For the purpose of assuring that conveyances are correctly and safely installed and operated within the Village of Lisle by regulating the installation, construction, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair of elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, moving sidewalks, platform lifts, stairway chairlifts, and automated people movers, there is hereby adopted by the Village the following codes, standards, and recommended practices:
(A) American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Three Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5990:
1. Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators (ASME A17.1-2019/CSA B44-2019) and Performance-Based Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators (ASME A17.7-2007 reaffirmed 2017/CSA B44.7-07 reaffirmed 2017).
2. Modification and Exclusion to the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators (ASME A17.1-2019/CSA B44-2019) adopted by the Illinois Elevator Safety Review Board:
(a) Modification: Witnessing of Initiating Devices for Fireman’s Emergency Operation. All initiating devices for all elevators shall be tested every 5 years. The test shall be witnessed by an elevator inspector. Documentation of the results of the testing of initiating devices must be kept on site in the maintenance records. All hydraulic elevators shall have this documentation completed no later than December 31, 2023. All traction elevators shall have this documentation completed at the time of their first Category 5 test after January 1, 2023. After the initial test, subsequent tests of the elevator’s initiating devices shall be conducted no later than 5 years after the date of the last test.
3. Guide for Inspection of Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walks (ASME 17.2- 2017);
4. Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators (ASME A17.3-2005), but only as required under section 35 (h) and (i) of the State of Illinois Elevator Safety Act and subsection (d) of section 1000.60 of the Illinois General Assembly’s Administrative Code;
5. Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts (ASME A18.1-2017);
6. Standard for the Qualification of Elevator Inspectors (ASME QE1-2018).
(B) American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191-4400: Automated People Mover Standards (ANSI/ASCE/T & DI 21-13). (Ord. 2022-4942, 1-3-2022)