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The Effect of the DOJ’s Newly Proposed

ADA Standards (2004 ADAAG) on

Hotel DesignUniversal Designers & Consultants, Inc.

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Overview of Session

1 Big Picture Issues for Hotel Alteration Projects

2 What it will mean to your projects…

3 Q&A


Big Picture Issues for Hotel Alteration Projects

• DOJ Adopts New ADA Rules

• 20% Path of Travel Rule

• Dispersion of Guestrooms


DOJ Adopts New ADA Rules

• June 17 Notice of Proposed Rule Making

• August 18 Comment Deadline

• Adoption By October 1, 2010 ?

• 1991 ADAAG v. 2004 ADAAG


(Proposed) ADAAG Defines Barriers

Newly covered items must be brought up to 2004 ADAAG, i.e., spas and pools

Items previously covered must meet 1991 ADAAG


Everything is Covered In the existing ADA Standards, things that are not

fixed or scoped are not covered, and many non-fixed items, such as temporary facilities or dining tables are exempted.

The new standards cover everything (fixed or not) even if not scoped.


Limited Construction Tolerances

Minimums, maximums and ranges are now defined (and limited), creating problem

with standard construction details, i.e., toilet centerline.


20% Path of Travel Rule


Numbers of Accessible Guestrooms

Rounding up


Dispersion of Mobility GuestroomsNew Construction and Alterations

Factors include:

• room size,

• bed size,

• cost,

• view,

• bathroom fixtures such as hot tubs and spas,

• smoking and nonsmoking, and

• number of rooms provided


Dispersion and increase in number of hearing impaired rooms

At least one, but Not more than 10 percent of

guest rooms required to provide mobility features

shall be used to satisfy the minimum number of guest rooms required to provide communication features.

Portable kits not allowed.


What it will mean to your Projects…• 48” High Maximum Reach Range• Partially Obstructed T-Turn• 1:6 Van Accessible Parking spaces…• Operation of Automatic Entry Doors in an Emergency• Door Pressure and Speed• Signage Height• Guestroom Emergency Egress Signage• Accessibility at all Types of Counters• Accessibility at all Types of Drinking & Eating Surfaces• Toilet Stall Size (toe clearance)• Ambulatory Toilet Stall• Hospitality suites as meeting rooms• 5’ clear space at accessible guestroom water closets• Vanity Equity• Toilet paper dispensers• Fixed (standard height) and hand held shower spray units in showers and tubs• Hi and low closet rods in all accessible guestroom closets• Bed heights• Visual and audible doorbells different from emergency strobe• An accessible electrical outlet within the bedroom area• Recreation criteria


48” High Maximum Reach Range

54” high side reach no longer allowed

48”


Partially Obstructed T-Turn One leg of T-Turn can provide only knee

and toe clearance.


1:6 van accessible parking spaces or universal size spaces

• Increased number of van accessible parking spaces

• modified signage/striping requirements.


Operation of automatic entry doors in the event of a power outage


Door pressure and speed

• Door pressure is still 5 pounds but door closing speed has been increased to 5 seconds.


Signage height

• 60 inches maximum from the baseline of the highest tactile character and 48 inches minimum measured from the baseline of the lowest tactile character.


Guestroom Emergency Egress Signage

• 5/8” minimum character height


Accessibility at all types of counters• 34” high maximum to

allow obstructed side reach

• Full depth• Comparable width


Accessibility to all types of drinking and eating surfaces


Toilet Stall Size (toe clearance)


Ambulatory Toilet Stall1:6 based on the total number of toilets and urinals


Toilet paper dispensers

• 36 inches from rear wall (1991 ADAAG)

or

• 7 inches minimum to

9 inches maximum in front

of the water closet.

(2004 ADAAG)


Hospitality suites as meeting rooms

• Accessible restrooms required in suites used as meeting rooms


5’ clear space at accessible guestroom water closets

• Every accessible toilet must have side access.

Sinks no longer allowed next to toilets.


Vanity Equity

Accessible Guestroom vanity size must equal size of non-accessible guestroom vanities

Non-accessible Non-accessible >> AccessibleAccessible


Visual/audible doorbells different from emergency strobe

Emergency Strobe

Visual Door Bell

Universal Designers & Consultants, Inc.

Recommendations

UD&C interpretations of the general requirements applied

to elements that are not specifically stated in the

regulations.



Fixed (standard height) and hand held shower spray units in showers

and tubs


High and low closet rods in all accessible guestroom closets


Bed Heights• Bed height 17 to 19 inch

• Open frame recommended


An accessible electrical outlet within the bedroom area


Recreation Access Criteria

New criteria for

• Changing benches,

• Swimming pools,

• Playgrounds,

• Golf courses,

• Saunas and steam rooms

• Etc.


2004 ADAAG Chapter 10 Recreation


Benches (42” wide minimum X 20”-24” deep)

Clear floor space for end approach


Special Use Facilities – RecreationParticipants & Spectators

Class I trail Class IV trail


Exercise Machines and Equipment3004 ADAAG §1004


Golf Access2004 ADAAG §1006


Swimming Pools 2004 ADAAG §1008

2 Choices of pool entry (1 if < 300’)

• Lifts

• Sloped Entry

• Transfer Walls

• Pool Stairs (with 2 handrails 20”-24” apart)


Questions?

Comments?

Additions?

Rebuttal?



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