ADA CHAPTER 2: SCOPING REQUIREMENTS
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: SCOPING
208.2.1 Hospital Outpatient Facilities.
Ten percent of patient and visitor parking
spaces
provided
to serve hospital outpatient
facilities
shall comply with 502.
208.2.2 Rehabilitation Facilities and Outpatient Physical Therapy Facilities.
Twenty percent of
patient and visitor parking
spaces
provided to serve rehabilitation
facilities
specializing in treating
conditions that affect mobility and outpatient physical therapy
facilities
shall comply with 502.
208.2.3 Residential Facilities.
Parking
spaces
provided to serve residential
facilities
shall comply
with 208.2.3.
208.2.3.1 Parking for Residents.
Where at least one parking
space
is provided for each
residential dwelling unit
, at least one parking
space
complying with 502 shall be provided for
each
residential dwelling unit
required to provide mobility features complying with 809.2 through
809.4.
208.2.3.2 Additional Parking Spaces for Residents.
Where the total number of parking
spaces
provided for each
residential dwelling unit
exceeds one parking
space
per
residential
dwelling unit
, 2 percent, but no fewer than one
space,
of all the parking
spaces
not covered by
208.2.3.1 shall comply with 502.
208.2.3.3 Parking for Guests, Employees, and Other Non-Residents.
Where parking spaces
are provided for persons other than residents, parking shall be provided in accordance with Table
208.2.
208.2.4 Van Parking Spaces.
For every six or fraction of six parking
spaces
required by 208.2 to
comply with 502, at least one shall be a van parking
space
complying with 502.
208.3 Location.
Parking
facilities
shall comply with 208.3
208.3.1 General.
Parking
spaces
complying with 502 that serve a particular
building
or
facility
shall
be located on the shortest
accessible
route from parking to an
entrance
complying with 206.4.
Where parking serves more than one
accessible
entrance
, parking
spaces
complying with 502 shall
be dispersed and located on the shortest
accessible
route to the
accessible
entrances
.
In parking
Advisory 208.2.1 Hospital Outpatient Facilities.
The term “outpatient facility” is not
defined in this document but is intended to cover facilities or units that are located in
hospitals and that provide regular and continuing medical treatment without an overnight
stay.
Doctors' offices, independent clinics, or other facilities not located in hospitals are not
considered hospital outpatient facilities for purposes of this document.
Advisory 208.2.2 Rehabilitation Facilities and Outpatient Physical Therapy Facilities.
Conditions that affect mobility include conditions requiring the use or assistance of a brace,
cane, crutch, prosthetic device, wheelchair, or powered mobility aid; arthritic, neurological,
or orthopedic conditions that severely limit one's ability to walk; respiratory diseases and
other conditions which may require the use of portable oxygen; and cardiac conditions that
impose significant functional limitations.
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