Title 24 Part 2

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Title 24 - Part 2 2001 California Building Code
Presentation by Aaron Noble Senior
Architect
Division of the State Architect/Headquarters Wh
at Architects and Access Specialists Need to
Know Updates and Revisions to Title 24 Access
Codes ADA City of San Francisco Mayors Office
on Disability and AIA San Francisco Chapter
March 1, 2006
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Chapter 11B Accessibility

• Model Code Chapter 11 Not Applicable in
  California
• Public Buildings
• Public Accommodations
• Commercial Buildings
• Publicly Funded Housing

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Division I New Buildings

• Division I New Buildings
• Division II Site Accessibility
• Division III Accessibility for Entrances,
  Exits and Paths of Travel
• Division IV Accessibility for Existing
  Buildings

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Division I New Buildings

• Scope (1101B)
• Definitions (1102B) (Also, See Chapter 2)
• Building Accessibility (1103B)
• Occupancies (1104B 1113B)
• Facility Accessibility (1114B)

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Division I New Buildings

• Bathing and Toilet Facilities (1115B)
• Elevators and Special Access Lifts (1116B)
• Other Building Components (1117B)
• (Drinking Fountains, Telephones, Signage,
  ATMs)
• Space Allowance and Reach Ranges (1118B)
• Accessibility for Buildings with Historical
  Significance (1119B). See Section 11135B.

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Division I New Buildings

• Floors and Levels (1120B)
• Fixed or Built-in Seating, Tables, and
  Counters (1122B)
• Access to Employee Areas (1123B)
• Ground and Floor Surfaces (1124B)
• Storage (1125B)
• Vending Machines (1126B)

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Division II Site Accessibility

• Exterior Routes of Travel (1127B)
• Pedestrian Grade Separations (1128B)
  (Overpasses and Underpasses)
• Accessible Parking Required (1129B)
• Parking Structures (1130B)
• Passenger Drop-off and Loading Zones (1131B)
• Outdoor Occupancies (1132B)

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Division III Accessibility for Entrances, Exits,
and Paths of Travel

• General Accessibility for Entrances, Exits,
  and Paths of Travel (1133B)

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Division IV Accessibility for Existing Buildings

• Accessibility for Existing Buildings (1134B)
• Historic Preservation Accessibility for
  Buildings with Historical Significance
  (1135B). (See Chapter 34, Division II)

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Other Provisions Chapter 1 Administration

• Section 101.17.11
• Application Publicly Funded
• Application Privately Funded
• Enforcing Agencies

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Other Provisions Chapter 11A Publicly Funded
Housing

• See Section 1111B.5
• Applies to One or More Units
• Alterations and Renovation Apply 1134B
  Requirements for Existing Buildings

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Recent Changes Chapter 10 Effective Nov. 1, 2002

• Tactile Exit Signs (1003.2.8.6, 1003.2.8.6.1)
• Tactile Stair Level Identification Signs
  (1003.3.3.13.1)

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Recent Changes Chapter 11B Effective Nov. 1, 2002

• Building Accessibility (1103B.1)
• Accessible vertical access within 200 feet
  of stairs and escalators at buildings that
  exceed 10,000 square feet on any floor
• Swimming Pool Lifts (1104B.4.3 Item 4)
• Requirements for the lift device expanded

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Recent Changes Chapter 11B Effective Nov. 1, 2002

• Transient Lodging (Table 11B-3) A minimum
  of one fully accessible room with a roll-in
  shower is now required for 1 to 25 rooms
• Accessible Water Closet Compartments
  (1115B.7.1 Item 3). Accessible toilet stalls
  are now required to be 60" wide minimum

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Recent Changes Chapter 11B Effective Nov. 1, 2002

• Special Access Lifts (1116B.3 1116B.3.3)
• Platform lifts in a means of egress system are
  now required to have back-up power. Also
  indicates how lifts can be used for seating in
  assembly areas

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Recent Changes Chapter 11B Effective Nov. 1, 2002

• Cleaner Air Symbol (1117B.5.11 117B.5.11.3)
• Voluntary standards are now used to identify
  a room, facility, and paths of travel that are
  accessible to and usable by people who are
  adversely impacted by airborne chemicals or
  particulate(s) and/or the use of electrical
  fixtures and/or devices

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Recent Changes Chapter 11B Effective Nov. 1, 2002

• Detectable Warnings Evaluation (1127B.5 Item
  8, 1131B.4, 1133B.8.3, 1133B.8.4, 1133B.8.5)
• Detectable warnings and directional surfaces
  to be evaluated. Only products approved by
  the Division of the State Architect shall be
  installed (Government Code Section 4460) (See
  DSA Bulletin)

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Recent Changes Chapter 11B Effective Nov. 1, 2002

• Accessible Parking (1129B.4 Item 1, 2 3)
• The words "NO PARKING" are required to be
  painted on the ground within the loading and
  unloading access aisle
• Loading and unloading access aisles for
  accessible van parking spaces are now
  required to be placed on the passenger side
  of the vehicle as the vehicle is going
  forward into the parking space

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Recent Changes Chapter 11B Effective Nov. 1, 2002

• Accessible Parking (continued)
• No ramp may encroach into any portion of the
  required loading and unloading access aisle
  or the parking space
• Accessible parking space loading and
  unloading access aisles shall not exceed 2
  slope in any direction

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Recent Changes Chapter 11B Effective Nov. 1, 2002

• Effort to Operate Doors (1133B.2.5)
• The maximum effort to operate exterior doors
  is 5 pounds
• Existing Buildings (1134B.2.1)
• Signs are now added to the items that must
  comply when alterations, structural repairs or
  additions are made to existing buildings or
  facilities

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2004 Annual Code Adoption Cycle Proposed
Changes (Subject to Revision/Final Approval)

• Public Accommodation Definition (217)
• An inn, hotel, motel or other place of public
  lodging, except for a lodging house located
  within a building that contains not more than
  five rooms for rent or hire and that is
  actually occupied by the proprietor of such
  establishment as the residence of such
  proprietor
• General Revisions to Chapter 11A (HCD)

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2004 Annual Code Adoption Cycle Proposed Changes
(continued) (Subject to Revision/Final Approval)

• Elevator Door Size (1116B.1.4)
• Eliminating exception allowing door width to
  be reduced to 32 inches
• Signs (1117B.5.1 Item 4)
• Tactile signs to be plan reviewed and field
  inspected
• Signs (1127B.3) Clarification that at
  junctions where the accessible route of
  travel diverges from the regular circulation
  path, signs shall indicate the direction to
  accessible building entrances and facilities.

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2004 Annual Code Adoption Cycle Proposed Changes
(continued) (Subject to Revision/Final Approval)

• Beveled Lip at Curb Ramps (1127B.5 Item 5)
• Beveled lip requirement eliminated
• Detectable Warnings at Curb Ramps (1127B.5)
• 36 inches in the direction of travel.
  Elimination of the high slope exception.
  Dome spacing of 1.67 inches minimum to 2.35
  inches maximum
• In-line (square grid) pattern

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2004 Annual Code Adoption Cycle Proposed Changes
(continued) (Subject to Revision/Final Approval)

• Accessible Parking Less Than Five Spaces
  (1129B.2)
• Section eliminated. Accessible parking
  spaces must be reserved exclusively and
  identified for use by persons with
  disabilities as required by Section 1129B.5
  and Table 11B-6

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A New Model Code The International Building Code
(IBC)

• The successor to the current model code
  (Uniform Building Code) is the International
  Building Code (IBC)
• DSA is proposing that the existing California
  accessibility provisions be relocated into the
  IBC with a new Chapter 11B, similar to past
  practices and their existence in the current
  model code. Model code Chapter 11 will not
  apply

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A New Model Code The International Building Code
(IBC) (continued)

• DSA is preparing a May 2006 submission to the
  California Building Standards Commission
• Possibly effective early 2008?

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ADA Certification What Is It?

• Title III of the Americans with Disabilities
  Act (ADA) authorizes the United States
  Department of Justice to certify that local
  building codes meet or exceed the ADA
  Standards for Accessible Design

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ADA Certification What Is It? (continued)

• Congress, by authorizing the certification of
  state and local accessibility requirements,
  recognized the important role that state and
  local building codes and standards may play in
  achieving compliance with the building-related
  aspects of accessibility

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ADA Certification What Is It? (continued)

• Building officials involved in plan approval
  and inspection may provide important
  assistance to construction and design
  professionals through their oversight of the
  accessibility requirements of a certified
  state code

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ADA Certification Advantages

• Business owners, builders, developers,
  architects, and others are benefited because
  once a building code is certified, they can refer
  to certified code requirements and rely upon
  them for equivalency with the ADA

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ADA Certification Advantages (continued)

• When designing, constructing, or altering a
  building in accordance with a building code
  that has been certified by the Department of
  Justice, the designer or contractor will need to
  consult only that one code, in order to
  determine the applicable federal and state
  accessibility requirements

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ADA Certification Advantages (continued)

• The covered entity will have some degree of
  assurance in advance of new construction or
  alterations that the ADA requirements will be
  met
• In a legal challenge that might be brought
  under the ADA, compliance with the certified
  code constitutes rebuttable evidence of
  compliance with Title III of the ADA

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ADA Certification Advantages (continued)

• Litigation can be reduced, particularly if a
  state or local code agency has an
  administrative method of effectively handling
  complaints concerning violations

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ADA Certification Status

• In September 2002, DSA submitted the 2001
  edition of the California Building Code along
  with a 265 page side-by-side analysis to the
  United States Department of Justice (USDOJ)
• The side-by-side analysis contained proposed
  revisions and additions to the California
  Building Code that were considered necessary
  in order to establish equivalency with the ADA
  Standards for Accessible Design

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ADA Certification Status (continued)

• In October 2004, the DSA received an initial
  response to the request for certification from
  USDOJ, containing approximately 800 comments
• In May 2005, DSA submitted a Part 1 response
  addressing approximately 70 of the
  outstanding issues that were identified by
  USDOJ in October 2004

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ADA Certification Status (continued)

• In January 2006, DSA received USDOJ
  acceptance for nearly all of the Part 1 submittal
• Public meetings are planned for Northern and
  Southern California in April 2006 to present
  proposed code changes
• DSA is preparing a May 2006 submittal for
  the California Building Standards Commission

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ADA Certification Status (continued)

• Possibly effective early 2008?
• DSA work continues on the remaining 30 of
  the outstanding issues

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Questions?

• Contact
• Aaron Noble, Senior Architect
• Division of the State Architect/Headquarters
• Aaron.Noble_at_dgs.ca.gov
• [phone]