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3.8.3.6.(1)
ApplicationIntent
OA2OS3OS3
ObjectiveOS3 Safety in Use
Attribution
[F30-OS3.1] Applies to portion of Code text: “… level, or level with removable seats …”
Application
Application 1: 
Spaces designated for manual wheelchair use in accordance with Sentence 3.8.2.1.(3) [which applies to rooms and areas with fixed seats in assembly occupancies].
This applies to buildings described in Sentence 1.3.3.2.(1) of Division A.
Exceptions: 
except as stated in Sentence 3.8.1.1.(1), which applies to:
  • houses, including semi-detached houses, duplexes, triplexes, town houses, row houses and boarding houses,
  • buildings of Group F, Division 1 major occupancy, and
  • buildings that are not intended to be occupied on a daily or full-time basis, including automatic telephone exchanges, pumphouses and substations.
Application 2: 
This also applies to buildings to which Part 9 applies [see Sentence 1.3.3.3.(1) of Division A for application of Part 9], as stated in Sentences 9.5.2.1.(1) and 9.10.1.2.(2).
Exceptions: 
except as stated in Article 9.5.2.3., which applies to apartment buildings.
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Intent
Intent 1: 
To limit the probability that spaces for manual wheelchairs will not be level, which could lead to a person using a manual wheelchair losing control of the manual wheelchair and rolling away from the space, which could lead to harm to the person or persons nearby.
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