A certificate of compliance is a written document signed by an authorized
elevator inspector stating that all elevator wiring, installations, devices,
appliances and equipment in or on therein specified property comply with all
federal, state and local laws and ordinances, including the Building Code
applicable to the City of Hudson. Certificates of compliance shall only be
accepted for filing from such elevator inspectors as are approved and authorized
by resolution of the Common Council of the City of Hudson. Elevator inspectors
shall be approved and authorized by the Common Council to issue certificates
of compliance as required hereunder upon written application, proof of ability
and experience to competently perform such inspections, proof of adequate
liability insurance and execution of an agreement holding harmless the City
from any and all claims arising out of the performance of any inspection or
issuance of certificate pursuant to this chapter.
Before any person, firm or corporation shall install or alter, or cause
to be installed or altered, elevator devices, appliances or equipment, in
or on properties within the City of Hudson, the person, firm or corporation
shall apply for and receive a permit from the Building Inspector. The application
shall, at a minimum, describe the work to be performed and shall include a
copy of an application for a certificate of compliance which has theretofore
been filed with an authorized elevator inspector. Such application shall also
include such other information as the Building Inspector deems appropriate.
The owner of any property at which there is an elevator shall file a
certificate of compliance with the Building Inspector on or before October
1 of each year, beginning October 1, 1992. A copy of the most recently filed
certificate of compliance shall be posted at all times within each elevator
to which the certificate applies.
No permit for installation shall be issued by the Building Inspector
until a fee has been paid to the City of Hudson in the amount as established
by the Common Council. No certificate of compliance shall be accepted for
filing by the Building Inspector until a fee has been paid to the City of
Hudson in the amount as established by the Common Council.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person, firm or corporation
to install or alter, or cause to be installed or altered, elevator wiring,
elevator devices, appliances or equipment in or on properties of the City
of Hudson until a permit for installation has been issued by the Building
Inspector. It shall be a violation of this chapter for a person, firm or corporation
to operate or allow to be operated an elevator in or on property within the
City of Hudson, unless such person, firm or corporation shall have filed with
the Building Inspector, within the one-year period immediately preceding the
date on which the elevator is operated or allowed to be operated, a certificate
of compliance with regard to said elevator.
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter
shall be guilty of a violation punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding
15 days or by a fine not exceeding $250, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this chapter shall
constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct
offense hereunder. The Legal Advisor of the City of Hudson may further institute
such action as he deems necessary to enjoin continued violation of this chapter.