2015-11-25 16:05:51 | CHRISTOPHER S. THROOP, C.B.O. |
| BLDG. PLANS EXAMINER ? PX3169 |
| (561) 805-6718 |
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| 202.3 ALTERATIONS. |
| WHERE EXISTING ELEMENTS OR SPACES OR COMMON AREAS ARE |
| ALTERED, EACH ALTERED ELEMENT, SPACE OR AREA SHALL |
| COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 2 |
| AND SECTION 201.1.1. SEE SECTION 208.1 FOR EXISTING |
| PARKING. |
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| 201.1 SCOPE. |
| THIS CODE ESTABLISHES STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBILITY TO |
| PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION AND COMMERCIAL |
| FACILITIES BY INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. THIS CODE |
| SHALL ALSO APPLY: TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
| FACILITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 553.503, F.S.; TO |
| PRIVATE CLUBS PURSUANT TO SECTION 553.505, F.S.; AND TO |
| RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 553.504(2), |
| F.S., AND THE ADA STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBLE DESIGN. ALL |
| NEW OR ALTERED PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES, PRIVATE |
| BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES, PLACES OF PUBLIC |
| ACCOMMODATION AND COMMERCIAL FACILITIES SUBJECT TO THIS |
| CODE SHALL COMPLY WITH THIS CODE. |
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| 208.1 GENERAL. |
| WHERE PARKING SPACES ARE PROVIDED, PARKING SPACES SHALL |
| BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 208. SEE SECTION 502.5 |
| REQUIREMENTS FOR VAN PARKING IN STRUCTURES. |
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| 208.1.2 |
| A FACILITY THAT IS MAKING ALTERATIONS UNDER SECTION 202 |
| AS REQUIRED BY S.303(A) OF THE AMERICANS WITH |
| DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 MUST COMPLY WITH SECTION 208 |
| TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT FEASIBLE. IF COMPLIANCE WITH |
| PARKING LOCATION REQUIREMENTS IS NOT FEASIBLE, THE |
| FACILITY MAY PROVIDE PARKING SPACES AT ALTERNATIVE |
| LOCATIONS FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE DISABILITIES AND PROVIDE |
| APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE DIRECTING SUCH PERSONS TO |
| ALTERNATIVE PARKING. THE FACILITY MAY NOT REDUCE THE |
| REQUIRED NUMBER OR DIMENSIONS OF THOSE SPACES, OR |
| UNNECESSARILY INCREASE THE LENGTH OF THE ACCESSIBLE |
| ROUTE FROM A PARKING SPACE TO THE FACILITY. THE |
| ALTERATION MUST NOT CREATE A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO THE |
| HEALTH OR SAFETY OF A PERSON WHO HAS A DISABILITY OR TO |
| OTHERS. |
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