Washington Administrative Code › Title 51 - Enterprise Services, Department of (Building Code Council) › Chapter 51-50 - State Building Code adoption and amendment of the 2021 edition of the International Building Code › Section 51-50-1110 - Section 1110-Other features and facilities

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
1110.2
Toilet and
			 bathing facilities.
Each toilet room and bathing room shall be
			 accessible. Where a floor level is not required to be connected by an
			 accessible route, the only toilet rooms or bathing rooms provided within the
			 facility shall not be located on the inaccessible floor. Except as provided for
			 in Sections 1110.2.4 and 1110.2.5 at least one of each type of fixture,
			 element, control or dispenser in each accessible toilet room and bathing room
			 shall be accessible.
EXCEPTIONS:
1. Toilet rooms or bathing rooms accessed only through
						  a private office, not for common or public use and intended for use by a single
						  occupant, shall be permitted to comply with the specific exceptions in ICC
						  A117.1.
2. This section is not applicable to toilet and bathing
						  rooms that serve dwelling units or sleeping units that are not required to be
						  accessible by Section 1108.
3. Where multiple single-user all-gender toilet rooms
						  or bathing rooms are clustered at a single location, at least 50 percent shall
						  be accessible.
4. Where no more than one urinal is provided in a
						  toilet room or bathing room, the urinal is not required to be
						  accessible.
5. Toilet rooms or bathing rooms that are part of
						  critical care or intensive care patient sleeping rooms serving accessible units
						  are not required to be accessible.
6. Toilet rooms or bathing rooms designed for
						  bariatrics patients are not required to comply with the toilet room and bathing
						  room requirement in ICC A117.1. The sleeping units served by bariatrics toilet
						  or bathing rooms shall not count toward the required number of accessible
						  sleeping units.
7. Where permitted in Section 1108, in toilet rooms or
						  bathrooms serving accessible units, water closets designed for assisted
						  toileting shall be permitted to comply with section 1110.2.2.
8. Where permitted in Section 1108, in bathrooms
						  serving accessible units, showers designed for assisted bathing shall be
						  permitted to comply with Section 1110.2.3.
9. Where toilet facilities are primarily for children's
						  used accessible water closets, toilet compartments and lavatories shall be
						  permitted to comply with children's provision of ICC A117.1.
1110.5.1
Minimum number.
Not fewer than two drinking fountains shall be
			 provided. One drinking fountain shall comply with the requirements for people
			 who use a wheelchair and one drinking fountain shall comply with the
			 requirements for standing persons.
EXCEPTIONS:
1. A single drinking fountain with two separate spouts
						  that complies with the requirements for people who use a wheelchair and
						  standing persons shall be permitted to be substituted for two separate drinking
						  fountains.
2. Where drinking fountains are primarily for
						  children's use, drinking fountains for people using wheelchairs shall be
						  permitted to comply with the children's provisions in ICC A117.1 and drinking
						  fountains for standing children shall be permitted to provide the spout at 30
						  inches (762 mm) minimum above the floor.
3. In all occupancies that require more than two
						  drinking fountains per floor or secured area, bottle filling stations shall be
						  allowed to be substituted in accordance with Section 2902.5.