Comparing Building Code & Federal Accessibility Regulations

The International Code Council's Accessibility web page is a good source of information about building accessibility regulations. It links to information about requirements contained within the International Building Code (IBC) itself, as well as to how the IBC's requirements relate to Federal regulations such as the Americans With Disabilities Act and others. For anyone trying to learn more about these various requirements and how they relate, this page is one good starting point.

This author found the following links particularly useful:

• Federal laws related to accessibility provides an overview of the various Federal laws that impact on building accessibility, including the Access Board, the Architectural Barriers Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Americans With Disabilities Act, and the ADA-ABA Accessibility Guidelines. It also links to more information on these various topics.
• My state has adopted the IBC: What does that mean for compliance with ADAAG?, an article first published by the ICC in 2004, discusses the relationship between IBC and Federal ADA access requirements. Discussion includes how closely different versions of these two sets of regulations compare, and where there are significant differences.
• 2003 International Building Code meets FHA accessibility requirements discusses IBC regulations in relation to requirements of the Federal Fair Housing Act, noting in particular HUD's acceptance of the IBC's requirements as satisfactory to comply with those of the Act.

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