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3.8.1.3.(4)
OA1
ObjectiveOA1 Barrier-Free Path of Travel
Attribution
[F73-OA1]
Application
Application 1: 
Location, length and minimum width of wider portions of barrier-free paths of travel that are more than 30 m long.
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, townhouses, 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 Sentence 9.5.2.1.(1).
Exceptions: 
except as stated in Article 9.5.2.3., which applies to apartment buildings.
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Intent
Intent 1: 
To supersede the minimum width requirements stated in Sentence 3.8.1.3.(1) and Clause 3.8.3.2.(1)(b) and require a greater minimum width for long barrier-free paths of travel, on the basis that an inadequate width does not permit two persons using manual wheelchairs or other manual mobility assistance devices to pass each other.
This is to limit the probability that a person using a manual wheelchair or other manual mobility assisting device will have to wait an excessively long time for another person using a manual wheelchair or other manual mobility assistance device to complete the transit along the barrier-free path of travel.
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