February 3, 2011 Accessible Transient Lodging
Slide 1: Welcome to the Accessibility Online Webinar Series 
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US Access Board
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Slide 3: Presenters 
 Jim Pecht		Earlene Sesker 
U.S. Access Board 	U.S. Access Board
Slide 4: Accessible Transient Lodging 
Session Agenda
 Laws requiring access to transient  
Lodging facilities
 ADA and ABA Standards 
 Scoping requirements (how many)
 Technical requirements (how they are 	required to be accessible) 
Slide 5: Accessibility Laws 
 Americans with Disabilities Act 
 Architectural Barriers Act
 Rehabilitation Act
Slide 6: Accessibility Laws 
Americans with Disabilities Act:
Covers facilities that provide sleeping accommodations that are primarily 
Short-term. 
Slide 7: Accessibility Laws 
Americans with Disabilities Act:
Certain facilities used for transient lodging such as time shares and dormitories may also be considered residential and covered by the Fair Housing Act.
Slide 8: Current ADA Standards 
Option:
DOJ’s 2010 standards  
(Mandatory March 15, 2012)  
 OR
DOJ’s 1991 standards 
(Until March 15, 2012)  
Slide 9: Accessibility Laws 
Architectural Barriers Act:
Covers transient lodging facilities that are designed, constructed, altered, or leased by, or on behalf of the United States.
Slide 10: Current ABA Standards 
(Federal facilities)
Slide 11: Accessibility Laws 
Rehabilitation Act:
Covers facilities that are a program of  Federal agency or that are constructed or altered with Federal financial assistance.
Slide 12: New ADA (and ABA) Standards Based on the Board’s ADA-ABA Guidelines (2004) 
DOJ includes several additional requirements/ revisions 
Slide 13: Additional DOJ Requirements In DOJ’s updated ADA regulations: 
Application of scoping provisions to sites with multiple facilities: 
50 or less guest rooms may be combined 
50 or more guest rooms shall be scoped separately 
Slide 14: Additional DOJ Requirements In DOJ’s updated ADA regulations: 
Alterations to guest rooms where room interiors are controlled by individual owners are not required to comply with alteration standards or section 224.1.1. 
Residential dwelling units that are designed and constructed for residential use exclusively are not subject to the transient lodging standards.
Slide 15: Additional DOJ Requirements In DOJ’s updated ADA regulations: 
 Housing at a place of education is covered as transient lodging and not as residential. This will include University dormitories.
Slide 16: Additional DOJ Requirements In DOJ’s updated ADA regulations: 
 Facilities with more than 50 beds that provide common use bathing facilities shall provide at least one roll-in shower with a seat that complies with the relevant provisions of section 608 of the 2010 Standards. 
Slide 17: Guidelines v. Standards Online Guidance Parallel ADA Application and Scoping chapters 1 and 2 (pages 5 - 71) and ABA Application and Scoping Chapters 1 and 2 (pages 72 - 140) shown referencing Common Technical Chapters 3 - 10 ( pages 141 - 289   
Slide 18: www.access-board.gov/ada/ Image of the Access Board's  "Guide to the ADA and ADA Standards" web page 
Slide 19: Transient Lodging Scoping 
Slide 20: Transient Lodging Guest Rooms ADA Scoping 
Section 224.2 Mobility Features: 
New Construction - based on the number of rooms provided. 
Alterations - The minimum required to be accessible is based on the total number altered or added.
Slide 21: Shower and Tub Scoping 
▪ Transient lodging facilities with 50 or less rooms are required to provide no less than one water closet, one lavatory and one bathtub. 
▪ Transient lodging facilities with more than 50 rooms are required to provide no less than one water closet, one lavatory and one roll-in shower. 
Slide 22: Mobility Features Scoping 224.2 Guest Rooms with Mobility Features (text version) 
Total Number of Guest Rooms, 1 to 25 Provided Minimum Number of Required Rooms without Roll-In Showers, 1 Minimum Number of Required Rooms with Roll-In Showers, 0 Total Numbers of Required Rooms, 1
Total Number of Guest Rooms, 26 to 50 Provided Minimum Number of Required Rooms without Roll-In Showers, 2 Minimum Number of Required Rooms with Roll-In Showers, 0 Total Number of Required Rooms, 2
Total Number of Guest Rooms, 51 to 75 Provided Minimum Number of Required Rooms without Roll-In Showers, 3 Minimum Number of Required Rooms with Roll-In Showers, 1 Total Number of Required Rooms, 4
Total Number of Guest Rooms, 76 to 100 Provided Minimum Number of Required Rooms without Roll-In Showers, 4 Minimum Number of Required Rooms with Roll-In Showers, 1 Total Number of Required Rooms, 5
Total Number of Guest Rooms, 101 to-150 Provided Minimum Number of Required Rooms without Roll-In Showers, 5 Minimum Number of Required Rooms with Roll-In Showers, 2 Total Number of Required Rooms, 7
Total Number of Guest Rooms, 151 to 200 Provided Minimum Number of Required Rooms without Roll-In Showers, 6 Minimum Number of Required Rooms with Roll-In Showers, 2 Total Number of Required Rooms, 8
Total Number of Guest Rooms, 201 to 300 Provided Minimum Number of Required Rooms without Roll-In Showers, 3 Minimum Number of Required Rooms with Roll-In Showers, 3 Total Number of Required Rooms, 10
Total Number of Guest Rooms, 301 to 400 Provided Minimum Number of Required Rooms without Roll-In Showers, 8 Minimum Number of Required Rooms with Roll-In Showers, 4 Total Number of Required Rooms, 12
Total Number of Guest Rooms, 401 to 500 Provided Minimum Number of Required Rooms without Roll-In Showers, 9 Minimum Number of Required Rooms with Roll-In Showers, 4 Total Number of Required Rooms, 13
Total Number of Guest Rooms, 501 to 1000 Provided Minimum Number of Required Rooms without Roll-In Showers, 2 percent of total Minimum Number of Required Rooms with Roll-In Showers, 1 percent of total- Total Number of Required Rooms 3 percent of total
1001 and over 20, plus 1 for each 100, or fraction thereof, over 1000 10, plus 1 for each 100, or fraction thereof, over 1000 30, plus 2 for each 100, or fraction thereof, over 1000 
Slide 23: Guest Room Doors and Doorways Scoping 
Section 224.1.2 
A 32 inch minimum clear opening width is required for all guest room entrances, doors, and doorways. 
This section contains an exception for shower and sauna door. 
Slide 24: Guest Room Beds Scoping 
Section 224.3 
Where a guest room equipped with mobility features has more than 25 beds 5% of the beds must have a 30 inches minimum by 48 inches minimum clear floor space on both sides of the bed.
Slide 25: Transient Lodging Guest Rooms ADA Scoping 
Section 224.4 Communication Features: 
New Construction - based on the number of rooms provided. Alterations -   The minimum required               to be accessible is based on the               total number altered or added.
Slide 26: Communication Features Scoping 224.4 Guest Rooms with Communication Features 
Total Number of 2 to 25 Guest Rooms Provided Minimum Number of Required Guest Rooms with Communication Features 2
Total Number of 26 to 50 Guest Rooms Provided Minimum Number of Required Guest Rooms with Communication Features 4
Total Number of 51 to 75 Guest Rooms Provided Minimum Number of Required Guest Rooms with Communication Features 7
Total Number of 76 to 100 Guest Rooms Provided Minimum Number of Required Guest Rooms with Communication Features 9
Total Number of 101 to 150 Guest Rooms Provided Minimum Number of Required Guest Rooms with Communication Features 12
Total Number of 151 to 200 Guest Rooms Provided Minimum Number of Required Guest Rooms with Communication Features 14
Total Number of 201 to 300 Guest Rooms Provided Minimum Number of Required Guest Rooms with Communication Features 17
Total Number of 301 to 400 Guest Rooms Provided Minimum Number of Required Guest Rooms with Communication Features 20
Total Number of 401 to 500 Guest Rooms Provided Minimum Number of Required Guest Rooms with Communication Features 22
Total Number of 501 to 1000 Guest Rooms Provided Minimum Number of Required Guest Rooms with Communication Features 5 percent of total
1001 and over 50, plus 3 for each 100 over 1000 
Slide 27: Transient Lodging Guest Rooms ADA Scoping 
Section 224.5 Dispersion: 
Guest rooms providing mobility features and guest rooms providing communication features must be dispersed among the various types of guest rooms.
Slide 28: Accessible Route Scoping
Section 206
At least 1 accessible route is required to:
 Accessible guest rooms and the 
Elements and spaces with the room
 Accessible parking
 All public use and common use area   serving the facility
 All guest room doors into and within the facility except shower and sauna doors
Slide 29: Accessible Route Photo of ramp leading to hotel entrance 
Slide 30: Common Use Areas Photo of a person at a lowered portion of a counter in the lobby 
Slide 31: Recreation Facilities 
Amusement rides (234) 
Recreational boating facilities (235) 
Exercise machines (236) 
Fishing piers and platforms (237) 
Golf facilities (238) 
Slide 32: Recreation Facilities 
Miniature golf facilities (239) 
Play areas (240) 
Saunas and steam rooms (241) 
Swimming pools, wading pools, and spas (242) 
Shooting facilities with firing positions (243) 
Slide 33: Exercise Equipment 
Drawing showing various types of exercise equipment and the clear floor space next to one of each type. 
Slide 34: Golf courses 
Accessible routes and golf car passages
Teeing grounds
Putting greens
Practice facilities
Photo of a wheelchair user playing golf on a putting green. 
Slide 35: Swimming pools and spas 
Pool lifts
Sloped entries
Transfer systems 
Transfer walls
Pool stairs
Woman using pool lift 
Slide 36: Common Use Areas 
Recreational Areas Photo of a woman in a manual wheelchair using an accessible route to a swimming pool area. 
Slide 37: Components of Transient Lodging Guest Rooms 
Slide 38: Transient Lodging Components 
Guest Rooms with Mobility Features:
 At least one accessible route shall connect 
All spaces that are part of the guest room
Accessible living and dining areas
A sleeping area with clear floor space on both sides of the bed
One accessible bathroom
Turning space within the guest room
Slide 39: Guest Room Components 
At Least one Accessible Bathroom with Turning Space within the room. Photo of a bathroom with a lavatory, toilet and bathtub - a blue circle is on the floor and dimensioned at 5 feet in diameter.
Slide 40: Guest Room Components 
Accessible Lavatory 
Photo of a woman in a power wheelchair using a lavatory in a bathroom.  The 30 by 48 inch clear floor space is depicted under her chair going under the lavatory showing knee and toe space.
Slide 41: Guest Room Component Standard Roll-in Shower Stall CADD drawing of a plan of a standard roll-in shower
Slide 42: Guest Room Component Alternate Roll-in Shower Stall CADD drawing of a plan of an Alternate roll-in shower. 
Slide 43: Guest Room Components 
Accessible tubs with in tub seat provided
Photo of an accessible tub in a bathroom with a removable in tub seat.
Slide 44: Guest Room Components 
Operable parts in
Accessible spaces 
Required to comply
Exceptions for outlets above kitchen counters, redundant controls, and HVAC diffusers 
Man in a manual wheelchair adjusting the controls on a thermostat. 
Slide 45: Guest Room Components 
Beds 
Photo of a bed, a night stand, and a dresser in a bedroom. 
Slide 46: Guest Room Components 
Living and Dining Areas
Photo of a kitchen, a dining area, and a living area in a residence. 
Slide 47: Transient Lodging Components 
Balcony
Interior Hotel room with a sliding door leading out to a balcony
Slide 48: Transient Lodging Components 
Guest Rooms with Communication Features:
 Building fire alarm system 
 Smoke detection system
 Notification devices
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Next scheduled session:  
“Accessible Swimming Pools and Spas” 
March 3rd, 2011