessible. Which it wasn't.

  3 means of entrance => 60% needed to be accessible. That is 2 of the 3 needs to be accessible.

  If there are only 2 entrances, than 60% of 2 is 1 entrance.

  I am not familiar with the 11B-206.1

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  David Kaplan January 30, 2019 12:59

  ^^ Agree with above.  Never heard of 11B-206.1.  What code or guideline is that?  I'm inclined to believe it might not be a code you need to worry about here?  Let us know.

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  Liliana X. Lais Nuh January 30, 2019 13:53

  Isn’t 60% of two entrances = 1.2 which rounds it to 2 entrances?

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  SYLVIA PAWLOWSKI January 30, 2019 15:30 (Edited January 30, 2019 20:15)

  When I googled 11B-206.1, this looks to be the California Building code.  If that's the case, then in California, all entrances would have to be accessible as you would need to follow the more stringent, or IBC doesn't apply there at all (depending on jurisdiction requirements). 

  In the case of the exams, the only two Accessible references would be the IBC Chapter 11 and the ADA Standards, which in this case, 60% of the entrances (IBC) would be the more stringent. I agree that you also need to round up, so if there are 2 entrances, both would have to be accessible.  

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