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Platform lifts shall not be a part of a required accessible route in new construction.
Exception: Platform lifts are permitted for:
1. An accessible route to a performance area and to raised platforms in assembly occupancies.
2. An accessible route to wheelchair spaces required by Section 18-11-1108.2.2.
3. An accessible route to spaces with an occupant load of not more than five, if the space is not open to the general public.
4. An accessible route within a dwelling or sleeping unit. If a platform lift is used as part of an accessible route within a Type A unit, a visitable unit, or attached multi-story single-family units with separate means of egress, the level containing the required accessible entrance into the unit is required to contain habitable space in accordance with Sections 18-11-1107.7.2.3, 18-11-1107.5.4.3.3 and 18-11-1107.5.4.1.1.3, respectively.
5. An accessible route to wheelchair seating spaces located in outdoor dining terraces in open air assembly occupancies, if the means of egress from the dining terraces to a public way is open to the outdoors.
6. An accessible route to the second story or the mezzanine of a two-story building or to the basement or mezzanine space of a one-story building, if each story is more than 1,000 square feet (93 m
2
) and less than 3,000 square feet in area (279 m
2
), and the building is not a shopping center, shopping mall or the professional office of a health care provider.
7. An accessible route in play areas in accordance with Section 18-11-1115.
8. An accessible route to player seating areas serving an area of sport activity.
(Amend Coun. J. 7-26-06, p. 81373, § 1)