Section 296-96-02535. What requirements apply to floor designations on elevator door jambs?

(1) Floor designations shall be provided in tactile characters complying with ANSI A117.1 section 703.3 located on both jambs of elevator hoistway entrances.

(2) Tactile characters must be two inches minimum in height.

(3) A tactile star shall be provided on both jambs at the main entry level.

(4) Tactile characters shall be raised 1/32 inch minimum above their background.

(5) Characters shall be uppercase.

(6) Characters shall not be italic, oblique, script, highly decorative, or other unusual forms.

(7) Characters and their background shall have a nonglare finish.

(8) Characters shall contrast with their background with either light characters on a dark background or dark characters on a light background.

(9) Braille shall be contracted Grade 2 Braille and comply with ANSI A117.1 section 703.4.

(10) Braille shall be forty-eight inches minimum and sixty inches maximum above the floor, measured to the base line of the Braille cells.

(11) Characters shall be permanently attached (meaning tools required to remove).

Note:	See ASNI A117.1 for a complete list of requirements.

EXCEPTION:	Special purpose and residential elevators are exempt from this section.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.87 RCW. WSR 07-24-041, § 296-96-02535, filed 11/30/07, effective 1/1/08.]

Chapter 70.87 RCW. WSR 07-24-041, § 296-96-02535, filed 11/30/07, effective 1/1/08.