jar546
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What are your thoughts?
1106.7 Location. Accessible parking spaces shall be located
on the shortest accessible route of travel from adjacent parking
to an accessible building entrance. In parking facilities that do
not serve a particular building, accessible parking spaces shall
be located on the shortest route to an accessible pedestrian
entrance to the parking facility. Where buildings have multiple
accessible entrances with adjacent parking, accessible parking
spaces shall be dispersed and located near the accessible
entrances.
Exceptions:
1. In multilevel parking structures, van-accessible
parking spaces are permitted on one level.
2. Accessible parking spaces shall be permitted to be
located in different parking facilities if substantially
equivalent or greater accessibility is provided in
terms of distance from an accessible entrance or
entrances, parking fee and user convenience.
Or it was a conflict with the fire codes and how a local fire department will attack a fire in a specific facility. Also the closest spot is not necessarily the easiest spot for a person to navigate due to the elevation changes within the parking lot. The world is not flat and therefore alternatives are sometimes needed.I can't prove it, but I suspect that a number of deep pocket developers convinced their representatives in Washington that the requirement was unreasonable and would cost them too much money.
Because the shop owners complained and the LL or contractor didn’t want to argue?
Is the sidewalk too narrow here?
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How do you know it’s intended to serve only one building in this shopping center?First and foremost, not compliant due to proximity to the building served.
It does serve only that building.How do you know it’s intended to serve only one building in this shopping center?
IBC 2021:
It's a bit of a judgment call but IMHO it's clear that those two spaces are not as close to the building as they could be, so it's a violation.
Going beyond that, it seems to have disappeared from the codes, from A117.1, and from the ADAAG but in the very early days of the ADA, there was a requirement that the route from an accessible parking space to the accessible building entrance(s) could not cross a vehicular traffic way. I can't prove it, but I suspect that a number of deep pocket developers convinced their representatives in Washington that the requirement was unreasonable and would cost them too much money.