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Requirement
3. Usable doors.
Section 100.205(c)(2) provides that covered multifamily
dwellings with a building entrance on an accessible route shall be designed
in such a manner that all the doors designed to allow passage into and
within all premises are sufficiently wide to allow passage by handicapped
persons in wheelchairs.
Guideline Section 100.205(c)(2) would apply to doors
that are a part of an accessible route in the public and common use areas
of multifamily dwellings and to doors into and within individual dwelling
units.
•(1) On accessible routes in public and common use areas, and for
primary entry doors to covered units, doors that comply with ANSI 4.13
would meet this requirement. •(2) Within individual dwelling units,
doors intended for user passage through the unit which have a clear opening
of at least 32 inches nominal width when the door is open 90 degrees,
measured between the face of the door and the stop, would meet this requirement.
(See Fig. 1 (a), (b), and (c).) Openings more than 24 inches in depth
are not considered doorways. (See Fig. 1 (d).)
Note
A 34-inch door, hung in the standard manner, provides an acceptable nominal
32-inch clear opening. This door can be adapted to provide a wider opening
by using offset hinges, by removing lower portions of the door stop, or
both
Pocket or sliding doors are acceptable doors in covered
dwelling units and have the added advantage of not impinging on clear
floor space in small rooms.
The nominal 32-inch clear opening provided by a standard
six-foot sliding patio door assembly is acceptable.
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