Telecom/1996-04-telecom-walnutcreek.iso/reports/ada.phone.requirements

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From: TELECOM Moderator <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: ADA Telephone Requirements
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 13:20:00 CDT

Here is a permanent addition to your reference files. It was too large for
inclusion in the Digest. Thanks to Michael H. Riddle for sending it along.

PAT

  Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 10:57:49 -0400
  From: [e-mail] (Michael H. Riddle)
  Subject: Partial Extract -- ADA Telephone Requirments
  Reply-To: [e-mail] (Michael H. Riddle, Esq.)

Since my comments about ADA and the AT&T 2000 generated some comments
and replies, I thought perhaps I should post some of the ADA
requirements.  I don't remember seeing anything along these lines.

I got my files from Compuserve, but there are other sources available.

These documents are available in the following alternate formats:

          - Braille
          - Large Print
          - Audiotape
          - Electronic file on computer disk and electronic
                         bulletin board [phone]


For additional information on the ADA contact:


          Office on the Americans with Disabilities Act
          Civil Rights Division
          U.S. Department of Justice
          P.O. Box 66118
          Washington, D.C.  20035-6118
          %
          [phone] (Voice)
          [phone] (TDD)
          [phone] (TDD)

For more specific information about ADA requirements affecting
employment contact:

     Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
     1801 L Street NW
     Washington, DC 20507
     800-USA-EEOC (Voice)
     800-800-3302 (TDD)

     For more specific information about ADA requirements affecting
               transportation contact:
     Department of Transportation
     400 Seventh Street SW
     Washington, DC 20590
     [phone]
     [phone] (TDD)

For more specific information about requirements for accessible design
in new construction and alterations contact:

     Architectural and Transportation Barriers
     Compliance Board
     1111 18th Street NW
     Suite 501
     Washington, DC 20036
     800-USA-ABLE
     800-USA-ABLE (TDD)

For more specific information about ADA requirements affecting
telecommunications contact:

     Federal Communications Commission
     1919 M Street NW
     Washington, DC 20554
     [phone]
     [phone] (TDD)


PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER
JULY 26, 1991

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Accessibility Guidelines
for Buildings and Facilities

U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
1111 18th Street, N.W., Suite 501   Washington, D.C. 20036-3894
[phone] v/TDD    [phone] FAX

   ADA ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

* * *

3.5 Definitions

* * *

Text Telephone.  Machinery or equipment that employs interactive
graphic (i.e., typed) communications through the transmission of coded
signals across the standard telephone network.  Text telephones can
include, for example, devices known as TDD's (telecommunication
display devices or telecommunication devices for deaf persons) or
computers.

* * *

4. ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS AND SPACES: SCOPE AND TECHNICAL
REQUIREMENTS.

4.1 Minimum Requirements

4.1.1* Application.

   (1) General.  All areas of newly designed or newly constructed
buildings and facilities required to be accessible by 4.1.2 and 4.1.3
and altered portions of existing buildings and facilities required to
be accessible by 4.1.6 shall comply with these guidelines, 4.1 through
4.35, unless otherwise provided in this section or as modified in a
special application section.

   (2) Application Based on Building Use.  Special application
sections 5 through 10 provide additional requirements for
restaurants and cafeterias, medical care facilities, business and
mercantile, libraries, accessible transient lodging, and
transportation facilities.  When a building or facility contains
more than one use covered by a special application section, each
portion shall comply with the requirements for that use.

   (3)* Areas Used Only by Employees as Work Areas.  Areas that are
used only as work areas shall be designed and constructed so that
individuals with disabilities can approach, enter, and exit the areas.
These guidelines do not require that any areas used only as work areas
be constructed to permit maneuvering within the work area or be
constructed or equipped (i.e., with racks or shelves) to be
accessible.

   (4) Temporary Structures.  These guidelines cover temporary
buildings or facilities as well as permanent facilities.  Temporary
buildings and facilities are not of permanent construction but are
extensively used or are essential for public use for a period of time.
Examples of temporary buildings or facilities covered by these
guidelines include, but are not limited to: reviewing stands,
temporary classrooms, bleacher areas, exhibit areas, temporary banking
facilities, temporary health screening services, or temporary safe
pedestrian passageways around a construction site.  Structures, sites
and equipment directly associated with the actual processes of
construction, such as scaffolding, bridging, materials hoists, or
construction trailers are not included.

   (5) General Exceptions.

     (a) In new construction, a person or entity is not required to
meet fully the requirements of these guidelines where that person or
entity can demonstrate that it is structurally impracticable to do so.
Full compliance will be considered structurally impracticable only in
those rare circumstances when the unique characteristics of terrain
prevent the incorporation of accessibility features.  If full
compliance with the requirements of these guidelines is structurally
impracticable, a person or entity shall comply with the requirements
to the extent it is not structurally impracticable.  Any portion of
the building or facility which can be made accessible shall comply to
the extent that it is not structurally impracticable.

     (b) Accessibility is not required to (i) observation galleries
used primarily for security purposes; or (ii) in non-occupiable spaces
accessed only by ladders, catwalks, crawl spaces, very narrow
passageways, or freight (non-passenger) elevators, and frequented only
by service personnel for repair purposes; such spaces include, but are
not limited to, elevator pits, elevator penthouses, piping or
equipment catwalks.

* * *

4.1.3 Accessible Buildings: New Construction.  Accessible buildings
and facilities shall meet the following minimum requirements:

* * *

   (17) Public telephones:

     (a) If public pay telephones, public closed circuit
telephones, or other public telephones are provided, then they
shall comply with 4.31.2 through 4.31.8 to the extent required by
the following table:

Number of each type of telephone provided on each floor;
Number of telephones required to comply with 4.31.2 through 4.31.81.

1 or more single unit
1 per floor
1 bank2
1 per floor
2 or more banks2

1 per bank.  Accessible unit may be installed as a single unit in
proximity (either visible or with signage) to the bank.  At least one
public telephone per floor shall meet the requirements for a forward
reach telephone3.  1 Additional public telephones may be installed at
any height.  Unless otherwise specified, accessible telephones may be
either forward or side reach telephones.

2 A bank consists of two or more adjacent public telephones, often
installed as a unit.

3 EXCEPTION: For exterior installations only, if dial tone first
service is available, then a side reach telephone may be installed
instead of the required forward reach telephone (i.e., one
telephone in proximity to each bank shall comply with 4.31).

     (b)* All telephones required to be accessible and complying
with 4.31.2 through 4.31.8 shall be equipped with a volume control.

In addition, 25 percent, but never less than one, of all other public
telephones provided shall be equipped with a volume control and shall
be dispersed among all types of public telephones, including closed
circuit telephones, throughout the building or facility.  Signage
complying with applicable provisions of 4.30.7 shall be provided.

     (c) The following shall be provided in accordance with 4.31.9:

      (i) if a total number of four or more public pay telephones
(including both interior and exterior phones) is provided at a site,
and at least one is in an interior location, then at least one
interior public text telephone shall be provided.

      (ii) if an interior public pay telephone is provided in a
stadium or arena, in a convention center, in a hotel with a convention
center, or in a covered mall, at least one interior public text
telephone shall be provided in the facility.

      (iii) if a public pay telephone is located in or adjacent to a
hospital emergency room, hospital recovery room, or hospital waiting
room, one public text telephone shall be provided at each such
location.

     (d) Where a bank of telephones in the interior of a building
consists of three or more public pay telephones, at least one public
pay telephone in each such bank shall be equipped with a shelf and
outlet in compliance with 4.31.9(2).

* * *

4.1.6 Accessible Buildings: Alterations.

   (1) General.  Alterations to existing buildings and facilities
shall comply with the following:

* * *

     (e)  At least one interior public text telephone complying
with 4.31.9 shall be provided if:

      (i) alterations to existing buildings or facilities with less
than four exterior or interior public pay telephones would increase
the total number to four or more telephones with at least one in an
interior location; or

      (ii) alterations to one or more exterior or interior public pay
telephones occur in an existing building or facility with four or more
public telephones with at least one in an interior location.

* * *

4.2 Space Allowance and Reach Ranges.

4.2.1* Wheelchair Passage Width.  The minimum clear width for
single wheelchair passage shall be 32 in (815 mm) at a point and 36
in (915 mm) continuously (see Fig. 1 and 24(e)).

4.2.2 Width for Wheelchair Passing.  The minimum width for two
wheelchairs to pass is 60 in (1525 mm) (see Fig. 2).

4.2.3* Wheelchair Turning Space.  The space required for a wheelchair
to make a 180-degree turn is a clear space of 60 in (1525 mm) diameter
(see Fig. 3(a)) or a T-shaped space (see Fig.  3(b)).

4.2.4* Clear Floor or Ground Space for Wheelchairs.

4.2.4.1 Size and Approach.  The minimum clear floor or ground space
required to accommodate a single, stationary wheelchair and occupant
is 30 in by 48 in (760 mm by 1220 mm) (see Fig. 4(a)).  The minimum
clear floor or ground space for wheelchairs may be positioned for
forward or parallel approach to an object (see Fig.  4(b) and (c)).
Clear floor or ground space for wheelchairs may be part of the knee
space required under some objects.

4.2.4.2 Relationship of Maneuvering Clearance to Wheelchair Spaces.

One full unobstructed side of the clear floor or ground space for a
wheelchair shall adjoin or overlap an accessible route or adjoin
another wheelchair clear floor space.  If a clear floor space is
located in an alcove or otherwise confined on all or part of three
sides, additional maneuvering clearances shall be provided as shown in
Fig. 4(d) and (e).

4.2.4.3 Surfaces for Wheelchair Spaces.  Clear floor or ground
spaces for wheelchairs shall comply with 4.5.

4.2.5* Forward Reach.  If the clear floor space only allows forward
approach to an object, the maximum high forward reach allowed shall be
48 in (1220 mm) (see Fig. 5(a)).  The minimum low forward reach is 15
in (380 mm).  If the high forward reach is over an obstruction, reach
and clearances shall be as shown in Fig. 5(b).

4.2.6* Side Reach.  If the clear floor space allows parallel approach
by a person in a wheelchair, the maximum high side reach allowed shall
be 54 in (1370 mm) and the low side reach shall be no less than 9 in
(230 mm) above the floor (Fig. 6(a) and (b)).  If the side reach is
over an obstruction, the reach and clearances shall be as shown in Fig
6(c).


* * *

4.30.7* Symbols of Accessibility.

   (1) Facilities and elements required to be identified as accessible
by 4.1 shall use the international symbol of accessibility.  The
symbol shall be displayed as shown in Fig.  43(a) and (b).

   (2) Volume Control Telephones.  Telephones required to have a
volume control by 4.1.3(17)(b) shall be identified by a sign
containing a depiction of a telephone handset with radiating sound
waves.

   (3) Text Telephones.  Text telephones required by 4.1.3(17)(c)
shall be identified by the international TDD symbol (Fig 43(c)).  In
addition, if a facility has a public text telephone, directional
signage indicating the location of the nearest text telephone shall be
placed adjacent to all banks of telephones which do not contain a text
telephone.  Such directional signage shall include the international
TDD symbol.  If a facility has no banks of telephones, the directional
signage shall be provided at the entrance (e.g., in a building
directory).

   (4) Assistive Listening Systems.  In assembly areas where
permanently installed assistive listening systems are required by
4.1.3(19)(b) the availability of such systems shall be identified with
signage that includes the international symbol of access for hearing
loss (Fig 43(d)).

4.30.8* Illumination Levels.  (Reserved).

4.31 Telephones.

4.31.1 General.  Public telephones required to be accessible by 4.1
shall comply with 4.31.

4.31.2 Clear Floor or Ground Space.  A clear floor or ground space at
least 30 in by 48 in (760 mm by 1220 mm) that allows either a forward
or parallel approach by a person using a wheelchair shall be provided
at telephones (see Fig. 44).  The clear floor or ground space shall
comply with 4.2.4.  Bases, enclosures, and fixed seats shall not
impede approaches to telephones by people who use wheelchairs.

4.31.3* Mounting Height.  The highest operable part of the telephone
shall be within the reach ranges specified in 4.2.5 or 4.2.6.

4.31.4 Protruding Objects.  Telephones shall comply with 4.4.

4.31.5 Hearing Aid Compatible and Volume Control Telephones Required
by 4.1.

   (1)  Telephones shall be hearing aid compatible.

   (2) Volume controls, capable of a minimum of 12 dbA and a maximum
of 18 dbA above normal, shall be provided in accordance with 4.1.3.
If an automatic reset is provided then 18 dbA may be exceeded.

4.31.6 Controls.  Telephones shall have pushbutton controls where
service for such equipment is available.

4.31.7 Telephone Books.  Telephone books, if provided, shall be
located in a position that complies with the reach ranges specified in
4.2.5 and 4.2.6.

4.31.8 Cord Length.  The cord from the telephone to the handset
shall be at least 29 in (735 mm) long.

4.31.9* Text Telephones Required by 4.1.

   (1) Text telephones used with a pay telephone shall be permanently
affixed within, or adjacent to, the telephone enclosure.  If an
acoustic coupler is used, the telephone cord shall be sufficiently
long to allow connection of the text telephone and the telephone
receiver.

   (2) Pay telephones designed to accommodate a portable text
telephone shall be equipped with a shelf and an electrical outlet
within or adjacent to the telephone enclosure.  The telephone handset
shall be capable of being placed flush on the surface of the shelf.
The shelf shall be capable of accommodating a text telephone and shall
have 6 in (152 mm) minimum vertical clearance in the area where the
text telephone is to be placed.

   (3) Equivalent facilitation may be provided.  For example, a
portable text telephone may be made available in a hotel at the
registration desk if it is available on a 24-hour basis for use with
nearby public pay telephones.  In this instance, at least one pay
telephone shall comply with paragraph 2 of this section.  In addition,
if an acoustic coupler is used, the telephone handset cord shall be
sufficiently long so as to allow connection of the text telephone and
the telephone receiver.  Directional signage shall be provided and
shall comply with 4.30.7.

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