3.8.2.1.

(1) Except as permitted by Sentence (2), a barrier-free path of travel from the entrances required by Sentences 3.8.1.2.(1) and (2) to be barrier-free shall be provided throughout the entrance storey and within all other normally occupied floor areas served by a passenger elevator, escalator, inclined moving walk, or other platform equipped passenger elevating device.

(2) The provision of a barrier-free path of travel in Sentence (1) does not apply,

(a) to service rooms,

(b) to elevator machine rooms,

(c) to janitors rooms,

(d) to service spaces,

(e) to crawl spaces,

(f) to attic or roof spaces,

(g) to floor levels not served by a passenger elevator, a platform-equipped passenger-elevating device, an escalator, or an inclined moving walk,

(h) to high hazard industrial occupancies,

(i) within portions of a floor area with fixed seats in an assembly occupancy where these portions are not part of the barrier-free path of travel to spaces designated for wheelchair use,

(j) into suites of residential occupancy that are in storeys other than the entrance storey and that have all entrance doors at floor levels that do not correspond to elevator stop levels,

(k) except as required by Sentence (4) within a suite of residential occupancy, or

(l) within those parts of a floor area that are not at the same level as the entry level, provided amenities and uses provided on any raised or sunken level are accessible on the entry level by means of a barrier-free path of travel.

(3) The minimum number of spaces designated for wheelchair use in an assembly occupancy with fixed seats shall conform to Table 3.8.2.1.

(4) In a Group C major occupancy apartment building, not less than 10% of all residential suites shall be provided with a barrier-free path of travel from the suite entrance door to,

(a) the doorway to at least one bedroom at the same level, and

(b) the doorway to at least one bathroom,

(i) having an area not less than 4.5 m² at the same level, and

(ii) conforming to Sentence 9.6.3.3.(1).