Guidance on the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design

Com par ison of Single-User Toilet Room La youts 1991 Standards 2010 Standards Plan-1B: 2010 Standards Minimum with Out-Swinging Door 7’-0” x 5’-0” • 35.00 Square Feet Plan-1A: 1991 Standards Minimum with This plan shows a typical example of a single-user Out-Swinging Door toilet room that meets the minimum requirements of the 2010 Standards. Features include: five-foot 5’-0” x 7’-3” • 36.25 Square Feet minimum width between the side wall of the water closet and the lavatory; 60-inch minimum circular wheelchair turning space; and 36-inch by 48-inch This plan shows a typical example of a single-user clear maneuvering space for the out-swinging entry toilet room that meets the minimum requirements door. Section 604.3.1 of the 2010 Standards requires of the 1991 Standards. The size of this space is a floor clearance at a water closet that is a minimum determined by the minimum width required for the of 60 inches wide by 56 inches deep regardless water closet and lavatory between the side walls, the of approach. Section 604.3.2 prohibits any other minimum wheelchair turning space, and the space plumbing fixtures from being located in this clear required for the out-swinging door. A lavatory with knee space, except in residential dwelling units. The 2010 space can overlap the clear floor space required for Standards, at section 304.3, allows the turning space the water closet provided that at least 36 inches of to extend into toe and knee space provided beneath clearance is maintained between the side wall next to fixtures and other elements. Required maneuvering the water closet and the lavatory (see section 4.16.2 space for the entry door (inside the room) must be and Fig. 28 of the 1991 Standards). A wheelchair clear of all fixtures. If the door had both a closer turning space meeting section 4.2.3 of the 1991 and latch, section 404.2.4.1 and Figure 404.2.4.1(c) Standards must be provided. The size of this room require additional space on the latch side. requires that the entry door swing out. The room would be larger if the door were in-swinging. This layout is three point five percent (3.5%) smaller than the accompanying Plan-1A: 1991 Standards Minimum with Out-Swinging Door example. Department of Justice Department of Justice Guidance on the 2010 Standards: Titles II and III - 97