2010 California Standards for Accessible Design (excerpts relating to Safe Harbors only)
SECTION 1133B
GENERAL ACCESSIBILITY FOR ENTRANCES, EXITS AND PATHS OF TRAVEL
1133B.2 Doors.
1133B.2.5.2 Hand-activated door opening hardware, handles, pulls, latches, locks and other operating devices on accessible doors shall have a shape that is easy to grasp with one hand and does not require tight grasping, tight pinching or twisting of the wrist to operate. Hardware shall be centered between 30 inches (762 mm) and 44 inches (1118 mm) above the floor. Latching and locking doors that are hand-activated and which are in a path of travel shall be operable by lever-type hardware, panic bars, push-pull activating bars, U-shaped handles or other hardware designed to provide passage. Locked exit doors shall operate as above in egress direction.
ETA Editor's Note
The requirements of 2010 CBC 1133B.2.5.2 are more stringent than 1991 ADAAG 4.13.9 regarding hardware mounting height. They are less stringent than 2013 CBC 404.2.7, which prescribes a minimum height of 34 inches.
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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