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Chapter 7.90 UNIVERSAL DESIGN Page 8 of 9 <br /> hallway with a thirty -nine (39) inch width, and a thirty -six (36) inch clear doorway width <br /> may be requested from a hallway with a thirty -six (36) inch width. <br /> 2. The width of the level area on the side toward which an accessible door swings <br /> consistent with CBC Chapter 11A. <br /> 3. If the Building Official or owner /purchaser determines that the accessible route and <br /> doorway width options prescribed by Chapter 11A are not feasible and that a less wide <br /> accessible route is necessary, a functional alternative to ensure that all entries into <br /> rooms required to be accessible may be approved by the Building Official or <br /> purchaser /owner if it meets at least one (1) of the following requirements and if the <br /> hallway is not less than thirty -six (36) inches in width: <br /> a. The entry door to the room must be at the end of a hallway or passageway, or open <br /> directly from another room on an accessible route of travel, so that no turn of ninety (90) <br /> degrees or more is necessary to enter the room. <br /> b. The hallway wall opposite the room must be inset enough to allow an area of at least <br /> eight (8) inches deep with at least a sixty (60) inch run centered on the center of the entry <br /> door opening [e.g., an eight (8) inch by sixty (60) inch notch or alcove.] <br /> c. The hallway wall on the same side as the room must be inset enough to allow an <br /> area of at least eight (8) inches deep with at least a sixty (60) inch run centered on the <br /> center of the entry door opening [e.g., an eight (8) inch by sixty (60) inch notch or <br /> alcove.] <br /> d. The hallway wall directly opposite the room door must open to another room with at <br /> least a sixty (60) inch opening on a level with the accessible passageway or hallway. <br /> NOTE: Doors or openings to the rooms required to be accessible may be wider and the <br /> notch or alcove smaller if equivalent access is not impeded. In addition, for a doorway at <br /> the end of a hallway, or in other circumstances, the notch or alcove need not be centered <br /> on the doorway if equivalent access is not impeded. <br /> 4. Flooring throughout the residential dwelling unit consistent with CBC Chapter 11A. <br /> 5. Standards pertaining to residential structures from ANSI A117.1 may be used <br /> throughout this chapter when CBC Chapter 11A does not contain specific standards or <br /> when the ANSI standards are equivalent to the Chapter 11A standards. (Ord. 21 -07 1 <br /> (part)) <br /> 7.90.140 Standards —New construction Permissive options. <br /> A. The developer or builder of a visitable residential dwelling must offer an opportunity <br /> to select any of the features listed in this chapter to an owner or prospective owner of a <br /> visitable residential dwelling at the earliest feasible time after the owner, purchaser, or <br /> prospective purchaser is identified. <br /> B. The developer or builder of a visitable residential dwelling shall construct or install <br /> any requested features identified in this chapter unless it would result in an unreasonable <br /> delay in the construction or significant unreimbursable costs to the developer or builder. <br /> http: /www.codepublishing.com /ca/ Dublin /Dublin07/Dublin079O.html 4/5/2010 <br />