Accessible Units

[dpohlman]

So I am working on designing townhouses, where every unit is multi-story and does not have living space on the first floor - a Garage would be located on the first floor.

Since there is no elevator service and no way of having an accessible unit, do I need to provide Type A unit or Type B unit?

 

[Yikes]

What state/jurisdiction is your project located in?
Different jurisdictions have different applicable codes.

 

[steveray]

Most likely, but the AHJ will be important

 

[ADAguy]

Accessible units are not just for wheelchair users.

 

[Jean Tessmer-HI]

It is hard to make a suggestion because I don't know how many stories make up the one multi-story unit. If the dwelling unit is multi story internally, meaning that the home is not all on one floor and there are steps within the unit, to get from one floor to another, within the dwelling unit, those types of dwellings are not covered by the Fair Housing Act. Even if you have four of the clustered together. If it is a carriage style house/resident the parking for that multi story needs to be the one under it, and the unit above the parking has to have more than one story internally, to not be encumbered by the FHAG.

 

[Jean Tessmer-HI]

Are the garages located under the dwelling it is serving? Like a carriage house?