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.