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1. 0.5 Decimal value considered as 1 unit when calculating 6. 0.20

accessible spaces/requirements meters,
1.80
2. 0.5, 1 In the computation for the allocation of accessible
meters
units and seating capacity decimal greater than [what
number?] shall be considered as one unit. In all
cases a minimum of [how many?] accessible unit
shall be provided
3. 0.10
meters

Any ramp with a rise greater than [,blank,] and leads

down towards an area where vehicular traffic is
possible should have a railing across the full width
of its lower end, not less than [,blank,] from the foot
of the ramp
Minimum height of curbs on both sides of ramps
7. 0.30
4. 0.20
meters
meters

Minimum height of kickboard used to prevent loose

materials from encroaching into the main footway
5. 0.20
meters Length of the edges of the triangular signage for
men's washroom door
8. 0.30 Length of handrail extension at the start and end of
meters ramps and stairs
9. 0.30
meters

Maximum distance of manual switches from latch

side of the door

Diameter of the circular signage for women's

washroom door
10. 0.30 meters 15. 0.48 meters

Maximum height of the lip of urinals

Depth of tactile strip installed before
16. 0.50 meters
hazardous areas and at the top and bottom
of stairs
11. 0.30 meters
to 0.40
meters

Depth of knee recess for lavatories

17. 0.60 meters, 0.80 Vertical distance of bottom end of
meters vertical grab bar from floor for urinals,
length of vertical grab bar. [according
Height of kick plates to illustration]
12. 0.35 meters 18. 0.60 meters to
0.70 meters

Vertical clearance of knee recess for

lavatories
Height of tapping rail for roadworks and
footworks fencing 19. 0.60 meters to Width of wheelchairs
0.75 meters
13. 0.40 meters Distance of water closet form wall to center.
[according to illustration] 20. 0.70 meters Comfortable clearance for knee and leg
space under tables for wheelchair users
14. 0.45 meters
21. 0.70 meters and Height of handrails provided at both
0.90 meters sides of ramps from the ramp level
22. 0.70 meters to Comfortable reach of persons confined
1.20 meters to wheelchairs
[above the floor],
0.40 [from room
corners]

Maximum height of water closets

23. 0.80 30. 0.90
meters meters

Maximum height of lavatories

24. 0.80 Height of grab bars for mounting on water Preferred height of doorknobs and other
meters closets. [according to illustration] hardware
25. 0.80 31. 0.90 Clear width of doors of water closet stalls.
meters meters [according to illustration]
32. 0.90
meters
and 0.70
meters

Minimum clear width of doors

26. 0.82
meters -
1.06
meters

Height of handrails installation above steps or

ramps
33. 0.90 Walking speed which should be used a basis for
Height of doorknobs and other hardware meters determining the flashing green period for the
27. 0.90 per disabled
meters second
34. 0.90
meters to
1.20
meters
Minimum width of curb cut-out
28. 0.90 Length of grab bars at the side and rear of toilet
meters walls for lateral mounting on water closet.
[according to illustration]
29. 0.90 Minimum width of dropped curb
meters

Centerline height for the topmost buttons on

elevator control panels
35. 1 Minimum number of accessible water closets on
each floor where the total number of water
closets per set/gender is 20 [and below]
36. 1 Minimum number of deck in passenger ships 42. (1:12) 1
required to be provided with accessible ramps, is to 12
passageways to gangways, galleys, safety
equipment and bunks/berths/cabins with dimensions
conforming with the requirements
37. 1.06
Maximum gradient of curb cut-out
meters
43. (1:20) 1
is to 20

Maximum cross gradient of dropped curb towards

Mounting height of vertical pull handles at center the road

38. 1.10 44. 1.20

meters meters
by
1.40
meters

Clear width of walkways from accessible parking

spaces between the front ends of parked cars

Minimum inside dimensions of elevators 45. 1.20

meters
39. 1.10 Length of wheelchairs
meters
to 1.30
meters
40. (1:12) 1
is to 12
Minimum clear width of ramps
46. 1.20
meters

Maximum gradient of ramps

41. (1:12) 1
is to 12

Maximum height of water closet flush control

Maximum gradient of dropped curb ramp towards

adjoining curbs
47. 1.20 52. 1.20 meters to
meters 1.30 meters

Signage for roadworks on the carriageway should

not reduce the available footway width to less than
[,blank,]
48. 1.20
meters

Mounting height of manual switches

53. (1:20 or 5%) 1 is to
20 or 5%

Minimum width of walkways

49. 1.20
meters

Maximum gradient of walkways

54. 1.40 meters - 1.60
meters

Minimum effective width of footways past any

obstruction
50. 1.20 Minimum clear width of corridors
meters
51. 1.20
meters

Minimum and maximum heights of signs

on walls and doors
55. 1.50 meters Diameter of wheelchair turning space
56. 1.50 meters

If footway width will be reduced to less than

[,blank,] because of the excavation, temporary
covering should extend across the whole of the
footway
Minimum dimensions of rest stops
57. 1.50 61. 1.70 meters by
meters 1.80 meters

Minimum width of landings provided for ramps

longer than 6 meters
58. 1.50
meters
Minimum dimension/area of accessible
water closet stalls
62. 1.80 meters

Minimum depth of central refuges

59. 1.50 Depth of level area which must be
meters by provided at the top and bottom of any
1.50 ramp
meters
63. 1.80 meters depth
by 1.50 meters
width

Minimum dimensions/area of turnabout spaces

for wheelchairs at corridors
60. 1.50
meters by
1.50
meters,
1.20 Dimensions of vestibules in entrances
meters 64. (1:100) 1 is to 100

A minimum clear level space of [,blank,] shall

be provided before and extending beyond the
door;
Exception: where a door shall open onto but no
into a corridor, the required clear, level space
on the corridor side of the door may be a
minimum of [,blank,] corridor width Maximum cross gradient of walkways
65. 1 accessible unit Accessible public telephones
for every 4 units requirement (ratio)
66. 1 for each Additional wheelchair seating allocation for 72. 1 unit for 26-50 units Number of accessible unit per
total seating a space with a seating capacity exceeding and 1 additional unit dwelling unit in private or "off-
capacity 500 for every 100 units campus" dormitories (private and
increase of thereafter government owned)
100 seats
73. 1 unit for 26-50 units Number of units in all government
67. 1 meter and 1 additional unit owned multiple dwelling units to be
for every 100 units constructed required to be
thereafter accessible
74. 1 unit for 26-50 units Number of units in all government
and 1 additional unit owned school or company staff
for every 100 units housing units to be constructed
thereafter required to be accessible
75. 1 unit for every 50 Number of accessible unit per
units up to 150 units dwelling unit in hotels, motels, inns,
and 1 additional unit pension houses and/or apartels
Height of the top rail for roadworks and for every 100 units at (private and government owned)
footworks fencing ingress level.
68. 1 meter to 1.06 For protection at great heights, handrails 76. 1 unit for every 50 Number of accessible unit per
meters may be installed at [,blank,] to [,blank,] units up to 150 units dwelling unit in tenement houses
69. 1 millimeter and 1 additional unit and/or row houses, apartment
for every 100 units houses and/or town houses (private
thereafter and government owned)
77. 2 Number of designated seats for
disabled persons near exit/entrance
doors for passenger airplanes
78. 2 Number of designated seats for
disabled persons, preferably the
front seats, for jeepneys
Minimum height of raised symbols, letters
or numbers in signages labelling public 79. 2 Minimum number of accessible
rooms and places water closets on each floor where
the total number of water closets
70. 1 movable per set/gender exceeds 20
grab bar & 1
fixed grab bar 80. 2 Number of wheelchair seating
required for a space with 4-50
seating capacity
81. 2.25 sqm, 1.50 meters Minimum area and least dimension
of turning space for wheelchair
which shall be provided for water
closet stalls for lateral mounting
82. 2 meters Minimum headroom clearance for
symbols protruding to walkways or
routes

Shall be installed at accessible water closet

stalls for lateral mounting
71. 1 unit Number of accessible dwelling units to be
placed at ingress level in case of hotels,
motels, inns, pension houses and/or
apartels without barrier-free elevators
83. 2 87. 3.70
meters meters

Minimum width of accessible parking slots

88. 4 Number of wheelchair seating required for a
Preferred depth of central refuges space with 51-300 seating capacity

84. 2 89. 4 Number of designated seats for disabled

meters persons near exit/entrance doors for first class,
premiere and air-conditioned buses
90. 4.0 kg, 1 Doors should be operable by a pressure or
kg force not more than [,blank,]; the closing device
pressure an interior door shall not exceed
[,blank,]
91. 5 Number of designated seats for disabled
persons near exit/entrance doors for regular
buses
92. 6 Number of designated seats for disabled
persons near exit/entrance doors for passenger
trains
Minimum walkway headroom
93. 6 Number of wheelchair seating required for a
85. 3.50 space with 301-500 seating capacity
meters
94. 6.5
millimeters

Maximum width of crossing which dropped curb Maximum projection of gratings when occurring
may be similar to. [according to illustration] along walkways

86. 3.50 95. 6 meters

meters

Maximum length of ramps

Turnabout spaces should also be provided at or

within [,blank,] of every dead end
96. 7.5 103. 13
millimeters millimeters
by 13
millimeters

Maximum dimensions of grating openings

when occurring along walkways
104. 20% Application of the accessibility requirements
for buildings to be repaired or renovated is
Thickness of signages on washroom doors deemed feasible when the cost of such repair
or renovation work is in excess of [what
97. 10% Application of the accessibility requirements for
percentage?] of the total cost of the building
buildings to be repaired or renovated is
or structure.
deemed feasible if the primary function of the
space will not be diminished by more than 105. 20
[what percentage?] millimeters,
1 millimeter
98. 10% Percentage of the total number of units of
government-owned living accommodations
required to be accessible (%)
99. 10% Percentage of all government owned single
detached units to be constructed required to be
accessible
100. 10% Percentage of all government owned duplex
units to be constructed required to be
accessible
101. 12 meters
Minimum diameter and maximum depression
of buttons at elevator control panels
106. 20 minute, Disabled passengers shall be given a [,blank,]
1 hour period to embark ahead of the 3 hour
Maximum distance between rest stops embarkation time prior to the ship's departure;
and shall be allocated a maximum of [,blank,]
102. 12 meters
for disembarkation after the ship's arrival
107. 25
millimeters

Maximum height of thresholds, preferably

Maximum distance between turnabout spaces
ramped
at corridors
108. 25 millimeters 121. Audio- Shall be provided in all fire sections
visual alarm
systems
122. Barrier-free Unhindered, without obstructions to enable
disabled persons free passage or use of the
facilities
123. Braille Should be included in signs indicating public
Maximum height of the lowest point of
symbols places and safety routes
dropped curb from the road or gutter
124. Brushed or Tactile strips not proven successful as they do
109. 30 meters
grooved not provide sufficient distinction from the
concrete normal footway surface and therefore should
finishes not be used
125. Buildings Public and private buildings and other related
structures for public use. These designed to
accommodate and serve persons in the
Maximum distance of accessible elevators pursuit of educational, commercial,
from the entrance recreational, religious, occupational, medical,
political, social activities and others of similar
110. 30 millimeters
nature as enumerated and provided herein
to 50
millimeters 126. Circle

Dimensions of handrails that require full

grip
111. 40 millimeters Clearance of handrails attached to ledges
112. 50 millimeters Clearance of handrails attached to walls Shape of signage for women's washroom door
113. 800 millimeters Minimum width of elevator which makes 127. Commercial Category II
buildings to be repaired or renovated and
subject to the requirements of accessibility Industrial
114. Accessible Refers to features that enable disabled 128. Corridor A long interior passageway providing access
persons to make use of the primary to several rooms. A public means of access
function for which a structure is built. from several rooms or spaces to an exit

115. Agricultural Category IV 129. Curb A raised rim of concrete, stone or metal which
forms the edge of street, sidewalk, planted
116. Alcove A small recessed space in a room or wall
area, etc.
117. Ancillary Category V
130. Curb cut- A break in the sidewalk or traffic island
118. Anthropometric Pertaining to the measurement of the out provided with an inclined surface to facilitate
human body mobility of wheeled chairs, carriages and
119. As close as Location of accessible parking spaces other similar conveyance
possible to
building
entrances
120. As near as Placement of accessible slots in parking
possible to areas
ingress/egress
131. Curb cut- 141. exceeds 10
out meters

May only be allowed when it will not obstruct

a walkway or in any way lessen the width of a
walkway
132. Disabled Those suffering from restriction or lack of
persons ability to perform an activity in the manner or
within the range considered normal for a
human being as a result of a mental, physical Width of carriageway which requires a
or sensory impairment central refuge

133. Door An entranceway. A barrier which swings, 142. Fixed grab bars Shall be installed for stalls for frontal
slides, tilts or folds to close an opening in a on both sides of mounting
wall or cabinet or the like the wall

134. Dropped Should be provided at pedestrian crossings 143. Flashing light Shall be provided at every change of
curbs and at the end of walkways of a private street directional signs direction (location of emergency exits)
or access road indicating the
locations of fire
135. Educational Category III exit
and
Industrial 144. Floor The surface within a room or area on
which one walks
136. Egress An exit or a means of going out
145. Gradient of ramp The degree of inclination of a sloped
137. Elevator A hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped surface expressed as a percentage ratio
wit ha car or platform which moves in guides,
in a vertical direction serving two or more 146. Graphic sign A drawing, painting, diagram, engraving,
floors of a building or structure etching or other similar illustrations on
which a single glance conveys a given
138. Elongated message; a visual aid
lip or
through 147. Handrail A hand support along a stairway or
type ramp consisting of rails and their
supporting posts, balusters or pillars
and constituting an enclosure or a line of
division
148. Height above Distance between two points aligned
floor vertically with one of the points on the
Type of urinal required floor
139. Entrance Point of entry into a building: an exterior door, 149. Ingress level Level where accessible units should be
a vestibule or a lobby placed in case of multiple dwelling units
140. Equilateral without a barrier free elevator
triangle

Shape of signage for men's washroom door

150. Kick plates 160. Planters
with dwarf
walls, grass
verge

Use of these can give defined edges for

walkways and paths which provides a texture
different from the path
161. Public A shelf-unit telephone with coin operating
telephones functions for the use of the public
Should be provided for doors along
162. Ramp A sloped surface connecting two or more
major circulation routes
planes at different levels
151. The Law to To promote the realization of the rights
163. Residential Category I
Enhance Mobility of disabled persons to participate fully
of Disabled in the social life and the development of 164. Section 4. Any person violating any provision of this Act
Persons the societies or of the rules and regulations promulgated
BATAS hereunder shall, suffer the penalty of
PAMBANSA BLG. imprisonment of not less than one month but
344 not one year or a fine of P2,000 to P5,000 or
both. Provided, That in the case of
152. Light controlled Most beneficial form of crossing as far
corporations, partnerships cooperatives or
crossing having as any disabled are concerned
associations, the president, manager or
pedestrian
administrator, or the person who has charge
phases an
of the construction, repair or renovation of the
synchronized
building, space or utilities shall be criminally
audible signals
responsible for any violation of this Act and/or
153. Magna Carta for RA 7277 rules and regulations promulgated pursuant
Disabled Persons thereto.
154. Not less than 6 Minimum period for the steady green 165. Section 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
seconds or (for pedestrians)
crossing distance Approved: February 25, 1983.
times 0.90 meters
166. Sidewalk A paved footwalk at the side of a street or
per second,
roadway
which ever is the
greatest 167. Slanted
nosing
155. Outswinging Should be provided at storage rooms,
doors closets and accessible restroom stalls
(door swing)
156. Parking area Allocated space composed of marked-
off portions for single motor vehicles on
a short-time storage basis
Preferred nosing for stairs
157. Passageway or A space connecting one area or room of
passage a building with another 168. Tactile
blocks
158. Pedestrian Part of road where pedestrian going
crossing across the road have priority over traffic
159. Perpendicular Whenever and wherever possible,
accessible parking spaces should be
[,blank,] or to an angle to the road or
circulation aisles Should be provided in the immediate vicinity of
crossings as an aid to the blind
169. Threshold A strip fastened to the floor beneath a door, usually required to cover the joint where two
types of floor materials meet; may provide weather protection at exterior doors
170. Toilet The room containing the water closet
171. Vestibule A small entranceway or transitional space from the exterior to the interior of a building and
opens into a larger space
172. Vibra-alarms For buildings of residential occupancies, the provision of [,blank,] for all occupants who are
either deaf or hearing-impaired shall be compulsory
173. Walkway An exterior passage for walking along, especially one connecting adjoining buildings and
related structures
174. Wall mounted or free standing
tablets with an embossed plan

Should be provided either in front of the building or at the main lobby (location of emergency
exits)
175. Washroom A room providing facilities for washing; a lavatory or toilet room
176. Water fountain A fixture consisting of a shallow basin, together with a water jet designed to provide potable
water for human consumption
177. White symbol on blue background Color of symbol and color of background for signs suitable for disabled. [according to
illustration]
178. Width of corridor The linear width of the obstructed path in corridors