Table 7.15.1 – Impacts on Newly Constructed Facilities Revision & Facilities Primarily Affected: Accessible Routes to Stages Performing arts centers and auditoriums with permanent stairs directly connecting seating area and stage. Current Guidelines: Accessible route required to connect seating area and stage. Final Revised Guidelines: & International Building Code: Where circulation path directly connects seating area and stage, accessible route required to directly connect seating area and stage. IBC 2000 & 2003: Equivalent requirement. Unit Cost: Will vary from $0 to $15,674 depending on specific design of facility. Revision & Facilities Primarily Affected: Standby Power for Platform Lifts Performing arts centers and auditoriums with platform lifts. Current Guidelines: No requirement. Final Revised Guidelines: & International Building Code: Where platform lift serves as part of accessible means of egress, standby power required. IBC 2003: Equivalent requirement. Unit Cost: Will vary from $0 to $2,353 depending on specific design of facility. Revision & Facilities Primarily Affected: Van Accessible Parking Spaces Facilities with more than 600 parking spaces. Current Guidelines: One in every 8 accessible parking spaces required to be van accessible. Final Revised Guidelines: & International Building Code: One in every 6 accessible parking spaces required to be van accessible. IBC 2003: Equivalent requirement. Unit Cost: $73 to $344 Revision & Facilities Primarily Affected: Ambulatory Accessible Toilet Compartments Facilities with men’s toilet rooms that have 6 or more water closets and urinals, but fewer than 6 toilet compartments. Current Guidelines: Toilet rooms with 6 or more toilet compartments required to provide ambulatory accessible toilet compartment with grab bars. Final Revised Guidelines: & International Building Code: Toilet rooms with 6 or more toilet compartments, or combination of 6 or more water closets and urinals, required to provide ambulatory accessible toilet compartment with grab bars. IBC 2000 & 2003: Equivalent requirement. Unit Cost: $145 Revision & Facilities Primarily Affected: Public TTYs Private facilities with 4 or more public telephones on more than one floor. Government facilities with public telephone on more than one floor. Private facilities and government facilities with 4 or more public telephones in a bank. Private facilities and government facilities with 4 or more public telephones on an exterior site. Bus and rail stations with fewer than 4 public telephones at entrance. Public rest stops with public telephones. Current Guidelines: Private facilities with 4 or more public telephones required to provide public TTY. Government facilities with public telephone in public use area of building, required to provide public TTY. Rail stations with 4 or more public telephones at entrance required to provide public TTY at entrance. Final Revised Guidelines: & International Building Code: Private facilities required to provide public TTY in building with 4 or more public telephones, and on floor with 4 or more public telephones. Government facilities required to provide public TTY in building with public telephone and on floor with public telephone. Private and government facilities required to provide public TTY in bank of 4 or more public telephones. Banks of public telephones located within 200 feet of, and on the same floor as, another bank of telephones with public TTY exempt. Private and government facilities required to provide public TTY on exterior site with 4 or more public telephones. Bus or rail stations with public telephone at entrance required to provide public TTY at entrance. Public rest stops with public telephone required to provide public TTY. IBC 2000 (Appendix E): Equivalent requirements for private facilities. IBC 2003 (Appendix E): Equivalent requirements for private facilities and government facilities. Unit Cost: $2,320 Revision & Facilities Primarily Affected: Operable Windows Hotels, and hospitals and nursing homes. Current Guidelines: No requirement. Final Revised Guidelines: & International Building Code: At least one operable window in accessible rooms required to comply with technical requirements for operable parts: 48 inches maximum reach range; operable with one hand; no tight grasping, pinching, or twisting of wrist; 5 pounds maximum force to activate. Employee work areas and dwelling units exempt. IBC 2000 & 2003: Equivalent requirement for hotel guest rooms and patient sleeping rooms with mobility features. $505 Revision & Facilities Primarily Affected: Two-Way Communication Systems at Entrances Office buildings with two-way communication systems at entrances. Current Guidelines: No requirement. Final Revised Guidelines: & International Building Code: Two-way communication systems at entrances required to provide audible and visual signals. $1,392 Revision & Facilities Primarily Affected: Maneuvering Clearance or Standby Power for Automatic Doors Facilities with in-swinging automatic doors serving spaces with occupant load of fewer than 50 persons. Current Guidelines: No requirement. Final Revised Guidelines: & International Building Code: Automatic doors serving accessible means of egress required to provide maneuvering clearance or to have standby power. Will vary depending on specific design of facility. $2,353 if back-up battery used. Revision & Facilities Primarily Affected: Power-Operated Doors for Platform Lifts Facilities with platform lifts serving more than 2 landings, or without self-closing doors on opposite sides. Current Guidelines: Doors required to provide maneuvering clearance or to be power-operated. Final Revised Guidelines: & International Building Code: Doors on platform lifts required to be power-operated. Platform lifts serving only 2 landings and with self-closing doors on opposite sides exempt. IBC 2000 & 2003: Similar requirement. Will vary depending on specific design of facility. $569 if power-operated door provided. Revision & Facilities Primarily Affected: Water Closet Clearance in Single User Toilet Rooms Federal, State, and local government housing; hotels; hospitals and nursing homes; and office buildings. Current Guidelines: Minimum clearance in accessible toilet rooms based on approach: Forward: 48 x 66 inches Parallel: 48 x 56 inches Both forward and parallel: 60 x 56 inches. Final Revised Guidelines: & International Building Code: Minimum clearance in accessible toilet rooms: 60 x 56 inches. IBC 2000 & 2003: Equivalent requirement except for dwelling units. $286 for dwelling units. $667 for other facilities. Revision & Facilities Primarily Affected: Shower Spray Controls Federal, State, and local government housing; hotels; and hospitals and nursing homes. Shower spray unit required in bathtubs and shower compartments in accessible toilet rooms and bathing rooms. Final Revised Guidelines: & International Building Code: On/off control required on shower spray unit. $161 Revision & Facilities Primarily Affected: Galley Kitchen Clearance Federal, State, and local government housing; hotels with suites that have kitchens with cooktops or conventional ranges; office buildings that have kitchens with cooktops or conventional ranges. Current Guidelines: Minimum clearance between opposing base cabinets, counter tops, appliances, or walls in accessible galley kitchens: 40 inches. Final Revised Guidelines: & International Building Code: Minimum clearance between opposing base cabinets, counter tops, appliances, or walls in accessible galley kitchens where two entries not provided: 60 inches. Kitchens without cooktop or conventional range exempt. $993 Revision & Facilities Primarily Affected: Hotel Vanity Counter Top Space Hotels. Current Guidelines: No requirement. Final Revised Guidelines: & International Building Code: Comparable vanity counter top space required in hotel guest rooms with mobility features. $752 Revision & Facilities Primarily Affected: Dwelling Units with Communication Features Federal, State, and local government housing. Current Guidelines: No requirement. Final Revised Guidelines: & International Building Code: Two percent of dwelling units required to provide communication features: building fire alarm system wiring extend to dwelling unit smoke detection system; door bell with audible and visible signals; door peep-hole. Where voice communication system provided at entry to facility, system required to have capacity to support TTY communication. $96 for visual signal if doorbell & peep-hole provided. $322 for doorbell with visual signal & peephole. $353 for TTY connection if voice communication system at entry.