Guidance on the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design

Analysis and Commenta ry o n the 2010 ADAStandards one for each additional one hundred slips at 236 and 1004 Exercise Machines and the facility. Equipment One commenter asserted the need for Accessible Route to Exercise Machines specificity in the requirement for dispersion of and Equipment. Section 206.2.13 of the accessible slips. Section 235.2.1 of the 2010 2010 Standards requires an accessible route Standards addresses dispersion and requires to serve accessible exercise machines and that boat slips “shall be dispersed throughout equipment. the various types of boat slips provided.” The commenter was concerned that if a marina Commenters raised concerns that the could not put accessible slips all on one pier, requirement to provide accessible routes it would have to reconstruct the entire facility to serve accessible exercise machines to accommodate accessible piers, gangways, and equipment will be difficult for some docks and walkways. The provision permits facilities to provide, especially some required accessible boat slips to be grouped transient lodging facilities that typically together. The Department recognizes that locate exercise machines and equipment economical and structural feasibility may in a single room. The Department believes produce this result. The 2010 Standards do that this requirement is a reasonable one in not require the dispersion of the physical new construction and alterations because location of accessible boat slips. Rather, the accessible exercise machines and equipment dispersion must be among the various types can be located so that an accessible route of boat slips offered by the facility. Section can serve more than one piece of equipment. 235.2.1 of the 2010 Standards specifies that if the required number has been met, no Exercise Machines and Equipment. further dispersion is required. For example, Section 236 of the 2010 Standards requires if a facility offers five different ‘types’ of boat at least one of each type of exercise machine slips but is only required to provide three to meet clear floor space requirements according to the table in Section 235.2, that of section 1004.1. Types of machines facility is not required to provide more than are generally defined according to the three accessible boat slips, but the three muscular groups exercised or the kind of must be varied among the five ‘types’ of boat cardiovascular exercise provided. slips available at the facility. Several commenters were concerned that existing facilities would have to reduce the number of available exercise equipment and machines in order to comply with the 2010 Standards. One commenter submitted prototype drawings showing equipment and 152 - Guidance on the 2010 Standards: Titles II and III Department of Justice