<div dir="auto">What I have done in designing Theaters is to place the FOH sound position where they should be and designate wheelchair positions closest to the aisles in the same double-wide rows. The authorities with their ADA codebooks haven’t stopped me, with the trade offs that I have made.<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">/s/ Richard<br>_________</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM Bill Conner via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><p dir="ltr">I believe its been 5% of aisle seats for quite a while, which doesnt make a Lot of sense because off they difference in counts of aisle seats between radial aisles versus side aisle only. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks for reply.<br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 14, 2025, 4:52 PM Jon Ares via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">I haven't watched the interactions with great detail, but ours do get<br>
used by folks transferring from a wheelchair or wheely seat-walker....<br>
We only have a few with the flip-up arms. Don't know what the code may<br>
have been in 2005 when they were installed, but there are certainly<br>
fewer of those than of the dispersed removable seating.<br>
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 - Jon<br>
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On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM Bill Conner via Stagecraft<br>
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> Was in a committee meeting for accessibility standards and the subject of designated aisle seats came up, the seats with flip up (or swinging or removable in a few cases) arm rests on the aisle.  In particular who are they for?  People using wheelchairs who want to transfer to a theatre seat or people with some disability that makes getting going into a row difficult or not possible, whether that's using a walker or simply a knee that won't bend? I do know house managers rely on them for people who don't fit in a regular seat.  Just curious of experiences and observations of others.<br>
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