Counter with Sink in Private Office

[arwat23]

If there's a counter / cabinets with a sink in a private office used by one person, does that counter and sink need to be accessible?

It's not a workstation or work surface. It's a wet bar as defined in the California Building Code - "An area or space with a counter equipped with a sink and running water but without cooking facilities"- that a manager wants in their office and will exclusively be used by them.

The way I read code, it needs to be accessible due to that sink being there and it not being a workstation, but I see the logical argument of it being only used by one person who wants the counter higher.

 

[Yikes]

If it’s exclusively used by one employee within their office, then why can’t it be a “workstation”? For example, is the employee bartending for clients, like Mad Men?

From the CBC 202 definitions:

[DSA-AC] An area defined by equipment and/or work surfaces intended for use by employees only, and generally for one or a small number of employees at a time. Examples include ticket booths; the employee side of grocery store check stands; the bartender area behind a bar; the employee side of snack bars, sales counters and public counters; guardhouses; toll booths; kiosk vending stands; lifeguard stations; maintenance equipment closets; counter and equipment areas in restaurant kitchens; file rooms; storage areas; etc.

 

[arwat23]

Yeah, I reread the definition and I misread something. Really, my concern is I know they're going to use it as a break room after they get the CO (which does need to be accessible), but that's a different topic.