Exempt from accessibility if less than six employees and occupant load

[BayPointArchitect]

I went to a seminar a few months ago to discover what's new in the "harmonized" ADA guidelines.

If I remember correctly, I heard the Federal guru say that a small business with less than six employees and calculated occupant load is exempt from the ADA standards.

I've just completed a word search through these guidelines with words "five, six, employees" and I can't find anything to support this.

He did not refer to a calculated occupant load but I would say that this would need to be a criteria. Otherwise, everyone would claim to have only five employees while applying for a building permit.

Is there anyone else aware of this exemption limit?

Thanks!

 

[mark handler]

I think that is in the employment, not access, portions of the act. So you won't find it in the access standards

 

[High Desert]

ADA and accessibility in the IBC are two separate things. I don't believe you will see anything like that in either IBC Chapter 11 or ICC ANSI A 117.

 

[brudgers]

I think that is in the employment, not access, portions of the act. So you won't find it in the access standards

Right Title I v Title III.