3.8.2.1.Areas Requiring Barrier-Free Path of Travel

(1) Except as permitted by Sentence (3), a barrier-free path of travel from the entrances required by Sentences 3.8.1.2.(1) and (2) to be barrier-free shall be provided e1 (a) throughout the entrance storey, and (b) within all normally occupied floor areas and rooftop amenity spaces, unless as permitted by Sentence (2). (See Note A-3.8.2.1.(b)) (See Article 3.3.1.7. for additional requirements regarding floor areas above or below the first storey to which a barrier-free path of travel is required). (See Note A.3.8.2.1.(1)) (2) A barrier-free path of travel described in Clause (1)(b) is not required to extend (a) to floor areas or portions of floor areas containing a Group B, Division 2 or 3 occupancy that are not required by Article 3.5.2.1. to be connected by a ramp or served by an elevator, (b) to floor areas containing Group C or Group D occupancies that are located in a building that (i) is three or fewer storeys in building height, and (ii) has a building area not exceeding 600 m2, (See Note A.3.8.2.1.(2)(b)) (c) to portions of restaurants and licensed beverage establishments where the same amenities and uses are provided on other floor areas that have a barrier-free path of travel, or (d) to portions of child care facilities that have all entrance doors at floor levels that do not have a barrier-free path of travel. (See Note A-3.8.2.1.(2)) (3) A barrier-free path of travel described in Sentence (1) is not required (a) into service rooms, (b) into elevator machine rooms, (c) into janitors’ rooms, (d) into service spaces, (e) into crawl spaces, (f) into attic or roof spaces, (g) into high-hazard industrial occupancies, (h) within portions of a floor area with fixed seats in an assembly occupancy where these portions are not part of the barrier-free path of travel to (i) spaces designated for wheelchair use, (ii) seats designated for adaptable seating, or (iii) spaces for the storage of wheelchairs and mobility assistive devices, (i) to suites of residential occupancy that are in storeys other than the entrance storey and that have all entrance doors at floor levels that are not required to have a barrier-free path of travel, (j) except as required by Sentence (5), on the inside of a suite of residential occupancy, (k) to portions of a floor area that are not at the same level as the entry level, provided amenities and uses provided on any raised or sunken level are accessible on the entry level by means of a barrier-free path of travel, (l) within a parking level with no barrier-free parking spaces, or (m) to the floor level above or below the entrance level in buildings no more than 2 storeys in building height or in 2- storey suites, unless the floor level above or below (i) is served by a passenger elevator, a platform-equipped passenger-elevating device, an escalator or an inclined moving walk, (ii) is 600 m2 or more in floor area, (iii) contains facilities that are not contained on the entrance level, but that are integral to the principal function of the entrance level, or (iv) contains an assembly occupancy more than 100 m2 in floor area. (See Note A-3.8.2.1.(3)(m)) (See Note A-3.8.2.1.(3)) (4) In an assembly occupancy with fixed seats, the minimum number of spaces designated for wheelchair use and the minimum number of fixed seats designated for adaptable seating shall conform to Table 3.8.2.1. (See Note A- 3.8.2.1.(4)) Table 3.8.2.1. Designated Wheelchair Spaces and Adaptable Seating Forming Part of Sentence 3.8.2.1.(4) Minimum Number of Spaces Minimum Number of Fixed Seats Number of Fixed Seats in Seating Area Designated for Wheelchairs Designated for Adaptable Seating Up to 20 2 1 21 to 40 2 2 41 to 60 2 3 61 to 80 2 4 81 to 100 3 5 The greater of 5 seats or Over 100 3% of the seating capacity 5% of the aisle seating capacity (5) In a Group C major occupancy apartment building, not less than 15% of all suites of residential occupancy shall be provided with a barrier-free path of travel from the suite entrance door into the following rooms and spaces that shall be located at the same level as the barrier-free path of travel: (a) at least one bedroom, (See Note A-3.8.2.1.(5)(a) and (b)) (b) at least one bathroom conforming to Sentence (6), (See Note A-3.8.2.1.(5)(a) and (b)) (c) a kitchen or kitchen space, and (d) a living room or space. (See Note A-3.8.2.1.(5)) (6) Bathrooms required by Clause (5)(b) shall (a) contain a lavatory, (b) contain a water closet, (c) contain a bathtub or a shower, (d) have wall reinforcement installed in conformance with Sentence 3.3.4.9.(1), and (e) be designed to permit a wheelchair to turn in an open space not less than 1 500 mm in diameter. (See Note A-3.8.2.1.(6)) (7) The number of suites described in Sentence (5) having 1, 2 or 3 or more bedrooms shall be in proportion to the number of suites of residential occupancy having 1, 2 or 3 or more bedrooms in the remainder of the building. (See Note A-3.8.2.1.(7)) (8) The suites described in Sentence (5) shall be distributed among storeys that are required by Article 3.8.2.1. to have a barrier-free path of travel, having regard to the height of the suite above grade.