(A) Authority is granted hereby to the City Fire Department to annually inspect and license all elevator, manlift, dumbwaiter and/or escalators within corporate limits of the city in accordance with the applicable provisions of the laws of the state, including, but not limited to, 225 ILCS 312/1 et seq.
(B) The City Fire Department may enter into contracts with private inspectors to conduct the annual inspections for elevator, manlift, dumbwaiter and/or escalators in accordance with the applicable provisions of the laws of the state and the owner of any building inspected shall pay the fees charged by the inspector for such inspections plus an annual license fee. No elevator shall be placed into or kept in service without the foregoing required inspections and license.
(C) The ordinance from which the provisions of this section derive shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication in pamphlet form as provided by law. A full, true and complete copy of this section shall be published in pamphlet form, by authority of the City Council as corporate authorities.
(Prior Code, § 93.69) (Ord. 08-007, passed 2-26-2008; Ord. 2017-005, passed 2-27-2017)