Section 27-982
§ 27-982 Scope. This subchapter shall establish the minimum safety
requirements for, and control the design, construction, installation,
alteration, maintenance, inspection, test and operation of, all
elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, moving walks, industrial lifts and
loading ramps, automotive lifts, mechanical parking garage equipment,
console or stage lifts, power operated scaffolds, amusement devices, and
special hoisting and conveying equipment.
Section 27-983
§ 27-983 Standards. The provisions of reference standard RS-18 shall
be a part of this subchapter.
Section 27-984
§ 27-984 Definitions. For definitions to be used in the interpretation
of this subchapter, see subchapter two of this chapter.
Section 27-985
§ 27-985 Plans. For the requirements governing the filing of plans and
the work to be shown on plans, see subchapter one of this chapter.
Section 27-986
§ 27-986 Permits. For the requirements governing equipment work
permits and equipment use permits, see subchapter one of this chapter.
Section 27-987
§ 27-987 General requirements. All of the equipment listed in section
27-982 of this article shall be designed, constructed, altered and
maintained as required by the provisions of this subchapter and
reference standard RS-18. No piping or ductwork of any kind shall be
permitted within hoistway or elevator enclosures except (i) as may be
required for the elevator installation and (ii) low voltage wiring
required or permitted by subchapter seventeen of this chapter provided
that such wiring shall be protected within the hoistway or elevator
enclosures in accordance therewith.
(a) Construction equipment. Except for workers' hoists the provisions
of this subchapter shall not apply to materials hoisting equipment for
temporary construction use. For such equipment, the requirements of
subchapter nineteen of this chapter shall apply.
(b) Portable equipment. The provisions of this subchapter shall not
apply to portable elevating devices used to handle materials only except
as specifically provided in reference standard RS 18-5.
(c) Fire protection and impact resistance.
(1) Fire protection. The fire resistance rating of hoistway enclosures
shall be two hours and for hoistway doors and door assemblies the fire
protection shall be one and one-half hours subject to the test
procedures of subchapter five of this chapter.
a. vertical conveyors passing through floors shall be fire protected
as required for shafts in subchapter five of this chapter.
b. inclined conveyors passing through floors shall be fire protected
as required in reference standard 18-1 for escalators which are not a
required means of egress.
c. horizontal conveyors passing through vertical fire divisions shall
be fire protected as required in subchapter five of this chapter.
(2) Impact resistance. Elevator enclosures serving occupancy group E
spaces (office spaces) in high rise buildings constructed pursuant to
applications filed on or after July 1, 2006, shall comply with rules to
be promulgated by the commissioner establishing minimum impact
resistance standards. Such rules shall permit compliance with assemblies
comprising approved reinforced construction boards affixed onto stud
framing. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules on or before
January 1, 2006.
(d) Elevators required. For provisions designating buildings in which
elevators are required, see subdivision (c) of section 27-372 of article
five of subchapter six of this chapter.
(e) Elevator mirrors. In all multiple dwellings in which there are one
or more self-service passenger elevators, there shall, pursuant to such
regulations as the commissioner shall prescribe, be affixed and
maintained in each such elevator a mirror which will enable persons
prior to entering into such elevator to view the inside thereof to
determine whether any person is in such elevator.
(f) Emergency signal equipment. Elevators, other than private
residence elevators, that are operated at any time without a designated
operator in the car, shall be provided with emergency signal equipment
in accordance with the requirements of reference standard RS 18-1.
(g) Elevators and escalators as exits. Elevators shall not be accepted
as a required means of egress. Elevators shall not be installed in a
common enclosure with a stairway. Escalators shall be accepted as
equivalent to stairs when they comply with the requirements of section
27-378 of article five of subchapter six of this chapter.
(h) Car switch operation. Elevators with car switch operation shall be
provided with a signal system by means of which signals can be given
from any landing whenever the elevator is desired at that landing.
(i) Electrical requirements. All electric work shall conform to the
electrical code of the city of New York.
Section 27-988
§ 27-988 Manlifts. The installation of manlifts is governed by the
requirements of reference standard RS 18-9, and such additional safety
regulations as may be promulgated by the commissioner.
Section 27-989
§ 27-989 Elevator in readiness. (a) Except as provided in subdivision
(b) of this section, in every building seventy-five feet or more in
height, all floors shall be served by at least one elevator which shall
be kept available for immediate use by the fire department during all
hours of the night and day, including holidays, Saturdays and Sundays.
There shall be available at all times a person competent to operate the
elevator, except that no attendant shall be required for buildings
between seventy-five feet and one hundred fifty feet in height having
elevators with automatic or continuous pressure operation with keyed
switches meeting the requirements of reference standard RS 18-1 so as to
permit sole use of the elevators by the fire department.
(b) In high rise buildings classified in occupancy group A, B, C, D,
E, F, G or H, in buildings classified in occupancy group E with a gross
area of two hundred thousand square feet or more, in buildings
classified in occupancy group J-1 or J-2, in existing high rise
buildings classified in occupancy groups C, F, G and H, in existing
buildings classified in occupancy group J-1 (except "residential
hotels," as such term is defined by the commissioner pursuant to rules
and regulations) and in existing office buildings one hundred feet or
more in height the number of elevators that shall be kept available for
immediate use by the fire department as provided for in subdivision (a)
of this section, shall be as follows:
(1) Where a floor is serviced by three or less elevator cars, every
car shall be kept available.
(2) Where a floor is serviced by more than three elevator cars, at
least three elevator cars with a total rated load capacity of not less
than six thousand pounds shall be kept available for every floor. Such
cars shall include not more than two cars which service all floors and
at least one other car in another bank servicing that floor. If the
total load capacity of all cars servicing the floor is less than six
thousand pounds, all such cars shall be kept available.
(3) Such elevators which have automatic or continuous pressure
operation shall be controlled by keyed switches meeting the requirements
of reference standard RS 18-1.
(4) In high rise buildings classified in occupancy group A, B, C, D,
E, F, G or H, in low rise buildings classified in occupancy group E with
a gross area of two hundred thousand square feet or more and in
buildings classified in occupancy group J-1 or J-2, all other
automatically operated cars shall have manual operation capability.
(c) Notwithstanding the retroactive provisions of section 27-994 of
article two of this subchapter:
(1) Existing office buildings one hundred feet or more in height shall
comply with the requirements of this section by September thirteenth,
nineteen hundred eighty-one. Complete plans of the installation shall be
filed with the commissioner by June thirteenth, nineteen hundred eighty.
A permit shall be secured from the commissioner by September thirteenth,
nineteen hundred eighty.
(2) Existing high-rise buildings classified in occupancy group C, F, G
or H and existing buildings classified in occupancy group J-1 subject to
the requirements of this section shall comply with the requirements of
this section on or before April first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven.
Section 27-990
§ 27-990 Acceptance of equipment. All equipment and devices regulated
by the provisions of this subchapter shall be accepted or approved for
use in accordance with the requirements of article eight of subchapter
one of this chapter.
Section 27-991
§ 27-991 Construction. The construction, installation and alteration
of all elevator and conveyor equipment and devices, shall be subject to
the provisions of this subchapter and applicable reference standards as
follows:
(a) Elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators and moving walks -- reference
standard RS 18-1.
(b) Mechanized parking garage equipment -- reference standard RS 18-2.
(c) Automotive lifts -- reference standard RS 18-3.
(d) Industrial lifts and hinged loading ramps -- reference standard RS
18-4.
(e) Conveyors -- reference standard RS 18-5.
(f) Console or stage lifts -- reference standard RS 18-6.
(g) Workers' hoists -- reference standard RS 18-7.
(h) Power operated scaffolds -- reference standard RS 18-8.
Section 27-992
§ 27-992 Alterations. Alterations to elevators, escalators,
dumbwaiters and other equipment provided for in this subchapter shall
comply with the requirements of article four of subchapter one of this
chapter. Minor alterations and ordinary repairs shall comply with the
requirements of article five of subchapter one of this chapter except
that elevator work shall not constitute a minor alteration or an
ordinary repair when it is classified as alteration by the provisions of
reference standard RS 18-1.
Section 27-993
§ 27-993 Prohibited devices. The installation of sidewalk elevators
located outside the street line is prohibited.
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