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3.8.2.2.(3)
ApplicationIntent
OA2OA1OA2
ObjectiveOA2 Barrier-Free Facilities
Attribution
(c) [F74-OA2]
Application
Application 1: 
Minimum clear height at vehicle pull-up spaces and along vehicle access and egress routes, where exterior passenger loading zones are provided.
This applies to buildings required to have a barrier-free entrance in accordance with Sentences 3.8.1.2.(1) and (2).
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 limit the probability that vehicles transporting manual wheelchairs will be unable to pass underneath an overhang, which could lead to:
  • such vehicles not having access to exterior passenger loading zones, or
  • such vehicles hitting the overhangs and being damaged.
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