11.3 Site Furnishings

Site furnishings include all of the utilitarian outdoor amenities found on an installation.  These outdoor furnishings should be located in coordinated clusters to provide areas of multi-furnishing amenities and to avoid the haphazard proliferation of furniture elements around the installation.  All furnishings shall be accessible to, and usable by, persons with disabilities in accordance with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) and the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS), with the most stringent standards applying in the event of conflicts.

Site furnishings include the following:

Seating (benches, seating walls, and bleachers).

Tables.

Telephone booths.

Shelters (bus shelters, picnic shelters, break & smoking pavilions).

Kiosks.

Walls and fences.

Trash and ash receptacles.

Dumpsters and dumpster enclosures.

Planters.

Bicycle racks.

Tree grates.

Bollards.

Playgrounds and tot lots.

Mailboxes.

Vending Machines.

Drinking fountains.

Flagpoles.

Monuments, memorials, military equipment static displays.

Fire Hydrants.

Courtyards.

 

Site Elements Design Standards