The ADA and ANSI are very similar, but there are some differences. If a municipality has adopted Chapter 11 of the IBC that chapter references another Standards call the ANSI A117.1. One of the standards are found in the building code.
But there are other laws and standards that govern how to design for persons with disabilities that are different from the ADA and still have to be followed. What is sometimes misunderstood is that the ADA is a Civil Rights law with design guidelines for public accommodations and commercial facilities. The 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design (The ADA for short) is sometimes used as a catch-all term for all requirements for designing for persons with dissabilities. 20% but not less than one of these electrical vehicle charging stations are required to be provided for persons with disabilities.Įach cluster of electrical vehicle charging spaces will have to comply with the 20% rule.Ĭontrols and operating mechanisms for the accessible charging station shall comply with TAS 309 and shall be within the forward reach ranges specified in TAS 308.2 In the photo above, there are no accessible EV stations. Per TM 2012-01: “If electric charging stations are provided in new or existing parking lots, parking garages or other location containing parking spaces, twenty percent (20%) but not less than one, of each type of charging station in each cluster on a site shall meet the following criteria: Department of Justice has not issued formal accessibility guidelines addressing electric vehicle charging stations, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation issues the following technical clarifications until such time as federal standards become available and are adopted”.The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) issued Technical Memo TM 2012-01 which gives the requirments for the electrical vehicle charging parking spaces and this newsletter will explain and give examples. The US Department of Energy did issue a directive on work place EV stations, but it has not been adopted as part of the ADA. Even though there were electrical vehicles before the ADA Standards were published and there were Electrical Vehicle Charging Stations (EV), the ADA did not have requirements for accessible electrical vehicle parking or charging stations.
Electrical Vehicles are very popular and the need for Electrical Vehicle Charging Stations (EV) has been on the rise.
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