AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: SCOPING
ADA CHAPTER 2: SCOPING REQUIREMENTS
four or more entry points are provided for
soft contained play structures
, at least two entry points
shall be on an
accessible
route.
206.3 Location.
Accessible
routes shall coincide with or be located in the same area as general
circulation paths
.
Where
circulation paths
are interior, required
accessible
routes shall also be interior.
206.4 Entrances.
Entrances
shall be provided in accordance with 206.4.
Entrance
doors, doorways,
and gates shall comply with 404 and shall be on an
accessible
route complying with 402.
EXCEPTIONS:
1.
Where an
alteration
includes
alterations
to an
entrance
, and the
building
or
facility
has another
entrance
complying with 404 that is on an
accessible
route, the
altered
entrance
shall not be required to comply with 206.4 unless required by 202.4.
2.
Where exceptions for
alterations
to
qualified historic buildings or facilities
are permitted by 202.5,
no more than one
public entrance
shall be required to comply with 206.4.
Where no
public entrance
can comply with 206.4 under criteria established in 202.5 Exception, then either an unlocked
entrance
not used by the public shall comply with 206.4; or a locked
entrance
complying with 206.4
with a notification system or remote monitoring shall be provided.
206.4.1 Public Entrances.
In addition to
entrances
required by 206.4.2 through 206.4.9, at least 60
percent of all
public entrances
shall comply with 404.
206.4.2 Parking Structure Entrances.
Where direct access is provided for pedestrians from a
parking structure to a
building
or
facility entrance
, each direct access to the
building
or
facility
entrance
shall comply with 404.
206.4.3 Entrances from Tunnels or Elevated Walkways.
Where direct access is provided for
pedestrians from a pedestrian tunnel or elevated walkway to a
building
or
facility
, at least one direct
entrance
to the
building
or
facility
from each tunnel or walkway shall comply with 404.
206.4.4 Transportation Facilities.
In addition to the requirements of 206.4.2, 206.4.3, and 206.4.5
through 206.4.9, transportation
facilities
shall provide
entrances
in accordance with 206.4.4.
206.4.4.1 Location.
In transportation
facilities
, where different
entrances
serve different
transportation fixed routes or groups of fixed routes, at least one
public entrance
serving each
fixed route or group of fixed routes shall comply with 404.
EXCEPTION:
Entrances
to
key stations
and existing intercity rail stations retrofitted in
accordance with 49 CFR 37.49 or 49 CFR 37.51 shall not be required to comply with
206.4.4.1.
Advisory 206.3 Location.
The accessible route must be in the same area as the general
circulation path.
This means that circulation paths, such as vehicular ways designed for
pedestrian traffic, walks, and unpaved paths that are designed to be routinely used by
pedestrians must be accessible or have an accessible route nearby.
Additionally,
accessible vertical interior circulation must be in the same area as stairs and escalators, not
isolated in the back of the facility.
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