WAC 296-96-23810   What requirements apply to electrically operated sidewalk elevators?  Where the top opening is located in the sidewalk or other area exterior to the building, all electrical equipment on the car or in the hoistway must be weatherproof. The operation of power sidewalk elevators through openings in the sidewalk, or through openings in other exterior areas which are protected by hinged doors or vertically lifting covers, must conform to these following requirements:

     (1) The elevator must be operable in both the up and down directions through the opening, only from the sidewalk or other exterior area. The operations must be by means of:

     (a) Key-operated continuous pressure type, up and down switches; or

     (b) Continuous pressure type up and down operating buttons on the free end of a detachable, flexible cord five feet or less in length.

     (c) Continuous pressure type up and down operating buttons may be installed on the elevator car providing the control is so designed that the buttons will not function unless the sidewalk doors are locked in the open position and that a safety screen that will open and close with the car is installed.

     (2) Key-operated switches must be of continuous pressure spring-return type, with the key removable only when the switch is in the off position.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.87.020, 70.87.030, 70.87.034, 70.87.120, 70.87.185 and chapter 70.87 RCW. 01-02-026, § 296-96-23810, filed 12/22/00, effective 1/22/01.]