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Committee approves ordinance expanding diaper-changing facility requirement to all-gender and family restrooms
Summary
BL20261492 to amend Title 16 to require diaper-changing facilities in certain public restrooms was amended and approved; discussion clarified the change moves the requirement into the building code (not the plumbing code) and members recorded an affirmative vote.
The Government Operations and Regulations committee considered BL20261492, an ordinance to amend Title 16 of the metropolitan code to require diaper-changing facilities in certain public restrooms. A committee member asked which facilities the ordinance covers; supporters said the bill updates current law and extends the requirement to all-gender and family restrooms. An amendment associated with Council member Allen was moved, seconded and adopted, and members then voted on the bill as amended.
A staff member described the change as largely housekeeping: "the bill currently makes the change in the international building code, which is appropriate because that's where the architects are and they're the ones that say you have to put this in here. And it makes it in the international plumbing code, which is not appropriate because plumbers just put things that that have water going through them." The Chair announced the final vote in favor (recorded as "9 in favor, 0 against, 0 not voting" in the transcript).
