[Amended 6-11-1991 by L.L. No. 5-1991; 7-18-1996 by L.L. No.
5-1996; 7-18-1996 by L.L. No. 6-1996; 5-10-2005 by L.L. No.
3-2005; 5-22-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007; 6-20-2009 by L.L. No.
3-2009]
A. Fees for a permit to construct or alter any elevator or escalator shall be based on cost and shall be in the amount specified in §
56-19A.
B. The fee for a certificate of compliance for each elevator or escalator shall be $200 plus payment of the required fee for permit to operate as described in Subsection
C.
[Amended 5-14-2019 by L.L. No. 5-2019]
C. No elevator or escalator shall be operated unless an annual permit
to operate is issued by the Commissioner. The owner, agent or lessee
shall make an application for a permit to operate on a form approved
by the Commissioner. A permit to operate shall be issued, provided
that all applicable requirements are met and an annual fee of $350
is paid for each elevator and when a five-year test is performed there
shall be an additional fee of $400 for each elevator or an annual
fee of $400 for each escalator. Said fee(s) shall be paid within 30
days after the billing date. Failure to pay within the required time
is a violation of this chapter, and a penalty of $750 shall be required
for any payment received after that time. The permit to operate for
a newly constructed or altered elevator or escalator issued in the
last quarter of the year shall be applied to the next calendar year.
The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to and no fee shall
be payable in the case of premises solely and exclusively devoted
to charitable, religious or educational purposes which are exempt
from real property taxes collected by the City of Yonkers.
[Amended 6-26-2012 by L.L. No. 11-2012; 5-14-2019 by L.L. No. 5-2019]
D. Auto lifts. The annual fee for the approval to operate all auto lifts
within the City of Yonkers shall be $150 for the first auto lift plus
$75 for each additional. An application is to be filed in the Department
of Housing and Buildings and approved prior to use.
[Amended 5-14-2019 by L.L. No. 5-2019]
E. The initial re-inspection fee, and/or inspection fee to clear violation,
shall be $250 plus administrative penalty fee of $125 per violation.
Each subsequent reinspection fee shall be $500.
[Added 5-14-2019 by L.L.
No. 5-2019]
[Amended 7-18-1996 by L.L. No. 5-1996]
Whenever a passenger or freight elevator or escalator is hereafter
installed or constructed, it shall be unlawful for the owner or lessee
to operate or permit the operation or use of the same until a certificate
shall have been obtained from the State Labor Department, where the
same is applicable, that such elevator or escalator has been inspected
and has been found to be safe. Nothing herein contained shall prevent
the temporary use under a certificate issued by the Department of
any elevator during construction, provided that a notice is conspicuously
posted on or in connection with such elevator to the effect that such
elevator has not been officially approved.
[Amended 7-18-1996 by L.L. No. 5-1996]
The Department shall cause an inspection of passenger elevators
and escalators to be made at least once in every six months and of
freight elevators at least once every 12 months. Upon notice from
the Department or its duly authorized representatives, any repairs
found necessary to such elevators or escalators shall be made without
delay by the owner or lessee; and in case defects are found to exist
which in the continued use of such elevator or escalator are dangerous
to life or limb, then the use of such elevator or escalator shall
cease, and it shall not again be used until a certificate shall be
first obtained from the Department that such elevator or escalator
has been made safe. After every inspection which shows any elevator
or escalator to be safe, in conformity with the requirements of this
article, any applicable rules and the provisions of the New York Uniform
Code, the Department shall issue a certificate to that effect.
[Amended 7-18-1996 by L.L. No. 5-1996]
Every passenger elevator shall be given a serial number for
the purpose of identification. In the case of elevators hereafter
installed, such serial number shall be assigned when the first certificate
is issued and, in the case of existing elevators, as soon as inspection
can be made for that purpose. A docket of all passenger elevators
shall be kept, giving under the corresponding serial number a description
of its location sufficient for identification, together with such
other information as type of construction, motive power, rise, rated
speed, inspection, etc., as the Department may deem desirable. The
owner or lessee or agent of either shall cause such number, together
with the capacity of the elevator, to be attached or posted in the
elevator car in the manner prescribed by the Commissioner. The size
and material of the sign bearing the identification number, together
with the capacity of the elevator and its location, shall be approved
by the Commissioner. The most recent certificate of inspection shall
be posted in the motor room in a manner and place approved by the
Commissioner.
[Amended 7-18-1996 by L.L. No. 5-1996]
The owner or lessee or person in charge of any passenger or
freight elevator or escalator shall immediately notify the Department
of each and every accident to a person or damage to apparatus on or
about or in connection with such elevator or escalator and shall afford
the Department or its representatives every facility for investigating
such accident or damage. The Department shall, without delay, after
being notified, make an investigation and shall place on file with
the Commissioner a full and complete report of such investigation.
Such report shall give in detail all material facts and information
available and the cause or causes, so far as they can be determined,
and shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable hours. When
an accident involves the failure or destruction of any part of the
construction or operating mechanism of a passenger elevator or escalator,
said passenger elevator or escalator shall not be used until it has
been made safe, and the Department may, if deemed necessary, order
the discontinuance of the same until a certificate has been issued
by the Department for its use. No part of the damaged construction
or operating mechanism shall be removed from the premises until permission
to do so has been granted by the Department or its representative.
Effective January l, 1972, all passenger elevators in any building
within the City of Yonkers shall be equipped with a mirror, which
shall be securely fastened in the upper corner opposite the elevator
entrance so that, prior to entry, any passenger shall have a full
view of the interior of the elevator. It shall be the duty of the
landlord of any building in which a passenger elevator is located
to comply with this section.
[Added 5-14-2019 by L.L. No. 5-2019]
A. No person shall engage within the City of Yonkers in the business
of elevator or escalator installation or in the business of elevator
or escalator maintenance without having obtained from the Commissioner
a license to conduct such business. Such license shall not be issued
until after application therefor has been approved by the Commissioner.
Application for a license shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished
by the Commissioner, who shall examine such applicant at such time
and place as he shall designate as to his qualifications and competency
to ensure compliance with the terms of this chapter and other applicable
law.
B. The examination shall be conducted by the Commissioner or an agent
or representative designated by him and shall be practical and elementary
in character but sufficient to test the qualifications of the applicant
in the most approved methods in connection with said business. Such
license shall not be transferable and may be revoked by the Commissioner
if the licensee violates any of the provisions of this chapter. When
a license is revoked, a new license shall not be granted to the same
licensee for at least 90 days.
C. The initial fee for such license shall be $1,200 to be paid to the
Comptroller, and the license shall expire on the last day of June
of the calendar year following the date of issuance. The fee for each
annual renewal of such license shall be $600. If such renewal fee
is paid after the expiration date, then a late fee of $500 will be
assessed for a period of 60 days from the expiration date, after which
a licensee must pay the initial fee of $500.