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2016-08-12 14:54:30 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| 2014 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE |
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| CHRISTOPHER S. THROOP, C.B.O. |
| BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER ? PX3169 |
| CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIVISION |
| DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT |
| TEL: 561-805-6726 |
| FAX: 561-805-6676 |
| E-MAIL: [email protected] |
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| 3RD REVIEW |
| ACTION: DENIED |
| DATE: 8/12/16 |
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| REVIEW COMMENTS FROM 1ST REVIEW HAVE NOT BEEN |
| ADDRESSED. |
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| AGREED THAT ADA PARKING IS ADDRESSED BY OTHER |
| CONSULTANTS (CIVIL ENGINEER). |
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| THE DESIGN DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE FBC ACCESSIBILITY |
| CODE IN THE FOLLWING ARERAS. PLEASE SEE CHPT'S 103, 221 |
| AND 802 FOR COMPLIANCE. |
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| 1. ACCESSIBLE ROUTE - PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE ROUTE FROM |
| PARKING AREA TO SPECTATOR VIEWING AREAS OF CHAMPIONSHIP |
| COURT. NO ACCESSIBLE ROUTE BY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT CAN |
| BE LOCATED. |
| 2. ACCESSIBLE SEATING - CURRENT SEATING SUBMITTAL DOES |
| NOT COMPLY WITH FBC ACCESSIBLITY CODE CHPT. 221. |
| PROVIDE OCCUPANT LOAD AND SEATING AREA REQUIREMENTS PER |
| FBC TABLE 221.2.1.1. VERTICAL ACCESS SHALL BE PROVIDED |
| PER FBC 221.1.1. |
| 3. LAWN SEATING - PLANS INDICATE LAWN SPECTATOR AREA'S |
| ON BOTH THE EAST AND WEST SIDE OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP |
| COURT. ACCESSIBLE ROUTE AND SEATING SHALL BE PROVIDEED |
| PER FBC 221. 5. |
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| 103 EQUIVALENT FACILITATION |
| NOTHING IN THESE REQUIREMENTS PREVENTS THE USE OF |
| DESIGNS, PRODUCTS, OR TECHNOLOGIES AS ALTERNATIVES TO |
| THOSE PRESCRIBED, PROVIDED THEY RESULT IN SUBSTANTIALLY |
| EQUIVALENT OR GREATER ACCESSIBILITY AND |
| USABILITY.DEPARTURE FROM THE EXPLICIT TECHNICAL AND |
| SCOPING REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CODE FOR ANY ELEMENT VOIDS |
| ANY OTHERWISE APPLICABLE PRESUMPTION OF REBUTTABLE |
| EVIDENCE THAT THE ELEMENT HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED OR |
| ALTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MINIMUM ACCESSIBILITY |
| REQUIREMENTS OF THE ADA. |
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| 221 ASSEMBLY AREAS |
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| 221.1 GENERAL. |
| ASSEMBLY AREAS SHALL PROVIDE WHEELCHAIR SPACES, |
| COMPANION SEATS, AND DESIGNATED AISLE SEATS COMPLYING |
| WITH 221 AND 802. IN ADDITION, LAWN SEATING SHALL |
| COMPLY WITH 221.5. |
| 221.1.1 FLORIDA VERTICAL ACCESSIBILITY. |
| NOTHING IN THIS CODE RELIEVES THE OWNER OF ANY |
| BUILDING, STRUCTURE, OR FACILITY GOVERNED BY THIS CODE |
| FROM THE DUTY TO PROVIDE VERTICAL ACCESSIBILITY TO ALL |
| LEVELS ABOVE AND BELOW THE OCCUPIABLE GRADE LEVEL, |
| REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE ADA STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBLE |
| DESIGN REQUIRE AN ELEVATOR TO BE INSTALLED IN SUCH |
| BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR FACILITY. |
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| EXCEPTION: THEATERS, CONCERT HALLS, AND STADIUMS, OR |
| OTHER LARGE ASSEMBLY AREAS THAT HAVE STADIUM-STYLE |
| SEATING OR TIERED SEATING IF THE REQUIREMENTS OF |
| SECTIONS 221 AND 802 ARE MET. |
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| 221.2 WHEELCHAIR SPACES. |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES COMPLYING WITH 221.2 SHALL BE |
| PROVIDED IN ASSEMBLY AREAS WITH FIXED SEATING. |
| 221.2.1 NUMBER AND LOCATION. |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL BE PROVIDED COMPLYING WITH |
| 221.2.1. |
| 221.2.1.1 GENERAL SEATING. |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES COMPLYING WITH 802.1 SHALL BE |
| PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TABLE 221.2.1.1. |
| TABLE 221.2.1.1 SEATING CAPACITY |
| CAPACITY OF SEATING IN ASSEMBLY AREAS NUMBER OF |
| REQUIRED WHEELCHAIR LOCATIONS |
| 4 TO 25 - 1 |
| 26 TO 50 - 2 |
| 51 TO 150 - 4 |
| 151 TO 300 - 5 |
| 301 TO 500 - 6 |
| 501 TO 5000 - 6, PLUS 1 FOR EACH 150, OR FRACTION |
| THEREOF BETWEEN 501 THROUGH 5000 |
| 5001 AND OVER 36, PLUS 1 FOR EACH 200, OR FRACTION |
| THEREOF OVER 5000 |
| 221.2.1.2 LUXURY BOXES, CLUB BOXES, AND SUITES IN |
| ARENAS, STADIUMS, AND GRANDSTANDS. |
| IN EACH LUXURY BOX, CLUB BOX, AND SUITE WITHIN ARENAS, |
| STADIUMS, AND GRANDSTANDS, WHEELCHAIR SPACES COMPLYING |
| WITH 802.1 SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TABLE |
| 221.2.1.1. |
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| ADVISORY 221.2.1.2 LUXURY BOXES, CLUB BOXES, AND SUITES |
| IN ARENAS, STADIUMS, AND GRANDSTANDS. |
| THE NUMBER OF WHEELCHAIR SPACES REQUIRED IN LUXURY |
| BOXES, CLUB BOXES, AND SUITES WITHIN AN ARENA, STADIUM, |
| OR GRANDSTAND IS TO BE CALCULATED BOX BY BOX AND SUITE |
| BY SUITE. |
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| 221.2.1.3 OTHER BOXES. |
| IN BOXES OTHER THAN THOSE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH |
| 221.2.1.2, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF WHEELCHAIR SPACES |
| REQUIRED SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TABLE |
| 221.2.1.1. WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL BE LOCATED IN NOT |
| LESS THAN 20 PERCENT OF ALL BOXES PROVIDED. WHEELCHAIR |
| SPACES SHALL COMPLY WITH 802.1. |
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| ADVISORY 221.2.1.3 OTHER BOXES. |
| THE PROVISION FOR SEATING IN ?OTHER BOXES? INCLUDES BOX |
| SEATING PROVIDED IN FACILITIES SUCH AS PERFORMING ARTS |
| AUDITORIA WHERE TIERED BOXES ARE DESIGNED FOR SPATIAL |
| AND ACOUSTICAL PURPOSES. THE NUMBER OF WHEELCHAIR |
| SPACES REQUIRED IN BOXES COVERED BY 221.2.1.3 IS |
| CALCULATED BASED ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SEATS PROVIDED |
| IN THESE OTHER BOXES. THE RESULTING NUMBER OF |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES MUST BE LOCATED IN NO FEWER THAN 20% |
| OF THE BOXES COVERED BY THIS SECTION. FOR EXAMPLE, A |
| CONCERT HALL HAS 20 BOXES, EACH OF WHICH CONTAINS 10 |
| SEATS, TOTALING 200 SEATS. IN THIS EXAMPLE, 5 |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES WOULD BE REQUIRED, AND THEY MUST BE |
| PLACED IN AT LEAST 4 OF THE BOXES. ADDITIONALLY, |
| BECAUSE THE WHEELCHAIR SPACES MUST ALSO MEET THE |
| DISPERSION REQUIREMENTS OF 221.2.3, THE BOXES |
| CONTAINING THESE WHEELCHAIR SPACES CANNOT ALL BE |
| LOCATED IN ONE AREA UNLESS AN EXCEPTION TO THE |
| DISPERSION REQUIREMENTS APPLIES. |
| 221.2.1.4 TEAM OR PLAYER SEATING. |
| AT LEAST ONE WHEELCHAIR SPACE COMPLYING WITH 802.1 |
| SHALL BE PROVIDED IN TEAM OR PLAYER SEATING AREAS |
| SERVING AREAS OF SPORT ACTIVITY. |
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| EXCEPTION: WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED IN |
| TEAM OR PLAYER SEATING AREAS SERVING BOWLING LANES NOT |
| REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH 206.2.11. |
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| 221.2.2 INTEGRATION. |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE |
| SEATING PLAN. |
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| ADVISORY 221.2.2 INTEGRATION. |
| THE REQUIREMENT THAT WHEELCHAIR SPACES BE AN ?INTEGRAL |
| PART OF THE SEATING PLAN? MEANS THAT WHEELCHAIR SPACES |
| MUST BE PLACED WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE SEATING |
| AREA. WHEELCHAIR SPACES CANNOT BE SEGREGATED FROM |
| SEATING AREAS. FOR EXAMPLE, IT WOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE TO |
| PLACE ONLY THE WHEELCHAIR SPACES, OR ONLY THE |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED COMPANION SEATS, |
| OUTSIDE THE SEATING AREAS DEFINED BY RISERS IN AN |
| ASSEMBLY AREA. |
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| 221.2.3 LINES OF SIGHT AND DISPERSION. |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL PROVIDE LINES OF SIGHT |
| COMPLYING WITH 802.2 AND SHALL COMPLY WITH 221.2.3. IN |
| PROVIDING LINES OF SIGHT, WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL BE |
| DISPERSED. WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL PROVIDE SPECTATORS |
| WITH CHOICES OF SEATING LOCATIONS AND VIEWING ANGLES |
| THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO, OR BETTER THAN, |
| THE CHOICES OF SEATING LOCATIONS AND VIEWING ANGLES |
| AVAILABLE TO ALL OTHER SPECTATORS. WHEN THE NUMBER OF |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES REQUIRED BY 221.2.1 HAS BEEN MET, |
| FURTHER DISPERSION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED. |
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| EXCEPTION: WHEELCHAIR SPACES IN TEAM OR PLAYER SEATING |
| AREAS SERVING AREAS OF SPORT ACTIVITY SHALL NOT BE |
| REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH 221.2.3. |
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| ADVISORY 221.2.3 LINES OF SIGHT AND DISPERSION. |
| CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL INTENT OF THE ADA, |
| INDIVIDUALS WHO USE WHEELCHAIRS MUST BE PROVIDED EQUAL |
| ACCESS SO THAT THEIR EXPERIENCE IS SUBSTANTIALLY |
| EQUIVALENT TO THAT OF OTHER MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. |
| THUS, WHILE INDIVIDUALS WHO USE WHEELCHAIRS NEED NOT BE |
| PROVIDED WITH THE BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE, NEITHER MAY |
| THEY BE RELEGATED TO THE WORST. |
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| 221.2.3.1 HORIZONTAL DISPERSION. |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL BE DISPERSED HORIZONTALLY. |
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| EXCEPTIONS: |
| 1. HORIZONTAL DISPERSION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED IN |
| ASSEMBLY AREAS WITH 300 OR FEWER SEATS IF THE COMPANION |
| SEATS REQUIRED BY 221.3 AND WHEELCHAIR SPACES ARE |
| LOCATED WITHIN THE 2ND OR 3RD QUARTILE OF THE TOTAL ROW |
| LENGTH. INTERMEDIATE AISLES SHALL BE INCLUDED IN |
| DETERMINING THE TOTAL ROW LENGTH. IF THE ROW LENGTH IN |
| THE 2ND AND 3RD QUARTILE OF A ROW IS INSUFFICIENT TO |
| ACCOMMODATE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF COMPANION SEATS AND |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES, THE ADDITIONAL COMPANION SEATS AND |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE LOCATED IN |
| THE 1ST AND 4TH QUARTILE OF THE ROW. |
| 2.IN ROW SEATING, TWO WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL BE |
| PERMITTED TO BE LOCATED SIDE-BY-SIDE. |
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| ADVISORY 221.2.3.1 HORIZONTAL DISPERSION. |
| HORIZONTAL DISPERSION OF WHEELCHAIR SPACES IS THE |
| PLACEMENT OF SPACES IN AN ASSEMBLY FACILITY SEATING |
| AREA FROM SIDE-TO-SIDE OR, IN THE CASE OF AN ARENA OR |
| STADIUM, AROUND THE FIELD OF PLAY OR PERFORMANCE AREA. |
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| 221.2.3.2 VERTICAL DISPERSION. |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL BE DISPERSED VERTICALLY AT |
| VARYING DISTANCES FROM THE SCREEN, PERFORMANCE AREA, OR |
| PLAYING FIELD. IN ADDITION, WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL BE |
| LOCATED IN EACH BALCONY OR MEZZANINE THAT IS LOCATED ON |
| AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE. |
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| EXCEPTIONS: |
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| 1. VERTICAL DISPERSION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED IN |
| ASSEMBLY AREAS WITH 300 OR FEWER SEATS IF THE |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES PROVIDE VIEWING ANGLES THAT ARE |
| EQUIVALENT TO, OR BETTER THAN, THE AVERAGE VIEWING |
| ANGLE PROVIDED IN THE FACILITY. |
| 2. IN BLEACHERS, WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL NOT BE |
| REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED IN ROWS OTHER THAN ROWS AT |
| POINTS OF ENTRY TO BLEACHER SEATING. |
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| ADVISORY 221.2.3.2 VERTICAL DISPERSION. |
| WHEN WHEELCHAIR SPACES ARE DISPERSED VERTICALLY IN AN |
| ASSEMBLY FACILITY THEY ARE PLACED AT DIFFERENT |
| LOCATIONS WITHIN THE SEATING AREA FROM FRONT-TO-BACK SO |
| THAT THE DISTANCE FROM THE SCREEN, STAGE, PLAYING |
| FIELD, AREA OF SPORTS ACTIVITY, OR OTHER FOCAL POINT IS |
| VARIED AMONG WHEELCHAIR SPACES. |
| ADVISORY 221.2.3.2 VERTICAL DISPERSION EXCEPTION 2. |
| POINTS OF ENTRY TO BLEACHER SEATING MAY INCLUDE, BUT |
| ARE NOT LIMITED TO, CROSS AISLES, CONCOURSES, |
| VOMITORIES, AND ENTRANCE RAMPS AND STAIRS. VERTICAL, |
| CENTER, OR SIDE AISLES ADJOINING BLEACHER SEATING THAT |
| ARE STEPPED OR TIERED ARE NOT CONSIDERED ENTRY POINTS. |
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| 221.3 COMPANION SEATS. |
| AT LEAST ONE COMPANION SEAT COMPLYING WITH 802.3 SHALL |
| BE PROVIDED FOR EACH WHEELCHAIR SPACE REQUIRED BY |
| 221.2.1. |
| 221.4 DESIGNATED AISLE SEATS. |
| AT LEAST 5 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AISLE SEATS |
| PROVIDED SHALL COMPLY WITH 802.4 AND SHALL BE THE AISLE |
| SEATS LOCATED CLOSEST TO ACCESSIBLE ROUTES. |
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| EXCEPTION: TEAM OR PLAYER SEATING AREAS SERVING AREAS |
| OF SPORT ACTIVITY SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH |
| 221.4. |
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| ADVISORY 221.4 DESIGNATED AISLE SEATS. |
| WHEN SELECTING WHICH AISLE SEATS WILL MEET THE |
| REQUIREMENTS OF 802.4, THOSE AISLE SEATS WHICH ARE |
| CLOSEST TO, NOT NECESSARILY ON, ACCESSIBLE ROUTES MUST |
| BE SELECTED FIRST. FOR EXAMPLE, AN ASSEMBLY AREA HAS |
| TWO AISLES (A AND B) SERVING SEATING AREAS WITH AN |
| ACCESSIBLE ROUTE CONNECTING TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF |
| AISLE A ONLY. THE AISLE SEATS CHOSEN TO MEET 802.4 MUST |
| BE THOSE AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF AISLE A, WORKING |
| TOWARD THE MIDDLE. ONLY WHEN ALL SEATS ON AISLE A WOULD |
| NOT MEET THE FIVE PERCENT MINIMUM WOULD SEATS ON AISLE |
| B BE DESIGNATED. |
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| 221.5 LAWN SEATING. |
| LAWN SEATING AREAS AND EXTERIOR OVERFLOW SEATING AREAS, |
| WHERE FIXED SEATS ARE NOT PROVIDED, SHALL CONNECT TO AN |
| ACCESSIBLE ROUTE. |
| 221.6 STADIUMS, ARENAS, AND GRANDSTANDS. |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES AND COMPANION SEATS SHALL BE |
| DISPERSED TO ALL LEVELS THAT INCLUDE SEATING SERVED BY |
| AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE. |
| 221.7 SEATING ENCIRCLING A FIELD OF PLAY OR |
| PERFORMANCE. |
| IN ASSEMBLY AREAS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO HORIZONTALLY |
| DISPERSE WHEELCHAIR SPACES AND COMPANION SEATS BY |
| SECTION 221.2.3.1 AND THAT HAVE SEATING ENCIRCLING, IN |
| WHOLE OR IN PART, A FIELD OF PLAY OR PERFORMANCE, |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES AND COMPANION SEATS SHALL BE |
| DISPERSED AROUND THAT FIELD OF PLAY OR PERFORMANCE |
| AREA. |
| 221.8 TEMPORARY PLATFORMS OR OTHER MOVABLE STRUCTURES. |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES AND COMPANION SEATS SHALL NOT BE |
| LOCATED ON (OR OBSTRUCTED BY) TEMPORARY PLATFORMS OR |
| OTHER MOVABLE STRUCTURES, EXCEPT THAT WHEN AN ENTIRE |
| SEATING SECTION IS PLACED ON TEMPORARY PLATFORMS OR |
| OTHER MOVABLE STRUCTURES IN AN AREA WHERE FIXED SEATING |
| IS NOT PROVIDED, IN ORDER TO INCREASE SEATING FOR AN |
| EVENT, WHEELCHAIR SPACES AND COMPANION SEATS MAY BE |
| PLACED IN THAT SECTION. WHEN WHEELCHAIR SPACES AND |
| COMPANION SEATS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ACCOMMODATE PERSONS |
| ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE SPACES AND SEATS, INDIVIDUAL, |
| REMOVABLE SEATS MAY BE PLACED IN THOSE SPACES AND |
| SEATS. |
| 221.9 STADIUM STYLE MOVIE THEATERS. |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES AND COMPANION SEATS SHALL BE LOCATED |
| ON A RISER OR CROSS-AISLE IN THE STADIUM SECTION THAT |
| SATISFIES AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: (I) |
| IT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE REAR 60% OF THE SEATS PROVIDED |
| IN AN AUDITORIUM; OR (II) IT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE AREA |
| OF AN AUDITORIUM IN WHICH THE VERTICAL VIEWING ANGLES |
| (AS MEASURED TO THE TOP OF THE SCREEN) ARE FROM THE |
| 40TH TO THE 100TH PERCENTILE OF VERTICAL VIEWING ANGLES |
| FOR ALL SEATS AS RANKED FROM THE SEATS IN THE FIRST ROW |
| (1ST PERCENTILE) TO SEATS IN THE BACK ROW (100TH |
| PERCENTILE). |
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| 802 WHEELCHAIR SPACES, COMPANION SEATS, AND DESIGNATED |
| AISLE SEATS |
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| 802.1 WHEELCHAIR SPACES. |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL COMPLY WITH 802.1. |
| 802.1.1 FLOOR OR GROUND SURFACE. |
| THE FLOOR OR GROUND SURFACE OF WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL |
| COMPLY WITH 302. CHANGES IN LEVEL ARE NOT PERMITTED. |
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| EXCEPTION: SLOPES NOT STEEPER THAN 1:48 SHALL BE |
| PERMITTED. |
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| 802.1.2 WIDTH. |
| A SINGLE WHEELCHAIR SPACE SHALL BE 36 INCHES (915 MM) |
| WIDE MINIMUM. WHERE TWO ADJACENT WHEELCHAIR SPACES ARE |
| PROVIDED, EACH WHEELCHAIR SPACE SHALL BE 33 INCHES (840 |
| MM) WIDE MINIMUM. |
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| FIGURE 802.1.2 WIDTH OF WHEELCHAIR SPACES IN ASSEMBLY |
| AREAS |
| 802.1.3 DEPTH. |
| WHERE A WHEELCHAIR SPACE CAN BE ENTERED FROM THE FRONT |
| OR REAR, THE WHEELCHAIR SPACE SHALL BE 48 INCHES (1220 |
| MM) DEEP MINIMUM. WHERE A WHEELCHAIR SPACE CAN BE |
| ENTERED ONLY FROM THE SIDE, THE WHEELCHAIR SPACE SHALL |
| BE 60 INCHES (1525 MM) DEEP MINIMUM. |
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| FIGURE 802.1.3 DEPTH OF WHEELCHAIR SPACES IN ASSEMBLY |
| AREAS |
| 802.1.4 APPROACH. |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL ADJOIN ACCESSIBLE ROUTES. |
| ACCESSIBLE ROUTES SHALL NOT OVERLAP WHEELCHAIR SPACES. |
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| ADVISORY 802.1.4 APPROACH. |
| BECAUSE ACCESSIBLE ROUTES SERVING WHEELCHAIR SPACES ARE |
| NOT PERMITTED TO OVERLAP THE CLEAR FLOOR SPACE AT |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES, ACCESS TO ANY WHEELCHAIR SPACE |
| CANNOT BE THROUGH ANOTHER WHEELCHAIR SPACE. |
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| 802.1.5 OVERLAP. |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL NOT OVERLAP CIRCULATION PATHS. |
| ADVISORY 802.1.5 OVERLAP. |
| THE TERM ?CIRCULATION PATHS? USED IN SECTION 802.1.5 |
| MEANS AISLE WIDTH REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE BUILDING OR |
| LIFE SAFETY CODES FOR THE SPECIFIC ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY. |
| WHERE THE CIRCULATION PATH PROVIDED IS WIDER THAN THE |
| REQUIRED AISLE WIDTH, THE WHEELCHAIR SPACE MAY INTRUDE |
| INTO THAT PORTION OF THE CIRCULATION PATH THAT IS |
| PROVIDED IN EXCESS OF THE REQUIRED AISLE WIDTH. |
| 802.2 LINES OF SIGHT. |
| LINES OF SIGHT TO THE SCREEN, PERFORMANCE AREA, OR |
| PLAYING FIELD FOR SPECTATORS IN WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL |
| COMPLY WITH 802.2. |
| 802.2.1 LINES OF SIGHT OVER SEATED SPECTATORS. |
| WHERE SPECTATORS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SEATED DURING |
| EVENTS, SPECTATORS IN WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL BE |
| AFFORDED LINES OF SIGHT COMPLYING WITH 802.2.1. |
| 802.2.1.1 LINES OF SIGHT OVER HEADS. |
| WHERE SPECTATORS ARE PROVIDED LINES OF SIGHT OVER THE |
| HEADS OF SPECTATORS SEATED IN THE FIRST ROW IN FRONT OF |
| THEIR SEATS, SPECTATORS SEATED IN WHEELCHAIR SPACES |
| SHALL BE AFFORDED LINES OF SIGHT OVER THE HEADS OF |
| SEATED SPECTATORS IN THE FIRST ROW IN FRONT OF |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES. |
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| FIGURE 802.2.1.1 LINES OF SIGHT OVER THE HEADS OF |
| SEATED SPECTATORS |
| 802.2.1.2 LINES OF SIGHT BETWEEN HEADS. |
| WHERE SPECTATORS ARE PROVIDED LINES OF SIGHT OVER THE |
| SHOULDERS AND BETWEEN THE HEADS OF SPECTATORS SEATED IN |
| THE FIRST ROW IN FRONT OF THEIR SEATS, SPECTATORS |
| SEATED IN WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL BE AFFORDED LINES OF |
| SIGHT OVER THE SHOULDERS AND BETWEEN THE HEADS OF |
| SEATED SPECTATORS IN THE FIRST ROW IN FRONT OF |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES. |
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| FIGURE 802.2.1.2 LINES OF SIGHT BETWEEN THE HEADS OF |
| SEATED SPECTATORS |
| 802.2.2 LINES OF SIGHT OVER STANDING SPECTATORS. |
| WHERE SPECTATORS ARE EXPECTED TO STAND DURING EVENTS, |
| SPECTATORS IN WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL BE AFFORDED LINES |
| OF SIGHT COMPLYING WITH 802.2.2. |
| 802.2.2.1 LINES OF SIGHT OVER HEADS. |
| WHERE STANDING SPECTATORS ARE PROVIDED LINES OF SIGHT |
| OVER THE HEADS OF SPECTATORS STANDING IN THE FIRST ROW |
| IN FRONT OF THEIR SEATS, SPECTATORS SEATED IN |
| WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL BE AFFORDED LINES OF SIGHT OVER |
| THE HEADS OF STANDING SPECTATORS IN THE FIRST ROW IN |
| FRONT OF WHEELCHAIR SPACES. |
| |
| FIGURE 802.2.2.1 LINES OF SIGHT OVER THE HEADS OF |
| STANDING SPECTATORS |
| 802.2.2.2 LINES OF SIGHT BETWEEN HEADS. |
| WHERE STANDING SPECTATORS ARE PROVIDED LINES OF SIGHT |
| OVER THE SHOULDERS AND BETWEEN THE HEADS OF SPECTATORS |
| STANDING IN THE FIRST ROW IN FRONT OF THEIR SEATS, |
| SPECTATORS SEATED IN WHEELCHAIR SPACES SHALL BE |
| AFFORDED LINES OF SIGHT OVER THE SHOULDERS AND BETWEEN |
| THE HEADS OF STANDING SPECTATORS IN THE FIRST ROW IN |
| FRONT OF WHEELCHAIR SPACES. |
| |
| FIGURE 802.2.2.2 LINES OF SIGHT BETWEEN THE HEADS OF |
| STANDING SPECTATORS |
| 802.3 COMPANION SEATS. |
| COMPANION SEATS SHALL COMPLY WITH 802.3. |
| 802.3.1 ALIGNMENT. |
| IN ROW SEATING, COMPANION SEATS SHALL BE LOCATED TO |
| PROVIDE SHOULDER ALIGNMENT WITH ADJACENT WHEELCHAIR |
| SPACES. THE SHOULDER ALIGNMENT POINT OF THE WHEELCHAIR |
| SPACE SHALL BE MEASURED 36 INCHES (915 MM) FROM THE |
| FRONT OF THE WHEELCHAIR SPACE. THE FLOOR SURFACE OF THE |
| COMPANION SEAT SHALL BE AT THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE |
| FLOOR SURFACE OF THE WHEELCHAIR SPACE. |
| 802.3.2 TYPE. |
| COMPANION SEATS SHALL BE EQUIVALENT IN SIZE, QUALITY, |
| COMFORT, AND AMENITIES TO THE SEATING IN THE IMMEDIATE |
| AREA. COMPANION SEATS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE MOVABLE. |
| 802.4 DESIGNATED AISLE SEATS. |
| DESIGNATED AISLE SEATS SHALL COMPLY WITH 802.4. |
| 802.4.1 ARMRESTS. |
| WHERE ARMRESTS ARE PROVIDED ON THE SEATING IN THE |
| IMMEDIATE AREA, FOLDING OR RETRACTABLE ARMRESTS SHALL |
| BE PROVIDED ON THE AISLE SIDE OF THE SEAT. |
| 802.4.2 IDENTIFICATION. |
| EACH DESIGNATED AISLE SEAT SHALL BE IDENTIFIED BY A |
| SIGN OR MARKER. |
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| ADVISORY 802.4.2 IDENTIFICATION. |
| SEATS WITH FOLDING OR RETRACTABLE ARMRESTS ARE INTENDED |
| FOR USE BY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY WALKING. |
| CONSIDER IDENTIFYING SUCH SEATS WITH SIGNS THAT |
| CONTRAST (LIGHT-ON-DARK OR DARK-ON-LIGHT) AND THAT ARE |
| ALSO PHOTO LUMINESCENT. |
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