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.5.7 Mounting location and height. Where permanent identification signs are provided for rooms and spaces, signs shall be installed on the wall adjacent to the latch side of the door. Where there is no wall space on the latch side, including at double leaf doors, signs shall be placed on the nearest adjacent wall, preferably on the right.
Where permanent identification signage is provided for rooms and spaces they shall be located on the approach side of the door as one enters the room or space. Signs that identify exits shall be located on the approach side of the door as one exits the room or space.
Mounting height shall be 60 inches (1524 mm) above the finish floor to the center line of the sign. Mounting location shall be determined so that a person may approach within 3 inches (76mm) of signage without encountering protruding objects or standing within the swing of a door.
ETA Editor's Note
The mounting height requirements of 2010 CBC 1117B.5.7 shown above are similar to 1991 ADAAG 4.30.6, and they predate the 2010 CBC Supplement dated August 1, 2012, which was issued to resolve significant differences and/or conflicts between 2010 CBC and 2010 ADAS. The requirements of 2013 CBC 11B-703.4.1 are similar to 2010 ADAS 703.4.1, and are different from the earlier regulations, which prescribed the mounting height of the tactile signs, rather than the tactile characters on those signs.
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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