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1. Charter
2. Title 1 General Administration
3. Title 2 Government Organization
4. Title 3 Revenue and Taxation
5. Title 4 Licenses and Permits
1. Chapter 4-1 General Licensing Provisions
2. Chapter 4-2 Beverages License
3. Chapter 4-3 Auctioneer License
4. Chapter 4-4 Building Contractor License
5. Chapter 4-5 Circus, Carnival, and Menagerie License
6. Chapter 4-6 Contractor in the Public Right-of-Way License
7. Chapter 4-7 Dog License
8. Chapter 4-8 Electrical Contractor Registration
9. Chapter 4-9 Food Service Establishment and Food Vending Machine License (Repealed)
10. Chapter 4-10 Itinerant Merchant License
11. Chapter 4-11 Mall Permits and Leases
12. Chapter 4-12 Repealed
13. Chapter 4-13 Mechanical Contractor License
14. Chapter 4-14 Mobile Home Park Permit and Mobile Home Installer's License
15. Chapter 4-15 Plumbing Contractor and Apprentice Plumber License
16. Chapter 4-16 Police Alarm Systems
17. Chapter 4-17 Secondhand Dealer and Pawnbroker License
18. Chapter 4-18 Street, Sidewalk, and Public Property Use Permits
19. Chapter 4-19 Taxi Driver License (Repealed)
20. Chapter 4-20 Fees
21. Chapter 4-21 Sign Contractor License
22. »Chapter 4-22 Elevator, Dumbwaiter, Materials Lift, Escalator, and Moving Walk License
23. Chapter 4-23 Neighborhood Parking Zone Permits
24. Chapter 4-24 Parks and Open Space Parking Permits
25. Chapter 4-25 Fire Contractor License
26. Chapter 4-26 Cemetery Permits
27. Chapter 4-27 News Box Leases and Regulation
6. Title 5 General Offenses
7. Title 6 Health, Safety, and Sanitation
8. Title 7 Regulation of Vehicles, Pedestrians, and Parking
9. Title 8 Parks, Open Space, Streets, and Public Ways
10. Title 9 Land Use Regulation
11. Title 10 Structures
12. Title 11 Utilities and Airport
13. Title 12 Human Rights
14. Title 13 Elections and Campaign Disclosures and Activities
15. Title 14 Arts
16. Index
17. Ordinances Pending Codification

Page Contents

• 4-22-1 Legislative Intent
• 4-22-2 Definitions
• 4-22-3 License Required
• 4-22-4 License Application
• 4-22-5 Authority to Deny Issuance of License
• 4-22-6 Conveyances to Which Chapter Not Applicable
• 4-22-7 Term of License
• 4-22-8 Inspections Required
• 4-22-9 Revocation

Chapter 4-22: Elevator, Dumbwaiter, Materials Lift, Escalator, and Moving Walk License⁴⁴

4-22-1 Legislative Intent.

The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public welfare by licensing public elevators, dumbwaiters, materials lift, escalators, and moving walks used in the city.

Ordinance No. 5462 (1992)

4-22-2 Definitions.

The terms used in this chapter have the meanings defined in this code and in the "Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators," included within the Building Code at chapter 10-5, "Building Code," B.R.C. 1981.

Ordinance Nos. 4984 (1986); 5462 (1992)

4-22-3 License Required.

No person shall operate any elevator, dumbwaiter, materials lift, escalator, or moving walk in the city without first obtaining a license therefor from the city manager under this chapter.

Ordinance No. 5462 (1992)

4-22-4 License Application.

An applicant may obtain an elevator, dumbwaiter, materials lift, escalator, or moving walk license after:

(a) Filing an application therefor with the city manager that includes the applicant's name, address, and the proposed or existing location of the elevator, dumbwaiter, materials lift, escalator, or moving walk;

(b) Paying the fee prescribed in section 4-20-48, "Elevator, Dumbwaiter, Materials Lift, Escalator, Moving Walk, Wheelchair Lift, and Stairway Lift Certificate Fees," B.R.C. 1981; and

(c) Providing evidence of the insurance coverage required by section 4-1-8, "Insurance Required," B.R.C. 1981.

Ordinance Nos. 5271 (1990); 5462 (1992)

4-22-5 Authority to Deny Issuance of License.

(a) The city manager may deny an application for a license under this chapter upon a finding of any of the conditions in subsection 4-1-9(a), B.R.C. 1981, or upon a determination that:

(1) The applicant has had any elevator, dumbwaiter, materials lift, escalator, or moving walk license under this code revoked or suspended;

(2) The applicant has previously failed to comply with this code or other ordinances and regulations of the city relating to an elevator, dumbwaiter, materials lift, escalator, or moving walk; or

(3) The elevator, dumbwaiter, materials lift, escalator, or moving walk does not comply with this code or other ordinances or regulations of the city.

(b) If the city manager denies a license application under this section, the manager shall follow the procedure prescribed by subsection 4-1-9(b), B.R.C. 1981.

Ordinance No. 5462 (1992)

4-22-6 Conveyances to Which Chapter Not Applicable.

Nothing in this chapter applies to the installation or operation of an elevator, dumbwaiter, materials lift, escalator, or moving walk in a private residence. For purposes of this chapter, the term "private residence" means a dwelling unit which is occupied only by the members of a single family.⁴⁵

Ordinance No. 5462 (1992)

4-22-7 Term of License.

The term of a license issued under this chapter is one year.

Ordinance No. 5462 (1992)

4-22-8 Inspections Required.

No person who is licensed or who applies for a license under this chapter shall fail, upon request by the city manager, to submit to an inspection of the elevator, dumbwaiter, materials lift, escalator, or moving walk for which such license was or is to be issued, which inspection shall be conducted as prescribed under the provisions of the "Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators," included within the Building Code at chapter 10-5, "Building Code," B.R.C. 1981.

Ordinance Nos. 4984 (1986); 5462 (1992)

4-22-9 Revocation.

The city manager may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter for the grounds and under the procedures prescribed by section 4-1-10, "Revocation of Licenses," B.R.C. 1981.

Ordinance No. 5462 (1992)

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⁴⁴ Adopted by Ordinance No. 4886.

⁴⁵ See Section 3, ANSI/ASME A17.1-1981; and paragraphs 1-2-1(b)(46) and (b)(49), B.R.C., 1981.

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