2010 California Standards for Accessible Design (excerpts relating to Safe Harbors only)
SECTION 1117B - OTHER BUILDING COMPONENTS
1117B.5 Signs and identification. California's standards for signage are more stringent than Section 4.30 of the ADA Standards for Accessible Design.
1117B.5.6 Braille. Contracted (Grade 2) Braille shall be used wherever Braille is required in other portions o f these standards. Dots shall be 1/10 inch (2.54 mm) on center in each cell with 2/10-inch (5.08 mm) space between cells, measured from the second column of dots in the first cell to the first column of dots in the second cell. Dots shall be raised a minimum of 1/40 inch (0.635 mm) above the background. Braille dots shall be domed or rounded.
ETA Editor's Note
The requirements of 2010 CBC 1117B.5.6 shown above are more stringent than 1991 ADAAG. The requirements of 2013 CBC 11B-703.3.1 are also more stringent than 2010 ADAS 703.3.1, and are more definitive than the earlier versions of CBC.
ETA Editor's Note
Select portions of the 2010 California Building Code (2010 CBC) are provided for reference only. If you would like to see the 2010 CBC in its entirety, it is available for purchase from the International Code Council (http://www.iccsafe.org).
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