Sec. 321.111. - Family or Assisted-Use Toilet or Bathing Rooms.
(a) As used in this Section 321.111, the term:
(1) Adult-Changing Table, also known as a Universal Changing Table, means a table or other device capable of bearing the full weight of a child or adult up to 400 pounds.
(2) Building means any of the following structures with one or more of the following occupancies, with a restroom open to the public:
(i) Assembly occupancy means pursuant to the Florida Building Code, as amended from time to time, the following types of facilities including but not limited to the following:
a. Assembly Group A-1 for facilities, usually with fixed seating, for the production and viewing of the performing arts or motion pictures including but not limited to:
1. A motion picture theater;
2. A symphony or concert hall;
3. A television or radio studio admitting an audience;
4. Theaters.
b. Assembly Group A-2 for facilities used for food or drink consumption, including but not limited to:
1. Banquet halls;
2. Casinos (gaming areas);
3. Nightclubs;
4. Restaurants, cafeterias, and similar dining facilities;
5. Taverns and bars.
c. Assembly Group A-3 for facilities used for worship, recreation, or amusement, and other assembly uses not classified elsewhere, including but not limited to:
1. Amusement arcades;
2. Art galleries;
3. Bowling alleys;
4. Community halls;
5. Courtrooms;
6. Dance halls (not including food or drink consumption);
7. Exhibition halls;
8. Funeral parlors;
9. Gymnasiums (without spectator seating);
10. Indoor swimming pools (without spectator seating);
11. Indoor tennis courts (without spectator seating);
12. Lecture halls;
13. Libraries;
14. Museums;
15. Places of religious worship;
16. Pool and billiard parlors;
17. Waiting areas in transportation terminals.
d. Assembly Group A-4 for facilities used for viewing indoor sporting events and activities with spectator seating, including but not limited to:
1. Arenas;
2. Skating Rinks;
3. Swimming pools;
4. Tennis Courts;
5. Amusement Park
structures.
e. Assembly Group A-5 for facilities used for participating in or viewing outdoor activities, including but not limited to:
1. Amusement Park
structures;
2. Bleachers;
3. Grandstands;
4. Stadiums.
(ii) Mercantile occupancy means pursuant to the Florida Building Code, as amended from time to time, the following types of facilities including but not limited to the following:
a. Mercantile Group M for facilities used for the display and sale of merchandise, and involves stocks of goods, wares, or merchandise incidental to such purposes and accessible to the public, including but not limited to:
1. Department stores;
2. Retail or wholesale stores;
3. Shopping centers and malls.
(3) Family or Assisted-Use Bathing Room means a designated unisex accessible bathing or changing room with a minimum of one water closet, one lavatory and one shower or bathtub fixture. The door to the Family or Assisted-Use Bathing Room shall be securable from within the room and be provided with an "occupied" indicator.
(4) Family or Assisted-Use Toilet Room means a designated unisex accessible toilet facility with a minimum of one water closet and one lavatory. An example of a Family or Assisted-Use Toilet Room are depicted in Figure 1 below. The door to the Family or Assisted-Use Toilet Room shall be securable from within the room and be provided with an "occupied" indicator.
(5) Substantial Renovation/Substantially Renovated means any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement that involves more than 50 percent of the gross floor area occupied by the building, and that includes structural changes to any existing public toilet room.
(6) All other terms shall be defined as in the Florida Building Code including any specialty sections.
(b) Pursuant to Section 56.103, Ordinance Code, the Building Codes Adjustment Board shall adopt by rule a requirement that on or after the effective date of the Local Technical Amendment to the Florida Building Code, adopted pursuant to F.S. § 553.73, in any newly constructed Building, as defined in Section 321.111(a)(2), Ordinance Code, or any Building undergoing Substantial Renovation, as defined in Section 321.111(a)(5), Ordinance Code, which is required to have an aggregate of six or more male or female water closets, shall have available a Family or Assisted-Use Toilet Room, as defined in Section 321.111(a)(4), or when official codes require installation of bathing or showering facilities, a Family or Assisted-Use Bathing Room, as defined in Section 321.111(a)(3), with an Adult-Changing Table unless granted a variance by the Building Codes Adjustment Board, under Chapter 56, Ordinance Code.
(i) As an alternative to the Family or Assisted-Use Toilet Room or Bathing Room, in a pre-existing structure the owner can adapt or retro-fit an existing accessible stall with an Adult-Changing Table in each room, allowing both men and women access to an Adult-Changing Table.
(ii) Substitution of urinals for water closets does not relieve the obligation of adding the Family or Assisted-Use Toilet Room or Bathing Room, as required in Section 321.111(b), or the alternative set forth in Section 321.111(b)(i).
(c) Pursuant to Section 56.103, Ordinance Code, the Building Codes Adjustment Board shall adopt by rule a requirement that any structure, being newly constructed or undergoing Substantial Renovation, as defined in Section 321.111(a)(5), Ordinance Code, open to the general public with an accessible swimming pool or hot tub, shall have available, at a minimum, a Family or Assisted-Use Toilet Room, with an Adult-Changing Table.
Figure 1
[image omitted; see the official code]
(Ord. 2023-780-E, § 4, 3-26-24)
