Table 5.21 Washing Machines and Clothes Dryers
Current Guidelines:  
4.1.1 Application.

(1)  General.  All areas of newly designed or newly constructed buildings and facilities and altered portions of existing buildings and facilities shall comply with section 4, unless otherwise provided in this section or as modified in a special application section.

4.1.3  Accessible Buildings:  New Construction.  Accessible buildings and facilities shall meet the following minimum requirements: . . .

(13)  Controls and operating mechanisms in accessible spaces, along accessible routes, or as parts of accessible elements (for example, light switches and dispenser controls) shall comply with 4.27.

4.27.3  Height.  The highest operable part of controls, dispensers, receptacles and other operable equipment shall be placed within at least one of the reach ranges specified in 4.2.5 or 4.2.6.

4.2.6  Side Reach. . . .  If the side reach is over an obstruction, the reach and clearances shall be as shown in Fig. 6 (c).

[Note:  Figure 6 (c) shows an obstruction that is 34 inches maximum in height.  The high side reach is 46 inches maximum for a reach depth of 24 inches maximum.]
Final Revised Guidelines:  
214.2  Washing Machines.   Where three or fewer washing machines are provided, at least one shall comply with 611.  Where more than three washing machines are provided, at least two shall comply with 611.

214.3 Clothes Dryers.   Where three or fewer clothes dryers are provided, at least one shall comply with 611.  Where more than three clothes dryers are provided, at least two shall comply with 611.

611.3 Operable Parts.  Operable parts, including doors, lint screens, and detergent and bleach compartments, shall comply with 309.

309.3 Operable Parts.  Operable parts shall be placed within one or more of the reach ranges specified in 308.

308.3.2  Obstructed High Reach.  Where a clear floor or ground space allows a parallel approach to an element and the high side reach is over an obstruction, the height of the obstruction shall be 34 inches (865 mm) maximum and the depth of the obstruction shall be 24 inches (610 mm) maximum.  . . . Where the reach depth exceeds 10 inches (225 mm), the high side reach shall be 46 inches (1170 mm) maximum for a reach depth of 24 inches (610 mm) maximum.
Exceptions:  1.  The top of washing machines and clothes dryers shall be permitted to be 36 inches (915 mm) maximum above the finish floor. . . .
	Model Codes & Standards	
ICC/ANSI A117.1-1998:  Section 308.3.2 has an equivalent requirement for an obstructed high reach, but no exception for washing machines and clothes dryers.