Friday, May 21, 2010

Authorities Having Jurisdiction: DC

Some key things to remember:

DC requires 15% (!) of units to be Type A ANSI accessible. This is fraught with different interpretations. 15% of units on the accessible route? 15% of units for the entire building/project? It is only clear that new construction in an elevatored building has 15% HC units, due to the fact that every unit is on an accessible route. Woodson Heights demonstrated that the same agency can have 2 different interpretations of this during the permitting process, and no clear answer.

DCRA website.

DC Building Code Supplement of 2008.

DC Building Code Supplement of 2003 (now defunct, but still enforced for buildings with permit submissions prior to December 2008)

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