Clear Width. Door openings shall provide a clear width of 32 inches (815 mm) minimum. Clear openings of doorways with swinging doors shall be measured between the face of the door and the stop, with the door open 90 degrees. Openings more than 24 inches (610 mm) deep shall provide a clear opening of 36 inches (915 mm) minimum. There shall be no projections into the required clear opening width lower than 34 inches (865 mm) above the finish floor or ground. Projections into the clear opening width between 34 inches (865 mm) and 80 inches (2030 mm) above the finish floor or ground shall not exceed 4 inches (100 mm). EXCEPTIONS:
1. In alterations, a projection of 5/8 inch (16 mm) maximum into the required clear width shall be permitted for the latch side stop. 2. Door closers and door stops shall be permitted to be 78 inches (1980 mm) minimum above the finish floor or ground. 404.
Clear Width. Doorways shall provide a clear opening of 32 inches (815 mm) minimum in power-on and power-off mode. The minimum clear width for automatic door systems in a doorway shall be based on the clear opening provided by all leaves in the open position. 404.
Clear Width. Accessible routes connecting play components shall provide a clear width complying with 1008.2.4.
2.4.1 Ground Level. At ground level, the clear width of accessible routes shall be 60 inches minimum.
Clear Width. Highway Design Manual (HDM) Index 105.1 states, as an Advisory Design Standard, that “the minimum width of a sidewalk should be 5 feet.” In many locations, local agency sidewalk standards will require greater widths; which can provide even greater accessibility than the minimum standard stated in the HDM. If for a specific project this is the case, the local agency standard should be used. Street furniture, signs, above ground utilities and poles, business frontage needs, street landscaping, etc. should all be placed outside of the “clear width zone” of a sidewalk. In addition to the standards referenced above, the following Accessibility Design Standards are to be followed:
(1) If an accessible route has less than 60 inches clear width, then passing spaces at least 60 inches by 60 inches shall be located at reasonable intervals not to exceed 200 feet. [ADAAG 4.3.4]
(2) The typical walkway minimum width of an accessible route shall be at least 48 inches. [Title 24 1133B.
(3) When, because of right-of-way restrictions, natural barriers or other existing conditions, the enforcing agency determines that compliance with the 48-inch clear sidewalk width would create an unreasonable hardship, the clear width may be reduced to 36 inches.
Clear Width. Ramp runs must have a clear width of 36” minimum (measured between handrails where provided).
Clear Width. The entrance doorway has a pair of doors, each of which operates independently. The clear opening width of one leaf is 28 1/2 inches. Alter the entrance doorway so that at least one door has a minimum clear opening width of 32 inches with the door open 90 degrees, measured between the face of the door and the opposite stop, or install an automatic opener that will open both leaves simultaneously. Standards §§ 4.13.4, 4.13.5.
