15.80.080 Standards – Primary floor powder room, bathroom entry and facilities.
A. New Construction – Mandatory to Install. There are no mandatory installations related to the powder room, bathroom or other facilities in a visitable residential dwelling.
B. New Construction – Mandatory to Offer. The following options for the accessible bathroom or powder room on the route from the primary entrance shall be offered and, if accepted, installed at the request and cost of the purchaser/owner if requested when installation is consistent with SMC 15.80.140:
1. At least one powder room or bathroom, at the option of the purchaser/owner on the primary entry level of a visitable residential dwelling which complies with the requirements of CBC Chapter 11A.
2. Clear space in the bathroom or powder room that is either:
a. Consistent with the requirements of CBC Chapter 11A; or
b. Outside of the swing of the door and either a 48-inch circle, 48 inches by 60 inches, or a 60-inch-diameter circle at the option of the purchaser/owner.
3. A bathtub or shower meeting the requirements of ANSI A117.1.
4. Either of the following:
a. Grab bar reinforcement consistent with CBC Chapter 11A; or
b. Grab bars installed in a manner consistent with CBC Chapter 11A for the toilet, shower/bath or lavatory, or any combination thereof, at the option of the purchaser/owner.
5. Faucets and handles not requiring tight grasping, pinching or twisting of the wrist and consistent with the requirements of CBC Chapter 11A.
6. A lavatory or sink installed consistent with CBC Chapter 11A.
7. A toilet installed consistent with CBC Chapter 11A.
8. Removable cabinets under the lavatory/sink.
9. Where mirrors and towel fixtures are provided in the accessible bathroom or powder room installation consistent with the requirements of CBC Chapter 11A.
C. Substantial Rehabilitation. Any substantial rehabilitation of one powder room or bathroom on the route from the primary entrance shall comply with the requirements of subsection B of this section and the requirements and options in SMC 15.80.130(B) applicable to that bathroom or powder room shall be offered and, if accepted, installed at the request and cost of the purchaser/owner, if requested when installation is consistent with SMC 15.80.140.