Section 318.1702. Electric elevators.

 

(1)   Pit drains and sumps.

(a) This is a department informational note to be used under ASME A17.1 section 2.2.2.3:

Note: See ch. SPS 362 of the building code for hoistway drain and sump requirements for elevators in commercial buildings.

(b) Substitute the following informational note for the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 2.2.2.5:

Note: See chapter SPS 362 of the building code for hoistway drain and sump requirements for elevators in commercial buildings.

(c) This is a department informational note to be used under ASME A17.1 section 2.7:

Note: See section SPS 382.33 for prohibition of sumps and sump pumps in elevator machine rooms for elevators in commercial buildings.

(2)   Machinery spaces, machine rooms, control spaces, and control rooms.

(a) Access to machine rooms and machinery spaces. This a department rule in addition to the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 2.7.3.1: Access to a machine room, machinery space, control room, or control space may not be through any toilet room, locker room, sleeping room, or similar room or space, except in one- or two-family dwellings.

(b) Access doors and openings.

1. This is a department rule in addition to the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 2.7.3.4.1: The entrance to a machine room, control space, or control room shall be identified with a permanent sign. The lettering on the sign shall be at least 1-inch high and state "elevator machine room," or equivalent wording.

2. This is a department rule in addition to the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 2.7.3.4.3: Hoistway access doors shall be provided with an electric contact to remove power to the driving means when the panel is not in the closed position.

(c) Headroom in machine rooms, machinery spaces, control rooms, and control spaces. This is a department rule in addition to the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 2.7.4.1: For elevators installed to serve one- and two-family dwellings, headroom in these spaces may comply with the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 5.2.1.7.1.

(d) Temperature and humidity. This is a department informational note to be used under ASME A17.1 section 2.7.9.2:

Note: See the building code for requirements prohibiting the transfer of contaminated air in commercial buildings.

(3)   Equipment in hoistways, machinery spaces, machine rooms, control spaces, and control rooms.

(a) Equipment allowed. This is a department rule in addition to the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 2.8.1: Access to machinery, equipment, wiring, piping, and other building components that are not used directly in connection with the elevator may not be permitted through hoistways, machine rooms, machinery spaces, control rooms, and control spaces.

(b) Sprinklers. This is a department rule in addition to the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 2.8.3.3.2: A means to disconnect the main-line power is not required for elevators installed to serve one- and two-family dwellings.

(4)   Protection of hoistway openings.

(a) Opening of hoistway doors. The requirements in ASME A17.1 section 2.11.6.3(e) are not included as part of this chapter.

(b) Illumination at landing sills. This is a department rule in addition to the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 2.11.10.2: Landing sills are not required to be illuminated at all times for elevators installed to serve one- and two-family dwellings.

(5)   Hoistway door locking devices and electric contacts, and hoistway access switches. These are department rules in addition to the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 2.12.6.2:

(a) Where the elevator has a machine room, control room, or control space accessed from a floor level of the building, the unlocking device operating key shall be located adjacent to the elevator disconnecting means in that room or space. A label at the key shall state: "Hoistway door unlocking key. Place the disconnecting means in the off position and lock it, prior to using the hoistway door unlocking key."

(b) Where the elevator has an inspection and test panel without a machine room, control room, or control space, the unlocking device operating key shall be located in the key box required by sub. (10) (b) 3. A label inside the key box or on the key shall identify the key and state: "Place the disconnecting means in the off position and lock it, prior to using the hoistway door unlocking key."

(6)   Car frames and platforms. This is a department rule in addition to the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 2.15.9: Where an existing elevator is required to comply with ASME A17.1 section 2.15.9.2(a) as part of an alteration, and the depth of the existing pit does not allow for a platform guard of 48 inches in height, the car platform guard shall conform to section 2.15.9 to the extent that the existing pit will permit, but in no case less than the leveling or truck zone plus 3 inches. Raising the car buffer to provide only 1 inch of bottom-car runby may be necessary to maximize the height of the platform guard.

(7)   Capacity and loading. This is a department informational note to be used under ASME A17.1 section 2.16.1.1:

Note: See chapter SPS 362 of the building code for stretcher-sized elevator requirements in some commercial buildings.

(8)   Car and counterweight safeties. This is a department rule in addition to the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 2.17.14: The manufacturer's model number shall also be marked on the metal plate.

(9)   Speed governors. This is a department rule in addition to the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 2.18.9: The manufacturer's model number shall also be marked on the metal plate.

(10)   Emergency operation and signaling devices.

(a) Emergency or standby power system. This is a department informational note to be used under ASME A17.1 section 2.27.2:

Note: Standby power requirements for elevators in healthcare facilities are found in Article 517 of the National Electrical Code ® , as adopted under chapter SPS 316. In other types of commercial buildings, stand-by power requirements are found in the building code under IBC chapter 27.

(b) Firefighters' emergency operation.

1. Substitute the following wording for the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 2.27.3.2.3 (a): The activation of a fire alarm initiating device specified in ASME A17.1 section 2.27.3.2.1 at any elevator lobby, other than at the designated level, shall cause all elevators that serve that lobby, and any associated elevator of a group automatic operation, to be returned nonstop to the designated level.

2. Substitute the following wording for the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 2.27.3.2.4 (a): The activation of a fire alarm initiating device specified in ASME A17.1 section 2.27.3.2.1(a) that is located in the elevator lobby at the designated level, shall cause all elevators serving that lobby to be recalled to the alternate level, unless Phase I emergency recall is in effect.

3. These are department rules in addition to the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 2.27.8:

a. An additional set of switch keys shall be kept in a lockable metal box mounted in a conspicuous location adjacent to the main elevator entrance or entrances at the designated level landing. The box shall be openable only by the fire department, police department, elevator inspector, and other authorized personnel. This does not prohibit additional keys from being placed in other approved locations.

b. Where the elevator has a machine room, control room, or control space, the key box shall also contain a key to access the machine room, control room, or control space, and the key shall be labeled for its use.

c. Where the elevator has an inspection and test panel without a machine room, control room, or control space, the key box shall also contain the key for the lock used to secure the space, panel, or panels for the main disconnect, car light disconnect, and disconnects for any other elevator-utilization equipment. A label inside the key box shall provide directions to the location of the disconnects including room number where applicable.

(c) One- and two-family dwellings. This is a department exception to the requirements in ASME A17.1 sections 2.27.3 to 2.27.9: The requirements in ASME A17.1 sections 2.27.3 to 2.27.9 apply to elevators serving one- or two-family dwellings as follows: where components addressed in those sections are installed, such components shall operate in accordance with those sections.

CR 14-020 : cr. Register August 2014 No. 704 , eff. 9-1-14.