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A recently constructed 24 unit affordable apartment "elevator" building (publicly funded, in Los Angeles, subject to CBC 11B and ADA) has a parking lot with 10 stalls, all exclusively for resident use (no guest or staff parking required or provided).
5% the units are thus subject to CBC 11B/ ADA, and the remainder of the units are subject to CBC 11A / FHA for covered dwelling units.
- ADA/CBC 11B says that for the first 1-25 parking stalls, I need at least one accessible (van) stall, which I've provided.
- FHA / CBC 11A says that accessible parking must be provided to serve all covered dwelling units at the rate of 2% of all parking stalls. 2% of 10 stalls = 0.2 accessible stalls, and as mentioned above, I've provided one van accessible stall.
I have a CASp who thinks that the ADA/FHA requirements are exclusive of each other and therefore cumulative. His math is: 1 ADA stall + 0.2 FHA stall = 1.2 stalls, round up to two accessible stalls required.
My response is that the 11B/ADA units are also "covered multifamily dwelling units", and therefore, the parking requirements are not separate or cumulative. 1 accessible van stall for a 10 space parking lot used exclusively by residents of a 24 unit building should satisfy both ADA/11B and FHA/11A.
Do you think I am correct on this one?
5% the units are thus subject to CBC 11B/ ADA, and the remainder of the units are subject to CBC 11A / FHA for covered dwelling units.
- ADA/CBC 11B says that for the first 1-25 parking stalls, I need at least one accessible (van) stall, which I've provided.
- FHA / CBC 11A says that accessible parking must be provided to serve all covered dwelling units at the rate of 2% of all parking stalls. 2% of 10 stalls = 0.2 accessible stalls, and as mentioned above, I've provided one van accessible stall.
I have a CASp who thinks that the ADA/FHA requirements are exclusive of each other and therefore cumulative. His math is: 1 ADA stall + 0.2 FHA stall = 1.2 stalls, round up to two accessible stalls required.
My response is that the 11B/ADA units are also "covered multifamily dwelling units", and therefore, the parking requirements are not separate or cumulative. 1 accessible van stall for a 10 space parking lot used exclusively by residents of a 24 unit building should satisfy both ADA/11B and FHA/11A.
Do you think I am correct on this one?