Source: https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/buildings-and-sites/about-the-ada-standards/guide-to-the-ada-standards/chapter-4-entrances,-doors,-and-gates
Timestamp: 2017-04-23 23:42:50
Document Index: 721591056

Matched Legal Cases: ['§206', '§206', '§230', '§708', '§206', '§202', '§206', '§404', '§404', '§404']

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You must have the Adobe Flash Player installed to view this player. This guide explains scoping and technical requirements for accessible entrances, doors and gates in the ADA Standards. Accessible Entrances: Minimum Number [§206.4]
Accessible route adjacent to security screening device Security Barriers [§206.8]
Two-Way Communication Systems [§230 and §708]Where two-way communication systems are provided to gain entry to a facility or to restricted spaces, they must include visual and audible signals to accommodate people with hearing, speech, or visual impairments. This applies to all entrances equipped with such systems, including those that are inaccessible. Lighted signals should have labels to indicate their meaning. If handsets are provided, cords must be at least 29” long. Control buttons and other operable parts must comply at those systems located at accessible entrances.
Alterations [§206.4 and §202.4] In alterations to existing facilities, accessible entrances are required:
Qualified Historic FacilitiesThese requirements also apply when alterations are made to qualified historic facilities. However, if making a public entrance accessible would threaten or destroy a facility’s historic significance (as determined by the appropriate State Historic Preservation Official or Advisory Council on Historic Preservation), access can be provided to a non-public entrance instead. A notification or remote monitoring system is required where such an entrance is locked. (§206.4, Ex. 2)
Maneuvering clearances must be free of protrusions the full height (80” min.) and changes in level (other than thresholds). Maneuvering clearances are specified according to direction of approach, swing of doors, and in some cases the presence of a closer or latch. They are required on both sides of doors or gates except at those that can be used in one direction only.
Walls and other obstructions can offset the maneuvering clearance up to 8” from the face of the door.
At deeper recesses, the maneuvering clearance must be sized for a forward approach and located 8” maximum from the face of the door. Thresholds [§404.2.5]
Doors and Gates in Series [§404.2.6] At hinged or pivoted doors or gates in series, a separation is required that is at least 48” plus the width of doors or gates swinging into the space. This allows users to clear one door or gate before opening the next and applies to those doors or gates that are opposite each other where travel through both doors is required.
Recommendations: Specify hardware that is usable with a closed fist of loose grip
Recommendation: Peepholes and other means of identifying visitors in mobility accessible guest rooms and dwelling units are not addressed by the Standards. Products are available with prisms and optical lenses that do not require a close approach and can be easily used from standing and seated postures. They are more effective than locating a regular peephole at a lower height which can impact visual identification of visitors. Doors and Gates Operated Only By Security Personnel [§404.1, Ex]Manual doors, doorways, and gates that are designed to be operated only by security personnel, such as guards in a jail or prison, are exempt from requirements for hardware, closing speed, and opening force, but must meet all other requirements, including those for maneuvering clearance. This exception applies only where security personnel have sole control of doors or gates. If automated, such doors or gates are required to comply only with provisions for clear width and thresholds, as well as applicable provisions of the referenced ANSI/BHMA Standards.
Power-assisted devices reduce the opening force of doors with closing mechanisms. They are activated by initial manual force, switches, or sensors. Most reduce, but do not fully eliminate, the manual force needed to open a door. For this reason, they must meet maneuvering clearance requirements.
Clear floor space at door control must be located outside door swing. Recommendation: Placing controls in locations that preclude backing-up will facilitate usability. The clear floor space is not required to be centered at controls, but should be located to facilitate reach and operation.
Space at least 60” deep in front of a door will accommodate a forward approach, except in case of hinge approaches on the pull side.
On the pull side of hinge approaches, 36” min. latch-side clearance is required if the depth is 60” min. (The depth can be 54” min. if the latch-side clearance is at least 42”.) Is additional latch side clearance required on the push side of doors with a forward approach when either a latch or closer (but not both) is provided?