ADAguy
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Exception 2 allows for no route required if a vehicular way (consider drive aisles at gas stations with minimarts) not providing pedestrian access (between site adjacent sidewalks?) is the only means of access.
206 Accessible Routes ( A performance requirement with methods and means of compliance left to the designer and AHJ's determination - see exception?)
206.1 General. Accessible routes shall be provided in accordance with 206 and shall comply with Chapter 4.
206.2 Where Required. Accessible routes shall be provided where required by 206.2.
206.2.1 Site Arrival Points. At least one accessible route shall be provided within the site from accessible parking spaces and accessible passenger loading zones; public streets and sidewalks; and public transportation stops to the accessible building or facility entrance they serve.
EXCEPTIONS:
1. Where exceptions for alterations to qualified historic buildings or facilities are permitted by 202.5, no more than one accessible route from a site arrival point to an accessible entrance shall be required.
2. An accessible route shall not be required between site arrival points and the building or facility entrance if the only means of access between them is a vehicular way not providing pedestrian access.
Who determines this? If a designer begins with a flat site on a corner, to omit an accessible route would seem to be a design error (willful or not), no?
If an alteration is done to a primary use area of an existing site without an Accessible Route an space is available to provide a accessible route clear of hazardous drive aisles, shouldn't they be required to do so?
206 Accessible Routes ( A performance requirement with methods and means of compliance left to the designer and AHJ's determination - see exception?)
206.1 General. Accessible routes shall be provided in accordance with 206 and shall comply with Chapter 4.
206.2 Where Required. Accessible routes shall be provided where required by 206.2.
206.2.1 Site Arrival Points. At least one accessible route shall be provided within the site from accessible parking spaces and accessible passenger loading zones; public streets and sidewalks; and public transportation stops to the accessible building or facility entrance they serve.
EXCEPTIONS:
1. Where exceptions for alterations to qualified historic buildings or facilities are permitted by 202.5, no more than one accessible route from a site arrival point to an accessible entrance shall be required.
2. An accessible route shall not be required between site arrival points and the building or facility entrance if the only means of access between them is a vehicular way not providing pedestrian access.
Who determines this? If a designer begins with a flat site on a corner, to omit an accessible route would seem to be a design error (willful or not), no?
If an alteration is done to a primary use area of an existing site without an Accessible Route an space is available to provide a accessible route clear of hazardous drive aisles, shouldn't they be required to do so?