ELEVATORS

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland pt. THREE, pt. IIIE, tit. XIII, ch. 3141

in effect

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3141.01 Scope and Application

§ 3141.01 Scope and Application The provisions of OAC Chapter 4101:2-21 and the Ohio Elevator Code as set forth in OAC Chapters 4101:5-1 to 4101:5-9 and this chapter shall apply to the construction, alteration, maintenance, operation, inspections, and tests of elevators, dumbwaiters, moving stairways, amusement devices, and special devices herein defined as special equipment.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3141.02 Definitions

§ 3141.02 Definitions (a) In the application and interpretation of this chapter, the definitions included in the Ohio Elevator Code shall apply. (b) The following additional definitions shall also apply: (1) “Alteration” of an elevator, dumbwaiter, or moving stairway means any change made to an existing installation, including any change to hoistway enclosures, doors or gates, other than repairs or replacements of damaged, worn or broken parts made incidental to maintenance. (2) “Amusement device” means any manually or power operated device used to convey persons in any direction as a form of amusement. (3) “Existing installation” of an elevator, dumbwaiter, moving stairway, amusement device or special equipment means an installation completed prior to June 27, 1949 or one for which the application for a permit was filed with the Commissioner prior to June 27, 1949. (4) “New installation” of an elevator, dumbwaiter, moving stairway, amusement device, or special equipment means a complete elevator, dumbwaiter, moving stairway, amusement device, or special equipment installation, the application for a permit for which is filed with the Commissioner after June 27, 1949. (5) “Special equipment” means any permanently or semi-permanently located device, manually or power operated, used for moving or lifting materials or persons, and not considered an elevator, dumbwaiter, moving stairway or amusement device. “Special equipment” includes devices inclined at an angle for carrying one (1) or two (2) persons, or for carrying materials, but which are not included under elevators or moving stairways; manhoists; lift bridges; elevators which are used only for handling building material and workmen during construction; elevators of a capacity exceeding thirty thousand (30,000) pounds and a platform area exceeding three hundred (300) square feet when suspended by cables near each corner of the hoistways and at additional positions; stage and orchestra lifts; belt, bucket, scoop, roller, or similarly inclined or vertical freight conveyors; telescopic ash hoists; tiering or piling machines; skip hoists and wharf ramps; and similar apparatus.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3141.03 Permits Required

§ 3141.03 Permits Required (a) No elevator, dumbwaiter, moving stairway, amusement device, or special device herein defined as “special equipment,” shall be erected or constructed, or moved from one (1) location to another location, or altered, without a permit from the Commissioner. (b) The application for a permit shall be accompanied by drawings showing the proposed construction, equipment, and mode of operation of the device to be installed, moved, or altered. (c) Permits shall be obtained for all electrical wiring and electrical installations in connection with elevators, dumbwaiters, moving stairways, amusement devices or special devices herein defined as “special equipment.” All such electrical wiring and electrical installations shall be done in conformity with the provisions of Chapter 3137.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3141.04 Special Equipment

§ 3141.04 Special Equipment When deemed necessary, the Board of Building Standards and Building Appeals may promulgate rules or regulations applicable to the construction, maintenance, operation, inspection and testing of special devices included under the definition of “special equipment.” In the absence of such rules or regulations, such devices shall be permitted and maintained only when the design; material and method of operation are in conformity with the applicable provisions of statutes and rules and regulations promulgated by authority of statute, and are, from the standpoint of safety, approved by the Commissioner.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3141.05 Responsibility of Owner

§ 3141.05 Responsibility of Owner The owner of a building or other structure in which an elevator, dumbwaiter, moving stairway, amusement device, or special equipment is installed shall be responsible for the safe operation and proper maintenance of such elevator, dumbwaiter, moving stairway, amusement device, or special equipment after the installation thereof has been approved by the Commissioner and during the period of effectiveness of any limited certificate permitting operation thereof. Such owner, or his or her duly appointed agent, shall also make and be responsible for all periodic tests which the Commissioner may require under the provisions of Ohio Elevator Code, OBBC and this Building Code.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3141.06 New Installations and Relocations

§ 3141.06 New Installations and Relocations All new elevators, dumbwaiters, and moving stairways installed after July 1, 1979, and all relocated elevators, dumbwaiters, and moving stairways, shall conform to the provisions of OBBC, the Ohio Elevator Code, and this Building Code governing the new installations.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3141.07 Alterations

§ 3141.07 Alterations (a) Any alterations made to elevators, dumbwaiters, or moving stairways after July 1, 1979, shall be made in conformity with the provisions of OBBC, the Ohio Elevator Code and this Building Code governing such alterations. (b) Existing installations may be altered to obtain the advantage of any provisions of OBBC, the Ohio Elevator Code and this Building Code, provided the safety requirements governing such provisions are met.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3141.08 Existing Installations

§ 3141.08 Existing Installations Except as provided under Section 3141.02 elevators, dumbwaiters and moving stairways legally installed before July 1, 1979 may be used without being reconstructed to comply with the provisions of OBBC, the Ohio Elevator Code and this Building Code governing new installations. Such existing installations shall be maintained in a safe operating condition, and shall be subject to the inspections and tests required by Section 3141.14. The Commissioner shall issue a Certificate of Operation for each existing elevator, dumbwaiter, moving stairway, amusement device or special equipment after such device has been inspected and found safe, which certificate shall be posted in the elevator car, or on, near, or plainly visible from the dumbwaiter, moving stairway, amusement device or special equipment.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3141.09 Repairs

§ 3141.09 Repairs Damaged or defective parts shall be wholly or partly replaced at the discretion of the Commissioner.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3141.10 Amusement Devices

§ 3141.10 Amusement Devices Amusement devices shall be permitted only where the design, materials, construction and method of operation are, from the standpoint of safety, approved by the Commissioner.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3141.11 Inspection and Tests of New, Relocated or Altered Installations

§ 3141.11 Inspection and Tests of New, Relocated or Altered Installations (a) Tests and Certificates of Operation Required. The operation or use of any new, altered or relocated elevator, dumbwaiter, moving stairway, amusement device or special equipment is prohibited until such equipment has passed OBBC, the Ohio Elevator Code, and this Building Code, and a Certificate of Operation has been issued in accordance with Section 3141.12. (b) Tests of Elevators, Dumbwaiters and Moving Stairways. The person, firm or corporation installing, relocating, or altering an elevator, dumbwaiter, or moving stairway, shall notify the Commissioner, in writing, at least three (3) days before completion of the work and shall, in the presence of a representative of the Commissioner, subject the new, relocated, or altered portions of the equipment to tests required by OBBC, and the Ohio Elevator Code to show that such equipment meets the requirements specified. (c) Tests of Special Equipment and Amusement Devices. The person, firm, or corporation installing, relocating, or altering special equipment or amusement devices shall, in the presence of a representative of the Commissioner, make such tests as the Commissioner may prescribe in order to determine the safety of such equipment.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3141.12 Certificates of Operation

§ 3141.12 Certificates of Operation (a) Issuing of Certificates. A Certificate of Operation shall be issued by the Commissioner when inspections and tests required by Section 3141.11 show that elevators, dumbwaiters, moving stairways, special equipment or amusement devices are installed in accordance with the provisions of OBBC, the Ohio Elevator Code and this Building Code. (b) Numbering of Elevator Certificates. A Certificate of Operation for an elevator shall show the serial number of the elevator for which it is issued. (c) Posting of Certificates. The Certificate of Operation shall be suitably framed, under glass, and shall be posted in a conspicuous location in the elevator car, or on, near, or plainly visible from the dumbwaiter, moving stairway, amusement device or special equipment to which it applies. (d) Limited Certificates. (1) The Commissioner may permit the temporary use of an elevator, dumbwaiter, or moving stairway for service during the installation or alteration of such equipment under the authority of a Limited Certificate of Operation. (2) Such Limited Certificate for an elevator shall not be issued until the elevator shall have been tested under contract load, and the car safety and terminal stopping equipment shall have been tested to determine the safety of the equipment for construction purposes, and until permanent or temporary guards of enclosures are placed on the car and around the hoistway and at the landing entrances on each floor. Landing entrance guards shall be provided with locks that can be released from the hoistway side only. Automatic and continuous pressure elevators shall not be placed in temporary operation from the landing push buttons unless door locking devices and/or interlocks required by OBBC, the Ohio Elevator Code and this Building Code are installed and operative. (e) Life of Limited Certificates. Limited Certificates of Operation shall be issued for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days. Such certificates may be renewed at the discretion of the Commissioner. (f) Posting of Special Notice. Where a Limited Certificate of Operation is issued, a notice bearing the information that the equipment has not been finally approved shall be conspicuously posted on, near or visible from each entrance to such elevator, dumbwaiter or moving stairway.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3141.13 Accidents

§ 3141.13 Accidents The owner or lessee or person in charge of any of the devices regulated under the provisions of this chapter shall immediately notify the Commissioner of every accident to any person, or damage to the device or to apparatus on or about or in connection with such device involving repairs or replacements exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) in cost, and shall afford the Commissioner every facility for investigating such accident or damage. The Commissioner shall make an investigation immediately thereafter, and shall file in his or her Division a full and complete report of such investigation. Such report shall give in detail all material facts and information available and the cause or causes so far as they can be determined. Such report shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable hours. When an accident involves the failure or destruction of any part of the construction or operating mechanism of such a device, it shall be unlawful to use such device until it has been made safe, and the Commissioner may, if he or she deems it necessary, order the discontinuance of the use of such device until a new Certificate of Operation has been issued by him or her for its use. It shall be unlawful to remove any part of the damaged construction or operating mechanism from the premises until permission to do so has been granted by the Commissioner.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3141.14 Periodic Inspections and Tests

§ 3141.14 Periodic Inspections and Tests (a) All elevators, amusement devices and special equipment shall be tested by the owner in the presence of the Commissioner, or his or her authorized representative, at least once every six (6) months, and all such devices shall be inspected by the Commissioner or his or her authorized representative at the time of testing. (b) All moving stairways, and the miscellaneous safety devices on dumbwaiters, shall be tested annually by the owner in the presence of the Commissioner or his or her authorized representative, and all such equipment shall be inspected by the Commissioner or his or her authorized representative at the time of testing. (c) All tests shall be made in conformity with the rules therefor issued by the Cleveland Board of Building Standards and Building Appeals or any rules of the Ohio Board of Building Standards.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3141.15 Order Discontinuing Use

§ 3141.15 Order Discontinuing Use Whenever the Commissioner shall, from inspection or tests of any elevator, moving stairway, dumbwaiter, amusement device, or special equipment, determine that in the interest of public safety such elevator, moving stairway, dumbwaiter, amusement device, or special equipment, or any part or appliance thereof, is out of order or in an unsafe condition, he or she shall have the power to order the discontinuance of the use of any such elevator, moving stairway, dumbwaiter, amusement device, or special equipment, and to compel the person, firm, or corporation having control or possession or use thereof to discontinue such use until such elevator, moving stairway, dumbwaiter, amusement device, or special equipment, or part of appliance thereof, has been satisfactorily repaired or replaced so that such elevator, moving stairway, dumbwaiter, amusement device or special equipment, is in a safe and proper condition. To enforce the provisions of this section the Commissioner may revoke an existing Certificate of Operation and require that it be surrendered and may seal or order the sealing of such parts of the operating mechanism as will make the device inoperative, and it shall be a violation of OBBC, the Ohio Elevator Code or this Building Code for any person or persons other than the authorized inspector of the Commissioner to break or remove such seal.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3141.16 Certificate of Inspection

§ 3141.16 Certificate of Inspection The Commissioner shall certify each elevator, dumbwaiter, moving stairway, amusement device or special equipment which, after inspection, is judged to be in conformity with the provisions of OBBC, the Ohio Elevator Code and this Building Code. Such certification shall be in the form of an endorsement on the Certificate of Operation required in Section 3141.12 and shall include the date of the inspection and the signature of the inspector.

Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 3141.17 Reshackling of Elevator Ropes

§ 3141.17 Reshackling of Elevator Ropes The hoisting ropes of power elevators having drum-type hoisting machines shall be reshackled at the car ends once every twelve (12) months on machines located over the hatchway. On machines located below or at side of the hatchway the reshackling shall be done once in every twenty-four (24) months. When an approved type emergency clamping device is installed reshackling at the periods specified shall not be required. All counterweight ropes of drum machines shall be reshackled at the counter-weight ends once in every four (4) years. Notwithstanding the requirements for reshackling within the periods specified above, reshackling shall be made when inspection reveals any evidence of weakness or failure at shackles. When ropes are reshackled there shall be attached thereto a metal tag, which shall bear the name of the person or firm who performed such reshackling and the date on which such work was performed.

Source: City of Cleveland, Ohio, Codified Ordinances and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/cleveland/latest/cleveland_oh/0-0-0-21135Fetched: 11/1/2026