(1) All equipment shall be operated by eligible users only. It shall be unlawful for members of the general public and for persons other than eligible users to operate the equipment. If the equipment is installed within a residential building as defined in Section 17-17-02146 or within a detached garage located on the same lot as a residential building, the equipment shall be operated by a valet or an attendant employed by the equipment’s owner or owned and operated by an owner or resident of a dwelling unit within the residential building. If the equipment is installed within a non-residential building, the equipment shall be operated by a valet or an attendant employed by the equipment’s owner.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to occupy any vehicle or pallet located on any equipment if the equipment is moving or is causing a vehicle or pallet to move, except as necessary for maintenance, repair, installation or inspection.
(3) All equipment shall be used to move vehicles only; provided, however, that manual operating equipment may be used to move pallets, with or without vehicles, vertically above the floor level position of the pallet and to return the pallet to floor level.