Analysis Of The Proposed Standarts (Appendix A) - Summary Of The Major Substantive Changes Proposed For The Scoping And Technical Requirements Page 44

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PLAN 2a:
ACCESSIBLE 13 ft wide hotel room based on
2004 ADAAG.
Plan provides a standard roll-in shower, comparable
vanity, open closet, and suite door at column.
Furnishings include a king bed, and seating.
There is no loss of hotel living space, with this 2004
ADAAG compliant design.
This figure represents an accessible 13 foot wide hotel room with an open closet, and an adjoining
suite door at the column. Furnishings here include a king bed, additional seating and a vanity.
(Spaces with an “X” serve as a plumbing / mechanical chase).
This drawing demonstrates that an accessible 13 foot wide hotel room based on 2004 ADAAG does
not decrease the size of the room from the 1991 Standards.
This bathroom includes a “comparable vanity counter top space.” § 806.2.4.1. As the roll-in shower is
recessed, the water closet's rear grab bar is “24 inches long . . . centered on the water closet . . . due to
the location of a recessed fixture adjacent to the water closet.” § 604.5.2 Exception 1. A “turning
space . . . shall be provided within the room,” § 603.2.1, where “required clear floor spaces, clearance
at fixtures, and turning space shall be permitted to overlap, § 603.2.2. This “60 inches diameter”
turning space is “permitted to include knee and toe clearance.” § 304.3.1.
Minimum clearance at the water closet is “60 inches” along its back wall, by "56 inches,"
§
604.3.1, with the centerline of the water closet at the minimum 16 inches from the side wall, § 604.2.
“The required clearance around the water closet shall be permitted to overlap . . . accessible routes,
clear floor space and clearances required at other fixtures, and the turning space. No other fixtures or
obstructions shall be located within the required water closet clearance.” § 604.3.2. . The roll-in
608.2.2.
shower is 30 inches wide and 60 inches deep . . . §
A 30 inch wide minimum by 60 inch
long minimum clearance shall be provided adjacent to the open face of the shower compartment.” §
608.2. 2.1
In the living/sleeping area a “T-shaped space within a 60 inch square” serves as a turning space. §
304.3.2. The sleeping area has “a clear floor on both sides of a bed.” § 806.2.3. All doors have the
required maneuvering clearances. § 404.2. At least one of the operable windows must be accessible,
on an accessible route for “operation by occupants.” § 229.1. Environmental controls [AC unit] must
have a “clear floor space” § 309.2, within “the reach ranges.” § 309.3.
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