1 or 2 Parking Facilities

[Francis Vineyard]

"Where more than one parking facility is provided on a site, the number of parking spaces required to be accessible shall be calculated separately for each parking facility."

Have a single mixed use building; R-2, B, A-3 served by an underground parking and an outside parking lot. There are two accessible parking spaces for the total minimum; are these parking areas considered two separate parking facilities and require both of these spaces to be van accessible?

Hope this is enough information for needed clarification. Thanks

Francis

 

[mark handler]

Which code?

 

[mark handler]

2006 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE@

1106.6 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.

 

[mark handler]

2010 ADAAG

208.2 Minimum Number.

Where more than one parking facility is provided on a site, the number of accessible spaces provided on the site shall be calculated according to the number of spaces required for each parking facility.

Advisory 208.2 Minimum Number. The term "parking facility" is used Section 208.2 instead of the term "parking lot" so that it is clear that both parking lots and parking structures are required to comply with this section. The number of parking spaces required to be accessible is to be calculated separately for each parking facility; the required number is not to be based on the total number of parking spaces provided in all of the parking facilities provided on the site.

208.3 Location. Parking facilities shall comply with 208.3

208.3.1 General. Parking spaces complying with 502 that serve a particular building or facility shall be located on the shortest accessible route from parking to an entrance ...

 

[Francis Vineyard]

Mark,

Yes, 2006 IBC

They are not providing a van accessilbe parking space in the garage and they have 12½ ft. between support columns; not 16 ft.

The van parking is in the open lot, car in the garage. Are these considered are two parking facilities?

You posted your last answer while I was typing this reply; thanks.

 

[mark handler]

Mark, Are these considered are two parking facilities?

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Yes .

 

[Francis Vineyard]

Thanks for the direct answer.