§ 1107-01. General.

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(a)

The provisions of this Chapter shall govern the construction, installation, alteration, maintenance, operation, inspection, and testing of all elevators, dumbwaiters, buck hoists, escalators, moving walks, belt manlifts, and special hoisting and conveying equipment hereafter operated, installed, relocated, or altered within the city of Cincinnati.

(b)

Except as otherwise provided herein, the construction, installation, alteration, maintenance, operation, inspection, and testing of elevators shall conform to the standards referenced in Section 1107-23, Ohio Administrative Code 4101: 5-3-01 and ANSI/ASSE, "Personnel Hoists and Employee Elevators on Construction and Demolition Site."

(c)

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to portable elevating devices used to handle materials only.

(d)

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the director may permit the installation of vertical wheelchair lifts to provide for handicapped accessibility where such lifts exceed the maximum travel distance of 12 feet upon the demonstration of a hardship and an equivalent degree of safety.

(Ordained by Emer. Ord. No. 329-2016, § 5, eff. Oct. 19, 2016)

                    
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