This chapter is enacted pursuant to the terms and provisions
of § 124 of the General Municipal Law of the State of New
York relating to the inspection of building elevators in Nassau County.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ELEVATOR
Any device designed or used for the purpose of moving people
or material from one floor to another in a vertical manner, excluding
the following: dumbwaiters, escalators or similar devices.
An inspection report relating to passenger or freight elevators
shall indicate that the elevator is in proper working condition and
complies with the regulations and standards applicable to elevators
as prescribed in the New York State Construction Code and generally
accepted trade standards.
A passenger elevator car shall be equipped with a mirror in
the rear of same in order to make the interior thereof visible prior
to a person's entry into the elevator car. Said mirror shall
be convex and no less than eight inches in diameter.
The fee for each elevator inspection made by the Commissioner of the Department of Buildings of the Town of Hempstead or his authorized representative shall be as prescribed in §
86-11DD of the Code of the Town of Hempstead.
Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any provision
of this chapter or who violates or fails to comply with any order
or requirement of an inspector or other officer charged with the duty
of inspecting elevators shall be guilty of an offense punishable by
a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than
15 days.