Table 4.4 - Final Guidelines: Amusement Rides 15.1.1 General Section: Application Requirement: Newly designed and constructed and altered amusement rides must comply with 15.1. Section: Exception - Mobile or portable amusement rides Requirement: Mobile or portable amusement rides are not required to comply with 15.1. Section: Exception - Amusement rides controlled or operated by the rider, amusement rides without seats, and amusement rides designed primarily for children Requirement: Amusement rides controlled or operated by rider, amusement rides without seats, and amusement rides designed primarily for children, where children are assisted on and off the ride by an adult, must comply only with 15.1.4 and 15.1.5. 15.1.2 Alterations Section: Application Requirement: Alteration to existing amusement ride is alteration subject to 15.1 if ride's structural or operational characteristics are changed to extent that ride's performance differs from that specified by manufacturer or original design criteria, or load and unload area of ride is newly designed and constructed. 15.1.3 Number Required Section: Scoping Requirement: Each amusement ride must provide at least one wheelchair space complying with 15.1.7, one amusement ride seat designed for transfer complying with 15.1.8, or one transfer device complying with 15.1.9. 15.1.4 Accessible Route Section: General Requirement: Amusement rides must be served by accessible route when in load and unload position. Any part of accessible route with slope greater than 1:20 must comply with ramp requirements. Section: Exception - Slope Requirement: Where compliance is not structurally or operationally feasible, 1:12 maximum slope does not apply in load and unload areas or on amusement rides. Slope of ramp must not exceed 1:8. Section: Exception - Handrails Requirement: Where compliance is not structurally or operationally feasible, handrails are not required in load and unload areas or on amusement rides. Section: Exception - LULAs and Platform Lifts Requirement: Limited use/limited application elevators (LULAs) and platform lifts permitted to be part of accessible route serving load and unload areas 15.1.5 Load and Unload Areas Section: Maneuvering Space Requirement: Load and unload areas serving amusement rides required to comply with 15.1 must provide maneuvering space complying with 4.2.3 and space must have slope not steeper than 1:48. 15.1.6 Signage Section: General Requirement: Signage must be provided at entrance of queue or waiting line for each amusement ride identifying type of access provided. Where accessible unload area also serves as accessible load area, signage must be provided at entrance of queue or waiting line indicating location of accessible load and unload area. 15.1.7 Amusement Rides with Wheelchair Spaces Section: Floor or Ground Surface Floor or ground surface of wheelchair spaces must have slope not steeper than 1:48 and be stable and firm, when in load and unload position. Floors of amusement rides with wheelchair spaces and floors of load and unload areas must be coordinated so that vertical gap between floors is within plus or minus 5/8 inches and horizontal gap is not greater than 3 inches under normal passenger load conditions, when amusement rides are at rest. Section: Exception - Gaps Where compliance is not structurally or operationally feasible, ramps, bridge plates, or similar devices complying with 36 C.F.R. 1192.83(c) permitted. Section: Clearances Wheelchair spaces must provide 30 inches by 48 inches minimum clear width and length measured to 9 inches minimum above floor. Where wheelchair spaces entered only from side, amusement rides must be designed to permit sufficient maneuvering space for individuals using wheelchairs to enter and exit rides. Objects permitted to protrude 6 inches maximum along front of wheelchair spaces where located between 9 inches and 27 inches above floor. Objects permitted to protrude 25 inches maximum along front of wheelchair spaces where located more than 27 inches above floor. Section: Exception - Securement Devices Securement devices permitted to overlap required clearances. Section: Exception - Repositioning Wheelchair Spaces Wheelchair spaces permitted to be repositioned mechanically or manually. Section: Exception - Head Room Head room provisions do not apply to wheelchair spaces. Section: Openings Where openings are provided, entry must provide 32 inch minimum clear opening. Section: Approach One side of wheelchair space must adjoin accessible route. Section: Companion Seats Where interior of amusement ride is greater than 53 inches, seating is provided for more than one rider, and wheelchair is not required to be centered within ride, companion seat must be provided for each wheelchair space. Where shoulder-to-shoulder seating is provided, companion seats must be shoulder-to-shoulder with wheelchair space. Section: Exception - Shoulder-to-Shoulder Seating Where shoulder-to-shoulder seating is not structurally or operationally feasible, compliance required to maximum extent feasible. 15.1.8 Amusement Ride Seats Designed for Transfer Section: Clear Floor or Ground Space Requirement: Clear floor or ground space complying with 4.2.4.1 must be provided in load and unload area adjacent to amusement ride seats designed for transfer. Section: Transfer Height Requirement: Height of amusement ride seats must be 14 inches minimum to 24 inches maximum above load and unload surface. Section: Transfer Entry Requirement: Where openings are provided to transfer to amusement ride seats, space must be designed to provide clearance for transfer from wheelchair to ride seat. Section: Wheelchair Storage Space Requirement: Wheelchair storage spaces complying with 4.2.4 must be provided in or adjacent to unload area for each amusement ride seat designed for transfer. Spaces must not overlap any required means of egress or accessible route. 15.1.9 Transfer Devices for Use with Amusement Rides Section: Clear Floor or Ground Space Requirement: Clear floor or ground space complying with 4.2.4.1 must be provided in load and unload area adjacent to transfer devices. Section: Transfer Height Requirement: Height of transfer device seats must be 14 inches minimum to 24 inches maximum above load and unload surface. Section: Wheelchair Storage Space Requirement: Wheelchair storage spaces complying with 4.2.4 must be provided in or adjacent to unload area for each transfer device. Spaces must not overlap any required means of egress or accessible route.