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Transcript: Construction and Manufacturing Tolerances. All dimensions are subject to conventional industry tolerances except where the requirement is stated as a range with specific minimum and maximum end points. Conventional industry tolerances recognized by this provision include those for field conditions and those that may be a necessary consequence of a particular manufacturing process. Recognized tolerances are not intended to apply to design work. Where the requirement states a specified range, the range provides an adequate tolerance and therefore no tolerance outside of the range at either end point is permitted. Where a requirement is a minimum or a maximum dimension that does not have two specific minimum and maximum end points, it would be good practice to specify a dimension less than the required maximum (or more than the required minimum) by the amount of the expected field or manufacturing tolerance and not to state any tolerance in conjunction with the specified dimension. Compliance Dates Vertical Grab Bar Chapter 121 § 121.003. DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED. (a) Persons with disabilities have the same right as the able-bodied to the full use and enjoyment of any public facility in the state. (d) The discrimination prohibited by this section includes a refusal to allow a person with a disability to use or be admitted to any public facility, a ruse or subterfuge calculated to prevent or discourage a person with a disability from using or being admitted to a public facility, and a failure to: (1) comply with Article 9102, Revised Statutes; (2) make reasonable accommodations in policies, practices, and procedures; or (3) provide auxiliary aids and services necessary to allow the full use and enjoyment of the public facility. "Public facilities" includes a street, highway, sidewalk, walkway, common carrier, airplane, motor vehicle, railroad train, motor bus, streetcar, boat, or any other public conveyance or mode of transportation; a hotel, motel, or other place of lodging; a public building maintained by any unit or subdivision of government; a building to which the general public is invited; a college dormitory or other educational facility; a restaurant or other place where food is offered for sale to the public; and any other place of public accommodation, amusement, convenience, or resort to which the general public or any classification of persons from the general public is regularly, normally, or customarily invited. Where more than one parking facility is provided on a site, the number of accessible spaces provided on the site shall be calculated according to the number of spaces required for each parking facility. Van spaces: 1 per 6 accessible spaces. Space size options. Parking spaces shall be permitted to be located in different parking facilities if substantially equivalent or greater accessibility is provided in terms of distance from an accessible entrance or entrances, parking fee, and user convenience. Factors that could affect "user convenience" include, but are not limited to, protection from the weather, security, lighting, and comparative maintenance of the alternative parking site. 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. Access aisles are permitted on either side of the parking space except for angled van parking spaces which must have access aisles located on the passenger side of the parking spaces. Referenced Codes Work Areas Grab Bars Federal Standards At least 50% of single user toilet rooms clustered at one location serving same users Toilet Room Clearances Overlapping Clearances Toe Clearance Understanding the 2012 Texas Accessibility Standards Side Grab Bar Nothing in these requirements prevents the use of designs, products, or technologies as alternatives to those prescribed, provided they result in substantially equivalent or greater accessibility and usability. The responsibility for demonstrating equivalent facilitation in the event of a challenge rests with the covered entity. For purposes of ensuring compliance with requirements of Texas Government Code, Chapter 469 all determinations of equivalent facilitation are made by the Department in accordance with the variance procedures contained in Chapter 68, Texas Administrative Code. Clearances at Grab Bar In new construction, LULA’s are permitted in buildings exempt from elevator requirements, and as an alternative to a platform lift. In new construction, platform lifts are permitted for the following spaces: Performance Areas and Speakers' Platforms Wheelchair Spaces Incidental Spaces (not public use and occupied by five or fewer persons). Judicial Spaces. (Jury boxes; judges' benches, etc.) Existing Site Constraints Guest Rooms and Residential Dwelling Units Amusement Rides Play Areas Team or Player Seating Boating Facilities & Fishing Piers Platform lifts are permitted as a component of an