Applicability:
- Alterations & Path of travel
Type of entity:
- ADA Covered Facilities
Project location: CA
Project date: March 11, 2019
Questions, Facts, and Assumptions:Given: multistory parking structure circa 1980 with limited head height for vans
Issue: Can an elevator door open to and co-share/use an access aisle for an accessible parking space?
If not, why given that the door to the elevator is a slider whose users within the cab can view the access aisle. This is not addressed in ADASAD or CBC 11B.
Elevator Door adjacent to the side of access aisle for accessible parking:
Door is sliding
Door does not obstruct access aisle
Co-sharing of aisle is not mentioned in ADASAD or CBC 11B
Doing so does to obstruct the user of the accessible space as elevator users do not permanently occupy the space for driver to exit the vehicle, space remains available at all times.
Meets spirit of ADASAD for access while allowing shared use of the aisle.