Section 318.1705. Special application elevators.

 

(1)   Limited-use, limited-application elevators. Substitute the following wording for the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 5.2.1.7: Equipment shall be permitted to be located in rooms containing other equipment essential for the operation of the building.

(2)   Hydraulic limited-use, limited-application elevators. This is a department exception to the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 5.2.2: Hydraulic limited-use, limited-application elevators are not required to conform to the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 5.2.1.19.

(3)   Private residence elevators.

(a) This is a department rule in addition to the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 5.3: Machinery spaces, machine rooms, control spaces, and control rooms where provided shall conform to the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 5.2.1.7.

(b) This is a department rule in addition to the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 5.3.1.8.1:

1. The top of the car enclosure shall comply with the load requirements specified under ASME A17.1 section 2.14.1.6, except as specified in subd. 2.

2. A car enclosure shall be permitted to have a top that is not load bearing provided the top of the car enclosure is not needed to be accessed to service, maintain, or inspect any part of the elevator equipment and contains a sign meeting ANSI Z535.4 indicating the car top is not load bearing.

(c) Substitute the following wording for the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 5.3.1.7.2:

1. The space between the hoistway door and the car door or gate shall meet either subd. 2. or 4.

2. The clearance between the hoistway door or gate and the hoistway edge of the landing sill may not exceed ¾ inch, and the clearance from the hoistway face of the hoistway door to the farthest point of the car door or gate may not exceed 5 inches, except as provided in subd. 3.

3. The clearances in subd. 2. may be achieved by measuring from a space guard that is attached to the hoistway face of the hoistway door.

4. The clearance between the hoistway door or gate and the hoistway edge of the landing sill may be up to 3 inches and the distance between the hoistway face of the landing sill and the car door or gate may be up to 5 inches provided an SIL-rated light curtain will detect the passing of 3 ½ -inch sphere between the hoistway door or gate and the car door or gate.

(d) The requirements in ASME A17.1 section 5.3.1.16.2(i)(2) are not included as part of this chapter.

(e) Substitute the following wording for the requirements in A17.1 section 5.3.1.19: The elevator shall be provided with a hard-wired telephone or a telephone utilizing wireless, cellular, or other technology capable of operating at all points of elevator travel. The telephone shall be available in the elevator, charged if battery powered, and operational any time the elevator is in use. If the telephone is not a hard-wired land line type, the elevator shall include a sign informing riders that a telephone is required to be present while operating the elevator.

(4)   Elevators used for construction. This is a department rule in addition to the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 5.10.1.21.2: All elevators shall have an assigned operator while in use.

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

Note

Measuring to the farthest point of the car door or gate, namely, to the valleys of an accordion-style door, is similarly specified in ASME A17.1 section 2.14.4.5.2(d). Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 See ASME A17.1 section 1.3 for a definition of SIL rated. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1