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don't have the 2007 code here at home yet  but the 2004 11.4.1.6.3(f) talks 
about clustering the accessible seating in an altered assembly .

glen
MAST DRAFTING AND DESIGN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Evans" <Evans.John at spcollege.edu>
To: <codetalk at myfloridacode.com>
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 2:01 PM
Subject: [Florida Code Talk] Accessibility in Lecture Halls


> To Anyone,
> The college is in the process of updating a 75 seat tier lecture classroom 
> in a building that was constructed in the 80's. We have made accommodation 
> for wheel chair bound handicap students on the ground floor and we will 
> update the rest of the building to the new accessibility code. My question 
> is that we are being told that we have to provide wheel chair access to 
> all levels of the tier seating area in the classrooms because that is what 
> is called for in Chapter 11 of the FBC. I am contending that since the 
> building was constructed prior to Oct.1st 1997 that it is exempt from this 
> requirement and since this space is classified as an small assembly  space 
> and it has less than 300 seat it is also exempt so long as we provide 
> wheel chair accessibility on the accessibility route and we are able to 
> accommodate other disability students spread within the upper levels of 
> the tier seating. The college has two of these classrooms and if we are 
> required to bring them up to accommoda!
> te wheel chair accessibility on all levels of the tier seating will make 
> it financially unfeasible for the college to proceed with the updating of 
> this space.
> Can someone offer some classification on which opinion is correct or not 
> correct and how should we proceed with our project?
> Thanks,
>
> John L. Evans, AIA, CBO
> College Architect & Certified Building Official
> St. Petersburg College
> Phone # (727) 341-3262
> P Think Green! Please do not print this e-mail unless necessary
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