Every building must be built to guarantee easy accessibility for the disabled. In other words, people with disabilities should be able to move easily from one floor to another. To this end, stairways must be built in a way that better accommodates the handicapped. At the same time, there must be one or more elevators for the handicapped, escalators for the handicapped, wheelchair lifts, or ramps in one or more locations. When facilities for the disabled are all located on the first floor of a building, this regulation does not apply.

The buildings must have one or more elevators for the handicapped, escalators for the handicapped, wheelchair lifts, or ramps in one or more locations when it has more than 6 floors and a total floor space of more than 2000 m2 (excluding buildings with 6 floors installed with every straight stairway per 300 m2 ) accommodate facilities for the disabled, the elderly, and students in places such as public facilities, libraries, schools, lodging facilities, performance halls, exhibition centers, broadcasting networks, and camps for students.

For the disabled to move comfortably from an entrance, to a boarding place, or to a waiting room, transportation facilities in buildings with more than two stories must have one or more elevators for the handicapped, escalators for the handicapped, wheelchair lifts, or ramps in one or more locations.

For the disabled to easily get on and off the transportation facilities, boarding terminals must be built considering such things as steepness and material of the floor, and the gap between vehicle and terminal.

Installation location and space

① Lifts for the disabled must be installed in places easily accessed by the disabled and     as close as possible to entrances of buildings.
② It is required to secure more than 1.4m x 1.4m of free space in front of the elevator.
③ The gap must be less than 3 cm between elevator lobby and hoist way.

Dimensions

① The effective area for the lift must be at least 1.1m wide and 1.35m high.
② The effective opening for the door must be more than 0.8m wide.

Passenger operational panel

① Every switch and button inside and outside of the lift, including the call button, the     operational panel, and the interphone, must be located at a height between 0.8m and     1.2m from the floor.
② The operational panel for the disabled inside the carriage must be installed in the right     side when entering carriage. The panel must be a horizontal type and installed in a     position about 0.85m from the floor. When the effective area of the lift is more than     1.4m x 1.4m, the panel can be installed in the left side of the carriage, visable when     entering.
③ Operational devices can be of a button type.
④ Braille must be provided on the interphone and on the operational panel.

Other devices

① Grab bars must be installed on every side of the carriage (except the door) at a     uniform height. For detailed regulations, article number seven of regulations for grab     bars are applied.

② At the rear of the carriage, there must be a mirror installed so that passengers in     wheelchairs can see the opening and closing of the door. If the effective area for the
    lift is more than 1.4m x 1.4m, a mirror does not have to be installed.

③ On every stop of the lift, light and audio signals must be installed to indicate that the     elevator is approaching. Within the carriage, light and audio signals must be provided
    to indicate the floor at which the elevator stops.

④ When installing the sensor door, make sure that people can be detected within the     range of 0.3m to 0.4m from the floor.

⑤ To prevent people or freight from getting stuck in between the door, the lift must have     a device to automatically reopen the door.

⑥ To make it easier for the disabled to know the location of the call button, the Braille     button must be installed 0.3m before the button, or the texture of the floor must be     different around the location to indicate where the call button is installed.

⑦ Glass can be installed as part of the front of the lift, so that people outside the lift can     see the situation in the carriage in case of an emergency.