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CA 2013 Valuation Threshold
Dear Colleagues:
The 2013 Title-24 ENR Valuation Threshold concerning unreasonable hardships in providing an accessible path of travel is: $139,934.96
A fully accessible “path of travel” to an area of alteration is required when performing alterations. However, when the cost of providing such access improvements would be disproportionate, that is, more than 20% of the project’s total cost:
- and the total cost is less than the ENR Valuation Threshold ($139,934.96)
- and a determination of unreasonable hardship is granted by the building official
the amount of access improvements that are required may be capped at 20% of the project’s total cost. However, the cost of providing path of travel improvements may not be limited to 20% when the total cost exceeds the annually adjusted threshold.
Note that the cost of all alterations to a given area over a 3-year period, or to different areas on the same path of travel, are tallied together to arrive at the total cost of construction to determine whether it exceeds the valuation threshold.
Two mistakes that occur in calculating the total cost of construction when determining path of travel obligations:
1) Overlooking the cost of previous alterations that were performed over the preceding 3 years when calculating the total cost of construction, can result in incorrectly assuming that there are lesser requirements for path of travel than are actually required by code.
2) Incorrectly including the cost of previous alterations that are not actually on the same path of travel can result in incorrectly assuming greater requirements for path of travel than are actually required by code.
How the annual threshold is calculated in California for the year 2013:
McGraw-Hill US20 Cities construction cost index for January of 2013 is 9437.27
• 9437.27 divided by 3372.02 (US20 Cities index for January of 1981) = 2.798699
• 2.798699 times $50,000 = $139,934.96 (CA valuation threshold)
Dear Colleagues:
The 2013 Title-24 ENR Valuation Threshold concerning unreasonable hardships in providing an accessible path of travel is: $139,934.96
A fully accessible “path of travel” to an area of alteration is required when performing alterations. However, when the cost of providing such access improvements would be disproportionate, that is, more than 20% of the project’s total cost:
- and the total cost is less than the ENR Valuation Threshold ($139,934.96)
- and a determination of unreasonable hardship is granted by the building official
the amount of access improvements that are required may be capped at 20% of the project’s total cost. However, the cost of providing path of travel improvements may not be limited to 20% when the total cost exceeds the annually adjusted threshold.
Note that the cost of all alterations to a given area over a 3-year period, or to different areas on the same path of travel, are tallied together to arrive at the total cost of construction to determine whether it exceeds the valuation threshold.
Two mistakes that occur in calculating the total cost of construction when determining path of travel obligations:
1) Overlooking the cost of previous alterations that were performed over the preceding 3 years when calculating the total cost of construction, can result in incorrectly assuming that there are lesser requirements for path of travel than are actually required by code.
2) Incorrectly including the cost of previous alterations that are not actually on the same path of travel can result in incorrectly assuming greater requirements for path of travel than are actually required by code.
How the annual threshold is calculated in California for the year 2013:
McGraw-Hill US20 Cities construction cost index for January of 2013 is 9437.27
• 9437.27 divided by 3372.02 (US20 Cities index for January of 1981) = 2.798699
• 2.798699 times $50,000 = $139,934.96 (CA valuation threshold)