WAC 296-96-02515   What is required for car controls?  (1) Car controls shall be located within one of the reach ranges specified in ANSI 117.1 section 308. In no instance shall the car call buttons or other device(s) used in addition to or in lieu of, be lower than thirty-six inches from the cab floor height.

EXEMPTION:

Where the elevator panel serves more than sixteen openings and a parallel approach to the controls is provided, buttons with floor designations shall be permitted to be fifty-four inches maximum above the floor.

     (2) Elevator car call sequential step scanning shall be provided where car control buttons are provided more than forty-eight inches above the floor.

     (3) Floor selection shall be accomplished by applying momentary or constant pressure to the up or down scan button. The up scan button shall sequentially select floors above the current floor. The down scan button shall sequentially select floors above the current floor. When pressure is removed from the up and down scan button for more than two seconds, the last floor selected shall be registered as a car call. The up and down scan button shall be located adjacent to or immediately above the emergency control buttons. (new requirement)

     (4) Car control buttons with floor designations shall be raised or flush.

     (5) Buttons shall be three-fourth inch minimum in their smallest dimension.

     (6) Buttons shall be arranged with numbers in ascending order. When two or more columns of buttons are provided they shall read from left to right.

     (7) Control buttons shall be identified by tactile characters complying with ANSI 117.1 section 703.

     (8) Tactile characters and Braille designations shall be placed immediately to the left of the control button to which the designations apply.

     (9) Car control keypads shall be a standard telephone keypad arrangement.

     (10) Keypads shall be identified by visual characters complying with ANSI A117.1 and shall be centered on the keypad button. The number five key shall have a single raised dot.

     (11) The dot shall have a base diameter of 0.188 inch minimum to 0.120 inch maximum, and a height of 0.025 inch minimum and 0.037 inch maximum.

     (12) Emergency controls shall have their centerlines thirty-five inches minimum above the floor.

     (13) Emergency controls including the emergency alarm shall be grouped at the bottom of the panel.

     (14) The control buttons for emergency stop, alarm, door open, door close, main entry floor, and phone shall be tactile symbols. Per ANSI table 407.4.7.1.3.

     (15) Buttons with floor designations shall be provided with visible indicators to show that a call has been registered. The visible indicator shall extinguish when the car arrives at the designated floor.

EXEMPTION:

Special purpose and residential elevators are exempt from this section.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.87 RCW. 08-23-085, § 296-96-02515, filed 11/18/08, effective 12/19/08; 07-24-041, § 296-96-02515, filed 11/30/07, effective 1/1/08.]