2022 California Standards for Accessible Design Guide (effective January 1, 2023)
11B-216.1 General.
New or altered signs shall be provided in accordance with Section 11B-216 and shall comply with Section 11B-703. The addition of or replacement of signs shall not trigger any additional path of travel requirements.
[2010 ADA Standards] 216.1 General. Signs shall be provided in accordance with 216 and shall comply with 703.
Exceptions:
1. Building directories, menus, seat and row designations in assembly areas, occupant names, building addresses, and company names and logos shall not be required to comply with Section 11B-216.
2. Reserved.
[2010 ADA Standards] 2. In parking facilities, signs shall not be required to comply with 216.2, 216.3, and 216.6 through 216.12.
ETA Editor's Notes
The ADA requirements included at Exception 2 are provided for information only. The substantive difference between the CBC and 2010 ADA Standards scoping for signage at parking facilities is that signs identifying permanent rooms and spaces, directional and informational signs (except those relating to accessible means of egress), and entrance signs are not required to comply with tactile and/or visible sign requirements by ADA Standards, while they are required to comply by CBC. It would be extremely rare for parking facilities to have signs relating to toilets, TTYs, assistive listening systems, etc. anyway. Both CBC and ADA Standards require signs at parking facilities relating to means of egress (11B-216.4) and parking (11B-216.5) to comply with accessibility requirements.
3. Temporary, 7 days or less, signs shall not be required to comply with Section 11B-216.
4. In detention and correctional facilities, signs not located in public use areas shall not be required to comply with Section 11B-216.
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