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Title III Overview of Design Standards

Learn about the different design standards for accessibility - ADA, state code, and local code - and determine which standard to follow for your building projects.

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Title III Overview of Design Standards

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  1. ADA Trainer Network Module 6g Title III Overview of Design Standards Trainer’s Name Trainer’s Title Phone Email/Website

  2. Disclaimer Information, materials, and/or technical assistance are intended solely as informal guidance, and are neither a determination of your legal rights or responsibilities under the ADA, nor binding on any agency with enforcement responsibility under the ADA. The Mid-Atlantic ADA Center is authorized by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) to provide information, materials, and technical assistance to individuals and entities that are covered by the ADA. The contents of this document were developed under a grant from the Department of Education, NIDRR grant number H133 A110020. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

  3. Which design standards do I follow? State and local code or the Standards for Accessible Design?

  4. State & LocalBuilding Codes • Each state has a building code with accessibility requirements • Many (but not all) based on International Building Code (IBC) • Many have additional, unique provisions • Building projects must follow standard which is most stringent (provides greater access) for each space or element

  5. U.S. Access Board & Standards for Accessible Design • The Access Board is a federal agency that develops accessibility guidelines • The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) adopt and enforce ADA accessibility standards

  6. 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design The 2010 Standards must be used as of 3/15/12 Access complete information at: http://www.ada.gov/stdspdf.htm

  7. 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design Element by Element Safe Harbor: Elements in covered facilities that were built or altered in compliance with the 1991 Standards are not required to retrofit to comply with 2010 Standards until the elements are subject to a planned alteration. Similar safe harbors were adopted for elements associated with the “path of travel” to an altered primary function area.

  8. ADA Standards • 2010 Standards include requirements for • Checkout aisles, sales and service counters • ATMs, vending machines, fuel dispensers • Dining areas and cafeterias • Dressing and fitting rooms • Hotel guest rooms • Recreational facilities (golf courses, swimming pools, exercise equipment, etc.) • Many more!

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