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Honorable Mayor & Members of the City Council
Community Development Department
Uniform Building Code Provisions, Elevator Inspections and Permits/
Amendment of the 1979 Uniform Building Code
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Section' 5108 of the Uniform Building Code, as adopted by' the City, provides that
elevators may only be installed upon inspection and issuance of a permit by the
building pfficial. It is the practice, however, in many cities, as well as
Tustin, to allow the State Division of Industrial Safety to accept the
responsibility for the inspection of elevators pursuant to California
Administrative Code, Title 24, Section 3001.
The Elevator Department of the State Division of Industrial Safety confirms that
it is responsible for new elevator inspection, condemnation of unsafe elevators,
and the issuance of relevant permits.
Accordingly., it would appear that the Tustin' City Cod~ should be amended, to
provide that inspection, approval and permit issuance is within the jurisdiction
of the Division of Industrial Safety.
Included with this report is a draft ordinance for City Council consideration
which would, if adopted, provide for inspection, approval and permit issuance by
the State.
Recommndatton
Direct staff to advertise a public hearing for consideration of draft ordinance
No. 909.
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Attachments: Ordinance 9~9
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ORDINANCE NO. 909
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING PART 8, CHAPTER 1,
SECTION 8103 OF THE TUSTIN MUN'ICIPAL CODE,
ESTABLISHING AMENDMENTS OF THE 1979 UNIFORM
BUILDING CODE
The City Council of the City of Tustin does hereby ORDAIN as
follows:
Chapter 51 of the Appendix is amended by amending Section 5108,
Permits - Certificate of Inspection, to read as follows:
(a)
Permits Required. It shall be unlawful to hereafter
install any new elevator, moving walk, escalator, or
dumbwaiter, to make major alterations to any existing
elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator or moving walk without
having first obtained a permit for such installation
from the State of California Division of Industrial
Safety. Permits shall not be required for maintenance
or minor alterations. (See, ANSI Code, Sections 1002,
1200.lb and 1201.1b.).
(b)
Certificates of Inspection Required. It shall be
unlawful to operate any elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator
or moving walk without a current Certificate of
Inspection issued by the State of California Department
of Industrial Safety. Such Certificate shall be issued
annually upon payment of prescribed fees and the
presentation of a valid inspection report indicating
that the conveyance is safe and that the inspection was
made within the previous six months. Certificates shall
not be issued when the conveyance is posted as unsafe
pursuant to Section 5114.
EXCEPTION: Certificates of Inspection shall not be
required for conveyances within a dwelling unit.
(c) Application for Permits. Application for a permit to
install shall be made on forms provided by the State of
California Division of Industrial Safety and the permit
shall be issued to an owner upon payment of prescribed
permit fees.
(d) Application for Certificates of Inspection~ Application
for a Certificate of Inspection shall be made by the
owner of an elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator of moving
walk. Applications shall be accompanied by an
lnpsection report as described in Section 5113.
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Ordinance No. 909
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Chapter 51 of the Appendix, Section 5113, Requirements for Operation
and Maintenance, is amended by amending Section 5113(b) and (3), to
read as follows:
(b)
Annual Inspections and Tests. Except in dwelling units,
elevators, escalators and moving walk shall be inspected
at least once every 12 months by an inspector for the
State of California Division of Industrial Safety. Such
inspections shall include tests of the car and
counterweight safeties, govenors and oil buffers to be
made in accordance with Rule lOOZ.lb of the ANSI Code.
(e)
Inspection Reports. After each required inspection, a
full and correct report 'of such inspection shall be
filed with the State of California Division' of
Industrial Safety.
Chapter 51 of the Appendix is amended by amending Section 5144,
Unsafe Conditions, to read as follows:
When an inspection reveals an unsafe condition, the inspector
for the State of California Division of Industrial Safety
shall immediately file with the owner and the building
official a full and true report of such inspection and such
unsafe condition. If the inspector for the State of
California Division- of Industrial Safety finds that the
unsafe condition endangers human life, he shall cause to be
placed on such elevator, escalator or moving walk in a
conspicuous place, a notice stating that such conveyance is
unsafe. The owner shall see to it that such notice of unsafe
condition is legibly maintained where placed by the
inspector. The building inspector shall also issue an order
in writing to the owner requiring the repairs or alterations
to be made to such conveyance which are necessary to render
it safe and may order the operation thereof discontinued
until the repairs or alterations are made or unsafe
conditions are removed. A posted notice of unsafe conditions
shall be removed only by the building inspector when he is
satisfied that the unsafe conditions have been corrected.
For purposes of clarification, all cross-references to provisions of
the 1979 Uniform Buildin Code pertaining to Requirements for
Operation and Maintenance and Unsafe Conditions, remain in full
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Ordinance No. 909
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force and effect. The State inspectors shall enforce the local
standards, codified in the UBC, which are more restrictive than
State standards.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council
held on the day of , 1984.
ATTEST:
Ronald B. Hoesterey, Mayor
Mary E. Wynn
City Clerk