What Do the Words “at least one” Mean? (as found in the accessibility guidelines)

The ADA Accessibility Guidelines written by the Access board and published July 26, 1991, uses the words “at least one.”  The ADA & ABA Accessibility Guidelines; Final Rule written by the Access Board and published on July 23, 2004 with an effective date of September 21, 2004, also uses the words “at least one.”

To the Access Board, the words “at least one” mean that in certain conditions the requirement will be more than one.  One example that ACCESS sees is at van accessible parking spaces in shopping centers.  When the minimum number of required accessible parking spaces are dispersed, then at each dispersed location, at least one accessible parking space must be a van accessible parking space.

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Hank

The above are opinions of Hank Falstad, AIA, Managing Senior Associate of Access Technologies Services, Inc. (ACCESS).  See our web site for additional information:  www.accessts.net.