Ada Toilet Room Clearances

These regulations adopted revised enforceable accessibility standards called the 2010 ada standards for accessible design 2010 standards or standards.

Ada toilet room clearances. The department of justice published revised regulations for titles ii and iii of the americans with disabilities act of 1990 ada in the federal register on september 15 2010. 1 or 2 a toilet room must be provided on a story that is connected to an accessible entrance by an accessible route 213 1. In standard stalls the front partition and at least one side partition shall provide a toe clearance of at least 9 in 230 mm above the floor. 1991 standards minimum with out swinging door.

The standards specify the location of toilet rooms in two instances. Toilet stall doors including door hardware shall comply with 4 13. Refer to figure e. This plan shows a typical example of a single user toilet room that meets the minimum requirements of the 1991 standards.

Technical memorandum 2013 17 water closet clearance overlap the door swing is allowed to overlap the clearance for a water closet and a lavatory in a toilet room as long as there is a 30 760 mm x 48 1220 mm clear floor space beyond the arc of the door. 5 0 x 7 3 36 25 square feet. If the depth of the stall is greater than 60 in 1525 mm then the toe clearance is not required. Where toilet rooms are provided in multi story facilities that are exempt from the requirement for vertical access between stories 206 2 3 ex.