ADA CHAPTER 2: SCOPING REQUIREMENTS

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: SCOPING

221 Assembly Areas

221.1 General.

Assembly areas

shall provide

wheelchair spaces

, companion seats, and designated

aisle seats complying with 221 and 802.

In addition, lawn seating shall comply with 221.5.

221.2 Wheelchair Spaces.

Wheelchair spaces

complying with 221.2 shall be provided in

assembly

areas

with fixed seating.

221.2.1 Number and Location.

Wheelchair spaces

shall be provided complying with 221.2.1.

221.2.1.1 General Seating.

Wheelchair spaces

complying with 802.1 shall be provided in

accordance with Table 221.2.1.1.

221.2.1.2 Luxury Boxes, Club Boxes, and Suites in Arenas, Stadiums, and Grandstands.

In each luxury box, club box, and suite within arenas, stadiums, and grandstands,

wheelchair

spaces

complying with 802.1 shall be provided in accordance with Table 221.2.1.1.

221.2.1.3 Other Boxes.

In boxes other than those required to comply with 221.2.1.2, the total

number of

wheelchair spaces

required shall be determined in accordance with Table 221.2.1.1.

Wheelchair spaces

shall be located in not less than 20 percent of all boxes provided.

Wheelchair

spaces

shall comply with 802.1.

Table 221.2.1.1 Number of Wheelchair Spaces in Assembly Areas

Number of Seats

Minimum Number of

Required Wheelchair Spaces

4 to 25

1

26 to 50

2

51 to 150

4

151 to 300

5

301 to 500

6

501 to 5000

6, plus 1 for each 150, or fraction thereof,

between 501 through 5000

5001 and over

36, plus 1 for each 200, or fraction thereof,

over 5000

Advisory 221.2.1.2 Luxury Boxes, Club Boxes, and Suites in Arenas, Stadiums, and

Grandstands.

The number of wheelchair spaces required in luxury boxes, club boxes, and

suites within an arena, stadium, or grandstand is to be calculated box by box and suite by

suite.

[See additional requirements at 28 CFR 35.151(g), p. 12, and 28 CFR 36.406(f), p. 29.]

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