Yikes
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CBC 1109A.8.1 requires min 8'-2" clearance for "all entrances, exits, and VEHICULAR passageways to and from required accessible spaces". It is silent on the subject of vertical clearance where the vehicle does not travel. (for that matter, it doesn't mention the parking stall itself at all, except insofar as a stall is part of the "vehicular passageway".
Anyway, on a typical 9' wide 11A accessible stall that has a 5' wide loading and unloading access aisle (1109A.8.5.1), since that aisle is not intended for the vehicle, does that mean that the headroom at the 11A loading/unloading aisle can be the code minimum of ~7' high?
Same question applies to the van stall's 8' wide loading and unloading aisle (1109A.8.6).
I notice that in 11B-502.5 , the access aisle is specifically called out to be 8'-2" high, which makes the absence of this requirement in 11A for private housing all the more conspicuous.
Anyway, on a typical 9' wide 11A accessible stall that has a 5' wide loading and unloading access aisle (1109A.8.5.1), since that aisle is not intended for the vehicle, does that mean that the headroom at the 11A loading/unloading aisle can be the code minimum of ~7' high?
Same question applies to the van stall's 8' wide loading and unloading aisle (1109A.8.6).
I notice that in 11B-502.5 , the access aisle is specifically called out to be 8'-2" high, which makes the absence of this requirement in 11A for private housing all the more conspicuous.