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seriousnotshirley t1_iz27cqt wrote

Are these the only bathrooms? I believe the law in MA is that there does need to be separate bathrooms. You can have a gender neutral bathroom if there are existing separate bathrooms but if these are the only two bathrooms then I don't think you have much room here.

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Just_Drawing8668 t1_iz31vee wrote

If there are single fixture bathrooms they can be designated as gender-neutral provided the gender neutral rooms come from both the original male and female counts.

248 CMR 10.10 (18)(r)

Use of Gender-neutral Toilet Rooms. For purposes of the minimum fixture requirements of 248 CMR, wherever 248 CMR 10.00 requires two or more toilet fixtures designated by gender, those facilities may be replaced with single use Gender-neutral toilet rooms pursuant to one of the following options:

  1. Every gender designated toilet fixture is replaced with an equal number of single use gender-neutral toilet rooms (such that there are no gender designated fixtures); or

  2. Where the code requires four or more toilet fixtures combined for males and females, gender designated fixtures may be replaced by single use Gender-neutral toilet rooms in increments of two such that for every male designated fixture replaced by a Gender-neutral toilet room, a female designated fixture must also be replaced by a Gender-neutral toilet room, and vice-versa (e.g . instead of three men's toilets, four female toilets, there may be installed two men's toilets, three female toilets, and two single use Gender-neutral toilet rooms).

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