2016 California Standards for Accessible Design Pocket Guide - Eff. Jan. 1, 2017
11B-224.2.2 More than fifty guest room facilities.
Facilities with more than fifty guest rooms shall be treated separately for the purposes of determining the required number of accessible rooms and type of accessible bathing facility.
TABLE 11B-224.2 GUEST ROOMS WITH MOBILITY FEATURES
| Total Number Of Guest Rooms Provided |
Minimum Number Of Required Rooms Without Roll-in Showers |
Minimum Number Of Required Rooms With Roll-in Showers |
Total Number Of Required Rooms |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 25 |
0 [2010 ADAS] 1 |
1 [2010 ADAS] 0 |
1 |
| 26 to 50 |
1 [2010 ADAS] 2 |
1 [2010 ADAS] 0 |
2 |
| 51 to 75 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 76 to 100 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 101 to 150 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 151 to 200 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 201 to 300 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 301 to 400 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 401 to 500 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 501 to 1000 | 2 percent of total | 1 percent of total | 3 percent of total |
| 1001 and over | 20, plus 1 for each 100, or fraction thereof, over 1000 | 10, plus 1 for each 100, or fraction thereof, over 1000 | 30, plus 2 for each 100, or fraction thereof, over 1000 |
For example, a new 275-room hotel must have a total of ten mobility accessible guest rooms; a minimum of three of the ten must have roll-in showers per Table 11B-224.2. In addition to those ten mobility accessible rooms, 17 guest rooms are required to provide communication features per Table 11B-224.4. Only 10 percent of the rooms required to provide mobility features, or one mobility accessible room, may also be used to satisfy the requirements of Table 11B-224.4. Sixteen additional communication accessible rooms must be provided. ◼
ETA Editor's Note
The differences between the number of guest rooms with particular mobility features required by ADA as compared with CBC can be problematic for small transient lodging facilities (less than 51 guest rooms). ETA considers the ADA requirement for rooms without roll-in showers to be a recognition that some individuals with mobility impairments actually prefer an accessible bathtub or transfer-type shower (36" x 36", 2010 ADAS Fig. 608.2.1, not recognized by CBC as an accessible shower), while DSA-AC apparently considers roll-in showers to be preferable. In order to comply with the ADA and CBC requirements for transient lodging facilities with 25 guest rooms or less, it is necessary to provide a minimum of two rooms with mobility features, one with a roll-in shower, and one with an accessible bathtub or ADA-compliant transfer-type shower (in which case one of these rooms would be recognized by California as a guest room with mobility features and the other by the ADA for the same purpose). For transient lodging facilities with 26 to 50 guest rooms, it is necessary to provide a minimum of three rooms with mobility features, one with a roll-in shower, one with an accessible bathtub, and one with an accessible bathtub or ADA-compliant transfer-type shower (again, not recognized in California as a guest room with mobility features).
It should also be noted that the definition of transient lodging in both ADA and CBC excludes residential dwelling units intended to be used as a residence, as well as private facilities occupied by the proprietor as his/her residence, containing no more than five rooms for rent.
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