As amended through January 1998
Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities
(ADAAG)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. PURPOSE
2. GENERAL
2.1 Provisions for Adults and Children
2.2 Equivalent Facilitation
3. MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUCTIONS AND DEFINITIONS
3.1 Graphic Conventions
3.2 Dimensional Tolerances
3.3 Notes
3.4 General Terminology
3.5 Definitions
4. ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS AND SPACES: SCOPE AND TECHNICAL
REQUIREMENTS
4.1 Minimum Requirements
4.1.1 Application
4.1.2 Accessible Sites and
Exterior Facilities: New Construction
4.1.3 Accessible Buildings: New
Construction
4.1.4 (Reserved)
4.1.5 Accessible Buildings:
Additions
4.1.6 Accessible Buildings:
Alterations
4.1.7 Accessible Buildings:
Historic Preservation
4.2 Space Allowance and Reach Ranges
4.3 Accessible Route
4.4 Protruding Objects
4.5 Ground and Floor Surfaces
4.6 Parking and Passenger Loading Zones
4.7 Curb Ramps
4.8 Ramps
4.9 Stairs
4.10 Elevators
4.11 Platform Lifts (Wheelchair Lifts)
4.12 Windows
4.13 Doors
4.14 Entrances
4.15 Drinking Fountains and Water Coolers
4.16 Water Closets
4.17 Toilet Stalls
4.18 Urinals
4.19 Lavatories and Mirrors
4.20 Bathtubs
4.21 Shower Stalls
4.22 Toilet Rooms
4.23 Bathrooms, Bathing Facilities, and
Shower Rooms
4.24 Sinks
4.25 Storage
4.26 Handrails, Grab Bars, and Tub and
Shower Seats
4.27 Controls and Operating Mechanisms
4.28 Alarms
4.29 Detectable Warnings
4.30 Signage
4.31 Telephones
4.32 Fixed or Built-in Seating and Tables
4.33 Assembly Areas
4.34 Automated Teller Machines
4.35 Dressing and Fitting Rooms
5. RESTAURANTS AND CAFETERIAS
5.1 General
5.2 Counters and Bars
5.3 Access Aisles
5.4 Dining Areas
5.5 Food Service Lines
5.6 Tableware and Condiment
Areas
5.7 Raised Areas
5.8 Vending Machines and Other
Equipment
5.9 Quiet Areas [Reserved]
6. MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES
6.1 General
6.1(1) General
Purpose Hospitals
6.1(2) Hospitals and
Rehabilitation Facilities
6.1(3) Long Term Care
Facilities
6.1(4) Alterations to
Patient Bedrooms
6.2 Entrances
6.3 Patient Bedrooms
6.4 Patient Toilet Rooms
7. BUSINESS, MERCANTILE AND CIVIC
7.1 General
7.2 Sales and Service Counters,
Teller Windows, Information Counters
7.2(1) Counters with
Cash Registers, etc.
7.2(2) Ticketing
Counters, Teller Stations, etc
7.2(3) Voice
communication
7.2(4) Assistive
Listening Devices [Reserved]
7.3 Check-out Aisles
7.3(1) Numbers
Required
7.3(2) Clear Width
7.3(3) Signage
7.4 Security Bollards
8. LIBRARIES
8.1 General
8.2 Reading and Study Areas
8.3 Check-Out Areas
8.4 Card Catalogs and Magazine
Displays
8.5 Stacks
9. ACCESSIBLE TRANSIENT LODGING
9.1 Hotels, Motels, Inns,
Boarding Houses, Dormitories, Resorts and Other Similar
Places of Transient Lodging
9.1.1 General
9.1.2 Accessible
Units, Sleeping Rooms and Suites
9.1.3 Sleeping
Accommodations for Persons with Hearing
Impairments
9.1.4 Classes of
Sleeping Accommodations
9.1.5 Alterations to
Accessible Units, Sleeping Rooms, and Suites
9.2 Requirements for Accessible
Units, Sleeping Rooms, and Suites
9.2.1 General
9.2.2 Minimum
Requirements
9.2.2(1)
Maneuvering Space
9.2.2(2)
Accessible Route
9.2.2(3)
Doors and Doorways
9.2.2(4)
Storage
9.2.2(5)
Controls
9.2.2(6)
Accessible Spaces
9.2.2(7)
Kitchens, Kitchenettes, or Wet Bars
9.2.2(8)
Sleeping Room Accommodations for Persons
with Hearing Impairments
9.3 Visual Alarms, Notification
Devices and Telephones
9.3.1 General
9.3.2 Equivalent
Facilitation
9.4 Other Sleeping Rooms
9.5 Transient Lodging in
Homeless Shelters, Halfway Houses, Transient Group Homes,
and Other Social Service Establishments
9.5.1 New Construction
9.5.2 Alterations
9.5.3 Accessible
Sleeping Accommodations in New Construction
10. TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES
10.1 General
10.2 Bus Stops and Terminals
10.2.1 New
Construction
(1) New
Bus Pads
(2) New or
Replaced Bus Shelters
(3) New
Bus Route Identification Signs
10.2.2 Bus Stop
Siting and Alterations
(1)
Choosing Sites
(2) New
Route Identification Signs
10.3 Fixed Facilities and
Stations
10.3.1 New
Construction
(1)
Circulation Path
(2)
Entrances
(3) Direct
Connections
(4)
Entrance Signs
(5)
Station Identification Signs
(6) Lists
of Stations
(7) Fare
Vending and Collection
(8)
Detectable Warnings
(9)
Vehicle-Platform Gap
(10)
Boarding Position
(11)
Illumination
(12) Text
Telephones
(13)
Track Crossings
(14)
Information Systems
(15)
Clocks
(16)
Escalators
(17)
Elevators
(18)
Ticketing Areas
(19)
Baggage Claim
10.3.2 Existing
Facilities: Key Stations
(1)
Entrance
(2)
Accessible Route
(3) Fare
Collection
(4)
Vehicle-Platform Gap
(5) Direct
Connections
10.3.3 Existing
Facilities: Alterations
10.4 Airports
10.4.1 New
Construction
(1)
Minimize Distance
(2)
Circulation Path
(3)
Ticketing
(4) Text
Telephones
(5)
Baggage Claim
(6)
Information Systems
(7) Clocks
(8)
Security Systems
10.5 Boat and Ferry Docks
[Reserved]
NOTICE
Sections 11 and 12 have not been incorporated in the
Department of Justice accessibility standards and are,
therefore, not enforceable.
11. JUDICIAL, LEGISLATIVE AND
REGULATORY FACILITIES.
11.1 General.
11.1.1 Entrances.
11.1.2 Security
Systems.
11.1.3* Two-Way
Communication Systems.
11.2 Judicial Facilities.
11.2.1 Courtrooms.
(1)Accessible
Elements
(a)
Spectator, Press, and Other Areas
with Fixed Seats.
(b)
Jury Boxes and Witness Stands.
(c)
Judges' Benches and Courtroom
Stations.
(2)*
Assistive Listening Systems
11.2.2 Jury Assembly
Areas and Jury Deliberation Areas.
(1)
Refreshment Areas.
(2)
Drinking Fountains.
11.2.3 Courthouse
Holding Facilities.
(1)
Holding Cells - Minimum Number.
(a)
Central Holding Cells.
(b)
Court-Floor Holding Cells.
(2)
Requirements for Accessible Cells.
(a)
Doors and Doorways.
(b)*
Toilet and Bathing Facilities.
(c)*
Beds.
(d)
Drinking Fountains and Water
Coolers.
(e)
Fixed or Built-in Seating and
Tables.
(f)
Fixed Benches.
(3)*
Visiting Areas.
(a)
Cubicles and Counters.
(b)
Partitions.
11.3* Legislative and
Regulatory Facilities.
(1) Raised Speakers'
Platforms.
(2) Spectator,
Press, and Other Areas with Fixed Seats.
11.3.2* Assistive
Listening System.
12. DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL
FACILITIES.
12.1* General.
12.2 Entrances and Security
Systems.
12.2.1* Entrances.
12.2.2 Security
Systems.
12.3* Visiting Areas.
(1) Cubicles and
Counters.
(2) Partitions.
12.4 Holding and Housing Cells
or Rooms: Minimum Number.
12.4.1* Holding Cells
and General Housing Cells or Rooms.
12.4.2* Special
Holding and Housing Cells or Rooms.
12.4.3* Accessible
Cells or Rooms for Persons with Hearing
Impairments.
12.4.4 Medical Care
Facilities.
12.4.5 Alterations to
Cells or Rooms. (Reserved.)
12.5 Requirements for
Accessible Cells or Rooms.
12.5.1 General.
12.5.2* Minimum
Requirements.
(1) Doors
and Doorways.
(2)*
Toilet and Bathing Facilities.
(3)* Beds.
(4)
Drinking Fountains and Water Coolers.
(5) Fixed
or Built-in Seating or Tables.
(6) Fixed
Benches.
(7)
Storage.
(8)
Controls.
(9)
Accommodations for Persons with Hearing
Impairments.
12.6 Visual Alarms and
Telephones.
13. RESIDENTIAL HOUSING [RESERVED]
14. PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY [RESERVED]
APPENDIX
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