A.
When an existing building's elevator service is undergoing
service, alterations or repairs and when there are two or more elevators,
at least one of the elevators shall be maintained in service until
the completion of the service, alterations or repairs.
B.
It shall be the responsibility of the owner to provide
safety barricades, signs and additional precautions as necessary for
the general safety of the public while any conveyance is installed,
serviced or repaired and to maintain adequate safety precautions until
the conveyance is operational and ready for public use as determined
by a licensed inspector.
A.
No person shall at any time tamper with any electrical
or mechanical device on any conveyance.
B.
No person shall operate any freight or passenger elevator
with the electric contacts made inoperative by plugging or operate
such an elevator by use of the emergency release button, except when
operated by a licensed inspector or licensed installer, in case of
an emergency or during authorized tests and maintenance.
[Amended 1-18-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-12]
It shall be the duty of the owner of any conveyance
to report any accident which causes any injury or damage to the conveyance
which may hinder the safe operation of the conveyance, regardless
of present personal injury, and which occurs within or about such
conveyances to the Commissioner within 24 hours of its occurrence.
Upon occurrence of such an accident, the conveyance shall be immediately
rendered inoperative and shall not be returned to service without
the Commissioner's approval. The owner shall cooperate with the Commissioner
during any investigation, including making the conveyance and its
facilities fully available and arranging for any tests which the Commissioner
may require prior to restoring service.
A.
Notice of discontinuance. The owner and/or the licensed
inspector shall give the Commissioner written notice of any conveyance
taken out of service or secured within 15 days after such discontinuance.
B.
Secured. The power supply at the machine room area
and the utility/electric feed supply must be discontinued and locked
or removed from any conveyance secured in any building.
C.
New certificate. A new certificate of inspection must
be obtained for any conveyance placed temporarily out of service or
secured prior to any subsequent operation or use of any such conveyance.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-372]
A.
Violations of this chapter may be referred to the Municipal Code Violations Bureau, wherein violators shall be subject to the penalties set forth in § 13A-11 of the Municipal Code.
Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause
or phrase in this chapter be declared unconstitutional or invalid
for any reason, the remainder of the chapter shall not be affected
thereby and shall remain in full force and effect, and to this end,
the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
A.
The provisions of this Code are not retroactive, except for those set forth in Subsection B(1) through (4) below. However, applicants who have filed applications prior to the effective date of this chapter may, at their own election, conform to the code adopted herein or to the previous code.[1] If the applicants who have filed applications prior to
the effective date of this chapter choose to be adjudged under the
previously applicable code, they must complete installation within
one year after the effective date of this chapter. Owners of existing
installations which need to be retrofitted must complete retrofitting
within one year after the effective date of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: The text of the "previous code,"
former Ch. 50, Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Moving Walks, is
available for inspection in the City Clerk's office.
B.
Required for retrofitting.
[Amended 1-18-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-12]
(1)
Car emergency signaling devices. Existing elevators
shall be provided with emergency signaling and communication devices
conforming to ASME A17.1, Rule 211.1.
(2)
Car gates/doors. Existing elevators shall be provided
with car gates or doors conforming to the applicable requirements
of ASME A17.1, Rules 204.4, 204.5 and 204.6.
(3)
Hoistway-door-locking devices and car door/gate electric
contacts. Existing elevators shall be provided with hoistway-door-locking
devices and car door/gate electric contacts conforming to the applicable
requirements of ASME A17.1, Section 111.
(4)
Pit access, illumination and stop switch. Existing
elevators shall be provided with pit access, illumination and a stop
switch conforming to the applicable requirements of ASME A17.1, Rules
106.1d, 106.1e and 106.1f.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Art. VI, Penalties, as amended, which
immediately followed this article, was repealed 1-18-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-12.
