15.80.130 Standards – General components.
A. New Construction – Mandatory to Install. There are no mandatory installations related to general components in a visitable residential dwelling.
B. New Construction – Mandatory to Offer. The following options 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. Rocker light switches and controls installed pursuant to either of the following:
a. In all rooms required to be accessible and on the accessible route.
b. Throughout the balance of the residential dwelling unit.
2. On an accessible route in an interior room or hallway interior doors or openings for rooms and routes of travel required to be accessible consistent with CBC Chapter 11A.
Exceptions: A 34-inch clear doorway width may be requested from a hallway with a 39-inch width, and a 36-inch clear doorway width may be requested from a hallway with a 36-inch width.
3. The width of the level area on the side toward which an accessible door swings consistent with CBC Chapter 11A.
4. If the Building Official or owner/purchaser determines that the accessible route and doorway width options prescribed by Chapter 11A are not feasible and that a less wide accessible route is necessary, a functional alternative to ensure that all entries into rooms required to be accessible may be approved by the Building Official or purchaser/owner if it meets at least one of the following requirements and if the hallway is not less than 36 inches in width:
a. The entry door to the room must be at the end of a hallway or passageway or open directly from another room on an accessible route of travel, so that no turn of 90 degrees or more is necessary to enter the room.
b. The hallway wall opposite the room must be inset enough to allow an area of at least eight inches wide with at least a 60-inch run centered on the center of the entry door opening (e.g., an eight-inch-by-60-inch notch or alcove).
c. The hallway wall on the same side as the room must be inset enough to allow an area of at least eight inches wide with at least a 60-inch run centered on the center of the entry door opening (e.g., an eight-inch-by-60-inch notch or alcove).
d. The hallway wall directly opposite the room door must open to another room with at least a 60-inch opening on a level with the accessible passageway or hallway.
Note: Doors or openings to the rooms required to be accessible may be wider and the notch or alcove smaller if equivalent access is not impeded. In addition, for a doorway at the end of a hallway or in other circumstances the notch or alcove need not be centered on the doorway if equivalent access is not impeded.
5. Hand-activated door hardware complying with CBC Chapter 11A.
6. Flooring throughout the residential dwelling unit consistent with CBC Chapter 11A.
7. The installation of all receptacle outlets, lighting controls and environmental controls throughout the balance of the residential dwelling unit must comply with CBC Chapter 11A or applicable provisions of the California Electrical Code.
8. Standards pertaining to residential structures from ANSI A117.1 may be used throughout this chapter when CBC Chapter 11A does not contain specific standards or when the ANSI standards are equivalent to the Chapter 11A standards.