Title 17F Construction Standards
Chapter 17F.060 Elevator Code
Section 17F.060.040 Requirements
- All new and existing elevators, dumb waiters, escalators, stair climbers, platform lifts, temporary personnel hoists, material lifts and moving walks and alterations must conform to this code.
- A sidewalk elevator, or hoist, or a freight elevator, which does not rise above the ground floor must have doors and gates so constructed that the car cannot move until they are closed. A sidewalk hoist must be equipped with safety rods so that it cannot be started until the sidewalk doors are open.
- Lock boxes for machine room access may be required by conditions.
- Conveyances with uncorrected deficiencies are subject to additional inspections and fees. An elevator inspector may revoke an operating permit and red-tag the conveyance if deficiencies remain uncorrected for one hundred fifty days.
- Elevators no longer used or deemed to be unsafe may be ordered to be decommissioned by the City Inspector.
- Conveyances to be decommissioned must occur by permit and inspections according to the requirements of ASME 17.1. Failure to decommission a conveyance as directed by the elevator inspector shall result in a class I civil infraction.
- Elevators incorporating noncircular elastomeric coated steel suspension members (belt suspension) shall use only fire rated belts tested to UL 62, UL 1581 FT-1 fire rating or equivalent.
Date Passed: Monday, May 11, 2020 Effective Date: Sunday, June 14, 2020 ORD C35899 Section 8 |
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