§ 14-16-23. General powers and duties—Rules and regulations.

A.

It shall be the duty of the board to license elevator inspectors as provided for in this chapter, and the board shall have the power and it shall be its duty to consult with engineering authorities and organizations studying and developing safety codes, including the American Standards Association, and to determine what rules and regulations governing the qualifications, training and duties of elevator operators and the operation, maintenance, construction, alteration and installation of elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators, and the inspection of new and existing installations are adequate, reasonable and necessary to provide for the safety of life, limb and property, and to protect the public welfare, and upon such determination the board shall recommend to the city council the adoption, amendment or repeal of rules and regulations as follows:

1.

Rules and regulations for the maintenance and operation of all elevators and escalators;

2.

Rules and regulations for the construction of new elevator, dumbwaiters and escalators;

3.

Rules and regulations for the alteration of existing elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators;

4.

Rules and regulations prescribing minimum safety requirements for all existing elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators;

5.

Rules and regulations prescribing the fees for construction permits, operating permits, acceptance inspections, initial inspections and periodic inspections for new and existing elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators.

B.

Before any such rule or regulation shall be recommended by the board of elevator rules to the city council, a public hearing shall be held thereon, notice of which shall be published not less than 15 days nor more than 30 days prior to the date assigned for such hearing. The rules recommended by the board shall be amended or repealed in the same manner in which they are adopted.

C.

No alteration or amendment shall be made to the rules and regulations recommended by the board unless public hearings are held as provided in this section. Any person engaged in the inspection, alteration, construction, repair or operation of elevators, dumbwaiters or escalators or any owner or lessee thereof, may, from time to time, by written petition to the director of planning and development, request that rules and regulations recommended by the board under this section be altered or amended or the director himself or herself may request such alterations or amendments. The director shall refer such petition to the board for its consideration and recommendation, and the board shall hold public hearings with respect to the subject matter of the petition, and shall thereafter approve or disapprove such petition and report its action to the director. Such alterations or amendments approved by the board shall become effective when approved by the city council.

(Code 1967, § 49-32; Code 1985, § 46-34)