Title III Technical Assistance Manual (with 1994 supplement)

III−7.5115 Elevators and platform lifts (ADAAG §4.1.3(5)). Elevators are required to serve each level in a newly constructed building, with four exceptions:

1) Exception 1 is the "elevator exemption" discussed above (see III−5.4000).

2) Exception 2 exempts elevator pits, elevator penthouses, mechanical rooms, and piping or equipment catwalks.

3) Exception 3 permits the use of accessible ramps instead of elevators at any time.

4) Exception 4 permits the use of platform lifts under certain conditions. Lifts must permit unassisted entry, operation, and exit.