As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
DEPARTMENT
The Department of Code Enforcement of the Village of East
Hampton.
INCENTIVE
A specific benefit granted to an applicant submitting an
application to construct, reconstruct, develop or redevelop a one-family
dwelling in accordance with universal design requirements.
A universal design permit issued in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and Chapter
278 (Zoning), shall have the same force and effect as the issuance of a building permit.
Applications for a universal design permit shall comply with
the requirements set forth in this section.
A. All applications must demonstrate compliance with the universal design
features set forth in this subsection:
(1) Zero-step entrance. At least one zero-step entrance to the residence,
which may be located at the front, rear or side of the structure,
but does not include any entrance that is located within an attached
garage. There shall be less than a one-half-inch rise at the zero-step
entrance. A sidewalk or walkway being utilized as the accessible route
to a zero-step entrance must have a slope no greater than 1:12.
(2) Doorways and passageways. All doors on the ground floor the new construction
or addition (including bathrooms, walk-in closets, pocket and sliding
doors, and any door intended for human passage) shall have a minimum
clearance of 34 inches. A thirty-six-inch door, hung in the standard
manner, shall be considered to provide the opening required by this
section.
(3) Adaptability features. There shall be at least one bedroom on the
ground floor, or at least one room that can be converted easily into
a bedroom.
(4) Convenient facilities. There shall be at least a 1/2 bath located
on the ground floor, and the fixtures shall be arranged to provide
sufficient floor space so as to allow an individual using a wheelchair
or other mobility aid to enter and close the door, use the facilities,
reopen the door and exit. A sixty-inch turning radius is required
to meet the requirements of this section. Maneuvering space may include
any knee space or toe space available below bathroom fixtures, including
the clear space under a wall-hung lavatory. The lavatory shall be
equipped with a lever faucet handle(s).
(5) Bathroom(s). There shall be reinforcements or "blocking" between
wall studs around the toilet and the bathroom/shower areas to conveniently
and safely allow for future installation of grab bars, commencing
at a height of 32 inches from the floor and extending to a height
of at least 38 inches above the floor. Reinforcements may be constructed
of plywood or wood blocking.
(a)
Behind the toilet, a minimum twenty-six-inch-wide reinforced
area is required, which safely accommodates a twenty-four-inch grab
bar and provides proper backing for flange. Where a toilet is adjoining
a sidewall, a minimum twenty-six-inch wide reinforced area is required,
which safely accommodates a twenty-four-inch grab bar and provides
proper backing for flange. For a sidewall adjoining a toilet, a forty-four-inch
wide reinforced area is required to safely accommodate a forty-two-inch
grab bar with proper backing for flange.
(b)
Along a tub wall, reinforcements shall be at least 50 inches
wide, which safely accommodates a forty-eight-inch grab bar and provides
proper backing for flange. Sidewalls shall have a minimum twenty-six-inch-wide
reinforced area, which safely accommodates a twenty-four-inch grab
bar and provides proper backing for flange.
(c)
Inside a shower stall, reinforcements shall be at least 26 inches
wide on each side adjoining a wall, which safely accommodates a twenty-four-inch
grab bar and provides proper backing for flange.
B. All applications must demonstrate compliance with at least five of
the universal design features as set forth in the following subsection:
(1) Seventeen-inch-to-nineteen-inch-high water closet in the ground-floor
bathroom.
(2) Roll-in shower in lieu of standard tub or shower in a ground-floor
bathroom.
(3) Adjustable hand-held showerhead.
(4) Installation of grab bars in the shower area and behind and adjacent
to the water closet of the ground-floor bathroom.
(5) Ground-floor full bath adjacent to or accessed from a bedroom or
the room that is designated as readily converted to a bedroom.
(6) Open-front lavatory with knee space and protection panel.
(7) Kitchen cabinet base cabinets with pullout shelves and corner cabinets
with lazy susan.
(8) Removal base cabinet below the kitchen sink.
(9) Lever handle faucet at kitchen sink.
(10)
Kitchen appliances: refrigerator with pull-out freezer drawer
on bottom; dishwasher with pull-out drawers; microwave base cabinet.
(11)
A minimum thirty-inch-by-forty-eight-inch clear space at appliances.