2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design Pocket Guide
227 Sales and Service
227.1 General.
Where provided, check-out aisles, sales counters, service counters, food service lines, queues, and waiting lines shall comply with 227 and 904.
227.2 Check-Out Aisles.
Where check-out aisles are provided, check-out aisles complying with 904.3 shall be provided in accordance with Table 227.2. Where check-out aisles serve different functions, check-out aisles complying with 904.3 shall be provided in accordance with Table 227.2 for each function. Where check-out aisles are dispersed throughout the building or facility, check-out aisles complying with 904.3 shall be dispersed.
EXCEPTION: Where the selling space is under 5000 square feet (465 m2) no more than one checkout aisle complying with 904.3 shall be required.
| Number of Check-Out Aisles of Each Function | Minimum Number of Check-Out Aisles of Each Function Required to Comply with 904.3 |
| 1 to 4 | 1 |
| 5 to 8 | 2 |
| 9 to 15 | 3 |
| 16 and over | 3, plus 20 percent of additional aisles |
227.2.1 Altered Check-Out Aisles.
Where check-out aisles are altered, at least one of each checkout aisle serving each function shall comply with 904.3 until the number of check-out aisles complies with 227.2. [S.H. 7.3(1)]
227.3 Counters.
Where provided, at least one of each type of sales counter and service counter shall comply with 904.4. Where counters are dispersed throughout the building or facility, counters complying with 904.4 also shall be dispersed.
Advisory 227.3 Counters. Types of counters that provide different services in the same facility include, but are not limited to, order, pick-up, express, and returns. One continuous counter can be used to provide different types of service. For example, order and pick-up are different services. It would not be acceptable to provide access only to the part of the counter where orders are taken when orders are picked-up at a different location on the same counter. Both the order and pick-up section of the counter must be accessible.
227.4 Food Service Lines.
Food service lines shall comply with 904.5. Where self-service shelves are provided, at least 50 percent, but no fewer than one, of each type provided shall comply with 308. [S.H. 5.5]
227.5 Queues and Waiting Lines.
Queues and waiting lines servicing counters or check-out aisles required to comply with 904.3 or 904.4 shall comply with 403.
User Comments/Questions
Add Comment/Question