36 CFR Part 1191 ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines for Emergency Transportable Housing Units

206.7 Platform Lifts
F206.7 Platform Lifts

These sections specify where platform lifts are permitted as a component of an accessible route in new construction. The final rule does not permit the use of platform lifts at the primary entrance to an emergency transportable housing unit required to provide mobility features. The floor level of emergency transportable housing units is elevated above the ground. Although safety standards require manufactured housing to provide a secondary means of escape, the secondary means of escape usually is not accessible to occupants with mobility disabilities. In emergency transportable housing units required to provide mobility features, the primary entrance to the unit is the only accessible means of escape for occupants with mobility disabilities to evacuate the unit in an emergency. Platform lifts are not permitted at the primary entrance to emergency transportable housing units required to provide mobility features because the time needed to operate a platform lift and, if necessary, to recall it to the level of exit discharge can result in unnecessary delays for occupants with mobility disabilities evacuating the unit in an emergency.