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Chapter 11B — ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC HOUSING

11B-503 Passenger Drop-Off and Loading Zones — 2025 California Building Code

California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-09-25 · California

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Cite as: 2025 California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2) § 11B-503 · Effective January 1, 2026 · Official source: Building Standards Commission

11B- 503.1 General. Passenger drop-off and loading zones shall comply with Section 11B- 503 .

11B- 503.2 Vehicle pull-up space. Passenger drop-off and loading zones shall provide a vehicular pull-up space 96 inches ( 2438 mm) wide minimum and 20 feet ( 6096 mm) long minimum.

11B- 503.3 Access aisle. Passenger drop-off and loading zones shall provide access aisles complying with Section 11B- 503 adjacent and parallel to the vehicle pull-up space. Access aisles shall adjoin an accessible route and shall not overlap the vehicular way.

FIGURE 11B- 503.3—PASSENGER DROP-OFF AND LOADING ZONE ACCESS AISLE

11B-76 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE

ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC HOUSING

11B- 503.3.1 Width. Access aisles serving vehicle pull-up spaces shall be 60 inches ( 1524 mm) wide minimum.

11B- 503.3.2 Length. Access aisles shall extend the full length of the vehicle pull-up spaces they serve.

11B- 503.3.3 Marking. Access aisles shall be marked with a painted borderline around their perimeter. The area within the border- lines shall be marked with hatched lines a maximum of 36 inches (914 mm) on center in a color contrasting with that of the aisle surface.

11B- 503.4 Floor and ground surfaces. Vehicle pull-up spaces and access aisles serving them shall comply with Section 11B- 302. Access aisles shall be at the same level as the vehicle pull-up space they serve. Changes in level, slopes exceeding 1:48, and detectable warnings shall not be permitted.

Exception: Reserved.

11B- 503.5 Vertical clearance. Vehicle pull-up spaces, access aisles serving them and a vehicular route from an entrance to the passenger drop-off and loading zone and from the passenger drop-off and loading zone to a vehicular exit shall provide a vertical clearance of 114 inches ( 2896 mm) minimum.

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