553.504.1

· Recommend to leave as is

553.504.2

· Recommend to modify the requirement for the bathroom door in single family, duplex and triplex units to match FHA requirements for the door

o 32 inch nominal clear opening or just state a 34 inch door

· Evaluate new construction of single family, duplex and triplex units for Aging in Place and Visitability

553.504.3

· With the need for so many door to be able to close under positive pressure, recommend to change the 8.5lbf to a realistic number; which would be higher than the current number.  There are to many buildings, on our coast line that will not close – provide a positive latching of the door for security at a required opening force of 8.5lbf.

553.504.4

· For Florida’s added 5% concur to validate this number which was never validated.  In our discussions with the hotel and motel industry as part of the ANSI A117.1 committee they are not fully using the number of accessible hotel rooms currently required by the ADA Standards.

· Florida’s specific requirements do not make the room “accessible”.

· Current requirement under the 2009 A117.1 –

o 1002.15.2 Bed Frames. At least one bed shall be provided with an open bed frame.

· Recommend deleting the 5% Florida specific requirement and add the requirement for an open frame bed only for the mobility featured accessible guest rooms

553.504.5.a

· No change

553.504.5.b

· Concur with recommendation to delete the diagonal requirement

553.504.6

· Recommend to delete and to follow the ADA Standards and the applicable sections of the IBC regarding this issue.

553.5041.2 and .3

· No change

553.5041.4.a and b

· Concur to follow the PROW Guidelines and adjust to match same

553.5041.4.c

· Concur with recommendation to delete the text for demonstrated and documented need

· 553.5041.5.a

· Recommend to delete the requirement that all spaces must be located on an accessible route that is at least 44 inches wide so that users are not compelled to walk or wheel behind parked vehicles except behind his or her own vehicle.

· Modify the requirement to allow to go behind your own car and one other vehicle; thereby allowing four accessible parking spaces to be at the end of double loaded parking lanes – two on each side.

553.5041.5.b3

No change

553.5041.5.c.1

· Concur with revised recommendation to modify the accessible parking space to be 11 feet wide with a 5 foot access aisle.

· This was voted on during the update of the FACBC to the 2010 versions and the vote was over 95% in support.  During that meeting there was only 3 votes against it.

553.5041.5.c.2 and .3

· No change

553.5041.5.d

· Recommend no change

553.5041.5.e.1 and 2

· Recommend to modify to allow to go to the ADA Standards minimum size; not allowing the spaces to never be less than Florida’s required width.

· Do not support the recommendation

553.5041.6

· No change

Allow section 216.5 to be incorporated into the FACBC.  This section of the ADA Standards starts the following –

· 216.5 Parking. Parking spaces complying with 502 shall be identified by signs complying with 502.6.EXCEPTIONS: 1. Where a total of four or fewer parking spaces, including accessible parking spaces, are provided on a site, identification of accessible parking spaces shall not be required.

· There are many small properties that have a small number of parking spaces and when you have 4 and have to provide accessible parking, you loss two and then you only have two available for the public.

553.507

· No change

553.508

· No change

553.509

· In the process of creating the 2012 FACBC “we” inadvertently left out press boxes and they should be listed as part of the exceptions as we did the rest.  This was an oversight by the TAC when we did this.

· Recommend to allow the requirement for the 20% rule to be interpreted by the local jurisdiction versus requiring a waiver to be obtained for this issue.

553.511

Recommend to delete since it is covered within the ADA Standards under section 502.5.

553.512

· Update the members of the Accessibility Advisory Council to groups that are in existence and/or that serve persons with disabilities.

553.513

· No change