Guidance on the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design

Analysis and Com menta ry on the 201 0 A DAStandards obligation to comply with the accessible sloped means of entry is required into the means of entry in the 2010 Standards. deepest part of each wading pool. Alterations are covered by section 202.3 Accessible Means of Entry to Spas. of the 2010 Standards and the definition of Sections 242.4 and 1009.2, 1009.4, and “alteration” is provided at section 106.5. A 1009.5 of the 2010 Standards require spas physical change to a swimming pool which to meet accessibility requirements, including affects or could affect the usability of the pool an accessible means of entry. Where spas is considered to be an alteration. Changes are provided in clusters, five percent (5%) to the mechanical and electrical systems, but at least one spa in each cluster must be such as filtration and chlorination systems, accessible. A pool lift, a transfer wall, or a are not alterations. Exception 2 to section transfer system will be permitted to provide 202.3 permits an altered swimming pool to the required accessible means of entry. comply with applicable requirements to the maximum extent feasible if full compliance is 243 Shooting Facilities with Firing technically infeasible. “Technically infeasible” Positions is also defined in section 106.5 of the 2010 Standards. Sections 243 and 1010 of the 2010 Standards require an accessible turning The Department also received comments space for each different type of firing suggesting that it is not appropriate to require position at a shooting facility if designed and two accessible means of entry to wave pools, constructed on a site. Where firing positions lazy rivers, sand bottom pools, and other are provided in clusters, five percent (5%), water amusements where there is only one but at least one position of each type in each point of entry. Exception 2 of Section 242.2 cluster must be accessible. of the 2010 Standards exempts pools of this type from having to provide more than one Additional Technical Requirements accessible means of entry provided that the one accessible means of entry is a swimming 302.1 Floor or Ground Surfaces pool lift compliant with section 1009.2, a sloped entry compliant with section 1009.3, Both section 4.5.1 of the 1991 Standards and or a transfer system compliant with section section 302.2 of the 2010 Standards require 1009.5 of the 2010 Standards. that floor or ground surfaces along accessible routes and in accessible rooms and spaces Accessible Means of Entry to Wading be stable, firm, slip-resistant, and comply Pools. Sections 242.3 and 1009.3 of the with either section 4.5 in the case of the 1991 2010 Standards require that at least one Standards or section 302 in the case of the 2010 Standards. Department of Justice Guidance on the 2010 Standards: Titles II and III - 161