AMENDMENTS TO THE BOCA NATIONAL BUILDING CODE/1996

CHAPTER 30 - ELEVATORS AND CONVEYING SYSTEMS

(Add) 3001.1.1 Equipment regulated by statute: All elevators, dumbwaiters, material lifts, vertical and inclined chair lifts, limited use, limited (application) access elevators and escalators, including existing systems, shall comply with regulations adopted pursuant to Chapter 538, C.G.S. Where the provisions of this chapter conflict with other statutory or regulatory provisions, those requirements shall prevail.

(Amd) SECTION 3002.0 DEFINITIONS Add the following definition:

(Add) Code Official: For the purposes of Chapter 30, the code official shall be the municipal building official or the appropriate representative from the Division of Fire, Emergency and Building Services of the Department of Public Safety, State of Connecticut, as determined by statute and regulation.

(Amd) 3007.4 Location of vents: Vents shall be located in the side of the hoistway enclosure directly below the floor or floors at the top of the hoistway and shall open either directly to the outer air or through noncombustible ducts to the outer air. Holes in the machine room floors for the passage of ropes, cables or other moving elevator equipment shall be limited so as not to provide greater than 2 inches clearance on all sides.

Exception: Where elevator machine rooms are not located at the top of the hoistway enclosure, vents shall be permitted to be located at the top of such hoistway enclosure. Vents shall open either directly to the outer air or through noncombustible ducts to the outer air.

(Del) SECTION 3013.0 EXISTING ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS: Delete entire section without substitution.

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