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BP 344
The Law to Enhance Mobility of Disabled Persons

February 25, 1983
Ferdinand E. Marcos
TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS FOR GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATELY OWNED BLDGS
CATEGORY I: RESIDENTIAL (Government only)
GROUP A: Residential Dwellings
1. Single detached 10%
2. Duplex 10%
3. School/Staff Housing 26 to 50: 1 unit
next 100 units: addt'l 1 unit
GROUP B: Residentials, Hotels, & Apartments
1. Multiple dwelling units, high-rise residential 26 to 50: 1 unit
condominiums or tenement houses. next 100 units: addt'l 1 unit
CATEGORY 2: COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL (Government/Private)

GROUP B: Residentials, Hotels, & Apartments
1. Accessories, tenement houses, row houses, 50 to 150: 1 unit
apartment houses, or town houses next 100 units: addt'l 1 unit
2. Hotels, motels, inns, pension houses and/or 50 to 150: 1 unit
apartels next 100 units: addt'l 1 unit
3. Private or "off campus" dormitories 50 to 150: 1 unit
next 100 units: addt'l 1 unit
SPECIAL TYPE OF FACILITIES (Auditoriums, Assembly Halls, Theaters, etc.)

Seating Capacity Wheelchair Seating Space
4 to 50 2
51 to 300 4
301 to 500 6
next 100 seats addt'l 1
NOTE: In all cases a minimum of one (1) accessible unit shall be provided.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Regular bus (min. 50 seats) 5 designated seats near door
First class, premiere and air-conditioned buses
4 designated seats near door
(min. 40 seats)
Passenger trains 6 designated seats/car near door
Passenger airplanes 2 designated seats near door
2 designated seats
Jeepneys
(preferably front seats)
20 min. period ahead 3 hr
Time window for domestic shipping embarkation
max. 1 hr for disembarkation
1 deck w/ accessible ramps,
Passenger ships
passageways, etc.
OUTSIDE AND AROUND BUILDINGS
1. DROPPED CURBS
Minimum width at pedxing same width as crossing or 0.90m
Maximum gradient 1:12 or 8%
Maximum cross gradient 1:20
Maximum height from road/gutter 25 mm
2. CURB CUT-OUTS
Minimum width 0.90 m
3. WALKWAYS AND PASSAGEWAYS
Maximum cross gradient 1:100
Maximum dimension of gratings along walkways 13mm x 13mm
Maximum projection of gratings 6.5 mm above the level of walkway
Max distance bet.rest stop/turning space for busy
12m
or walkways
Minimum headroom 2m
4. HANDRAILS
Height above steps and ramps 0.70m and 0.90m
At great heights 1m to 1.06m
Min. distance of attached handrails from wall 50mm
Min. height clearance from ledges 40mm
6. SIGNAGES
Min. headroom for sign protruding into walkway 2m
Max height on walls and doors 1.6m
Min height on walls and doors 1.4m
Min. height of raised letters and symbols 1mm
7. CROSSINGS
FOR CARRIAGEWAY EXCEEDING 10M WIDTH
Minimum width of central refuge 1.5m
Preferred width of central refuge 2m
Walking speed 0.90m/sec
Minimum period for steady green (pedxing) 6 secs
(Formula: crossing distance x
0.90/sec)
PARKING
1. PARKING AREAS
Min. width of parking slot 3.70m
Min. clear width of walkway 1.20m
INSIDE BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES

1. ENTRANCE W/ VESTIBULES
Min. depth of level area 1.80m
Min. width of level area 1.50m
2. RAMPS
Minimum clear width 1.20m
Max gradient 1:12 or 8%
Max length of ramp 6m
Min. length of landing for ramps greater than 6m 1.50m
Min. length of top/ bottom level area 1.80m
Min. height of curb height at both sides 0.10m
3. DOORS
Min. clear width 0.80m
Max. operable pressure/force 4.0kg
Min. clear level space before and beyond door 1.50m x 1.50m
Min. width of corridor 1.20m
Height of doorknobs/hardware 0.82m - 1.06m
Preferred height of doorknobs/hardware 0.90m
Vertical pull handle centered at 1.06m
Height of kick plate 0.30m - 0.40m
4. THRESHOLDS
Max. height of thresholds/sliding door tracks 25mm
5. SWITCHES
Height of manual switches 1.20m -1.30m
Max distance from latch side of door 0.20m O.C.
7. CORRIDORS
Min. clear width 1.20m
Min. dimensions of turnabout spaces 1.50m x 1.50m
Max. spacing of turnabout spaces 12m
Note: Turnabout spaces should also be provided at or within 3.50 m. of every dead end
8. WASHROOMS AND TOILETS
Min. area of water closet stalls 1.70m x 1.80m
For lateral mounting 1 moveable & 1 fixed grab bar
For frontal mounting 2 fixed grab bars
Min. area of turning space 2.25 sqm (1.50m)
1 per 20
Min. number of accessible stalls per floor
2 if more than 20
equilateral triangle (0.30m long) with
Men's washroom signage
a vertex pointing upward
Women's washroom signage circle (diameter: 0.30m)
Min. thickness of signage panel 7.5mm
Max height of water closet 0.45m
Max height of flush control 1.20m
Max height of lavatories 0.80m
Knee recess of lavatories 0.60m - 0.70m
Knee recess depth 0.50m
Min. length of grab bar 0.90m
Max height of grab bar 0.80m
Max height of urinal lip 0.48m
9. STAIRS
Note: Slanted nosings are preferred. Avoid open stringers
Width of tactile strip at top/bottom 0.30m
10. ELEVATORS
Max. distance from entrance 30m
Min. width 1.10m
Min. depth 1.40m
Min. width of elevator opening 0.80m
Centerline height of topmost buttons 0.90m to 1.20m
Min. diameter of buttons 20mm
Max depression depth of buttons 1mm
11.WATER FOUNTAINS
No. of fountain per floor area 1 every 2000 sqm
Min. number per floor 1
Max height of wall mounted 0.85m
12. PUBLIC TELEPHONES
Clear space in front of phone 1.50m x 1.50m
Min. clear width of booth opening 0.80m
Max height 1.10m
1 in every 4 units (if only 1 unit is to
Minimum number of unit of public telephones be installed, the same shall be
accessible to disabled persons)
SAFETY
1. FENCING FOR ROADWORKS AND FOOTWORKS
Min. height of rail 1m
Max height of tapping rail for blind 0.35m
2. COVERS FOR EXCAVATIONS
Min height of kickboard 0.20m
WHEELCHAIR
Length: 1.10m - 1.30m
Dimensions
Width: 0.60m - 0.75m
Turning space Diameter: 1.50m
0.70 m to 1.20 m above the floor
Comfortable reach of persons not less than 0.40 m from room
corners.
Comfortable knee clearance and leg space 0.70m
Minimum space needed for locking and unlocking

leg braces
Range of distance of crutches

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BP 344

The Law to Enhance Mobility of Disabled Persons

CATEGORY 2: COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL (Government/Private)

SPECIAL TYPE OF FACILITIES (Auditoriums, Assembly Halls, Theaters, etc.)

INSIDE BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES

Minimum space needed for locking and unlocking

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