WAC 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.