Mobility - Restrooms





At least one restroom accessible to users of wheelchairs and others with mobility issues is available for both men and women.

• Family/single user restroom.  At least one is highly recommended.  This makes it possible for a spouse or attendant of a different gender to assist the person with the disability.
• Restroom stall within the standard facilities for each gender.

Accessible family/single user restrooms meet the following criteria.

____ Have signs clearly marking them as accessible.

____ Have entrance doors with lever door handles that do not require tight grasping, pinching, or twisting wrist to operate.

____ Have entrance doors at least 32-inches wide.
____ Have entrance doors that either swing into the hallway, or, if swinging into the room, allow sufficient room beyond the radius of the door to turn a wheelchair. (See next point.)

____ Restrooms are at least 60 inches wide (beyond the radius of the door; see previous point) and 59 inches deep.
____ Wall-mounted grab bars are 33-36 inches high next to and at the back of the commode.
____ The toilet seat is 17-19 inches high.

____ The sink counter is no more than 34 inches high, has a knee clearance of at least 27 inches high, 30 inches wide and 19 inches deep, and hot and cold handles that do not require tight grasping, pinching, or twisting wrist to operate.

Restroom accessibility provided by a stall within the standard facilities for each gender meets the following criteria: 

Note:  Accessible stalls in standard restrooms are recommended even if an accessible family/single user restroom is also provided. In situations where accessible stalls are the only accessible options, entrance doors to the restrooms must be wheelchair accessible (highly recommended in any case).

____ Entrance doors into the restrooms are at least 32 inches wide.

____ Entrance doors are operable by a person in a wheelchair and any door handles provided do not require tight grasping, pinching, or twisting wrist to operate.
____ Entrance doors either swing into the hallway, or, if swinging into the room, allow sufficient room beyond the radius of the door to turn a wheelchair. (See next point.)

____ The restrooms have at least a 5 foot wide turning radius (beyond the radius of the door; see previous point).

____ At least one sink is provided with a counter no more than 34 inches high, a knee clearance of at least 27 inches high, 30 inches wide and 19 inches deep, and hot and cold handles that do not require tight grasping, pinching, or twisting wrist to operate.

____ Accessible restroom stalls are clearly marked with the universal accessible sign.

____ Entrance doors into the accessible stalls swing into the room, not into the stall.
____ Accessible restroom stalls are at least 60 inches wide and 59 inches deep.

____ Accessible stalls have secure, wall-mounted grab bars 33-36 inches high on the side and at the back of the commode.
____ Accessible stalls have a toilet seat 17-19 inches high.