If barrier-free access is required into suites or rooms in Subsection 3.8.2., it is intended that access be provided, with some exceptions identified in Sentence 3.8.2.1.(2), throughout each room or suite. Some examples of where barrier-free access is required are as follows:
- within rooms or areas that serve the public or are designated for use by visitors, including areas in assembly occupancies with fixed seats, display areas and merchandising departments,
- within rooms or areas for student use in assembly occupancies,
- within general work areas, including office areas,
- within general use or general service areas, including shared laundry areas in residential occupancies, recreational areas, cafeterias, lounge rooms, lunch rooms and infirmaries,
- within sleeping rooms in hospitals and long term care homes,
- (if installed), into at least one passenger elevator or elevating device conforming to Article 3.8.3.5.,
- into washrooms described in Article 3.8.2.3.,
- to any facility required by this Section to be designed to accommodate persons with physical disabilities,
- onto every balcony provided in conformance with Sentence 3.3.1.7.(2),
- to service counters used by the general public (examples include ticket counters, refreshment stands, drinking fountains, cafeteria counters, checkout counters and bank service counters)
- into 10% of hotel suites, (not more than 20 suites required), and
- within 15% of residential suites in an apartment building from the suite entrance door into at least one bedroom and bathroom at the same level as the suite entrance.