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11B-503 Passenger Drop-Off and Loading Zones

California Building Code 2016 (Vol 1 & 2) > 11B Accessibility to Public Buildings, Public Accommodations, Commercial Buildings and Public Housing > 11B-503 Passenger Drop-Off and Loading Zones

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11B-503.1 General

Passenger drop-off and loading zones shall comply with Section 11B-503.

11B-503.2 Vehicle Pull-Up Space

Passenger drop-off and loading zones shall provide a vehicular pull-up space 96 inches (2438 mm) wide minimum and 20 feet (6096 mm) long minimum.

11B-503.3 Access Aisle

Passenger drop-off and loading zones shall provide access aisles complying with Section 11B-503 adjacent and parallel to the vehicle pull-up space. Access aisles shall adjoin an accessible route and shall not overlap the vehicular way.

FIGURE *11B*-503.3
PASSENGER *DROP-OFF AND* LOADING ZONE ACCESS AISLE

11B-503.3.1 Width

Access aisles serving vehicle pull-up spaces shall be 60 inches (1524 mm) wide minimum.

11B-503.3.2 Length

Access aisles shall extend the full length of the vehicle pull-up spaces they serve.

Access aisles shall be marked with a painted borderline around their perimeter. The area within the borderlines shall be marked with hatched lines a maximum of 36 inches (914 mm) on center in a color contrasting with that of the aisle surface.

11B-503.4 Floor and Ground Surfaces

Vehicle pull-up spaces and access aisles serving them shall comply with Section 11B-302. Access aisles shall be at the same level as the vehicle pull-up space they serve. Changes in level are not permitted.

Exception: Slopes not steeper than 1:48 shall be permitted.

11B-503.5 Vertical Clearance

Vehicle pull-up spaces, access aisles serving them, and a vehicular route from an entrance to the passenger drop-off and loading zone and from the passenger drop-off and loading zone to a vehicular exit shall provide a vertical clearance of 114 inches (2896 mm) minimum.