New York City - Existing Restrooms (2014 NYC Building & Plumbing Code)

[jwallington]

All, I have a mercantile location going into a basement in NYC where the restrooms are existing, tied to a sewage ejection pump, the building has a rubber boot and structural slab under it, so I can't go sub-slab for any reason to relocate the restrooms.

However, based on the best layout of the space, the existing restrooms fall in the backroom/storage area of the space.



And based on section 403.3.1 above of the 2014 NYC building code this is not legal due to its access. However it is very costly for me to try to make these accessible without accessing through the backroom.

Anyone have any ideas how to satisfy the code and leave them as they are? Am I interpreting this wrong?

Thank you in advance for any suggestion.

 

[arwat23]

If code is requiring accessible restrooms (which I believe it does), then you need to provide them. However, since these are existing toilet facilities, you might be able to use a hardship exemption (ADAS 202.4). Not sure where 2014 NYC has this specified or modified, but I know 2022 NYC Code has this exception in 1101.4.