Section 1124A — ELEVATORS AND PLATFORM (WHEELCHAIR) LIFTS — 2025 California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2)

1124A.1 General. ¶

1124A.1 General. Elevators provided in covered multifamily buildings shall be accessible. Elevators required to be accessible shall comply with this chapter, ASME A17.1 (Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators), Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, under “Elevator Safety Orders,” and any other applicable safety regulations of other administrative authorities having jurisdiction. Exception: Private elevators serving only one dwelling unit.

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1124A.2 Location. ¶

1124A.2 Location. Passenger elevators shall be located on a major accessible route and provisions shall be made to ensure that they remain accessible and usable at all times that the building is occupied.

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1124A.3 Size of cab and control locations. ¶

1124A.3 Size of cab and control locations. 1124A.3.1 General. Elevators serving covered multifamily buildings shall be sized to accommodate a wheelchair in accordance with this section. Exception: When the enforcing agency determines that compliance with any requirement of this section would create an unrea- sonable hardship, an exception to the requirement shall be granted when equivalent facilitation is provided, and where it can be demonstrated that a person using a wheelchair can enter and operate the elevator. 1124A.3.2 Car inside. The elevator car shall be designed to comply with one of…

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1124A.4 Hall call buttons. ¶

1124A.4 Hall call buttons. Call operation buttons and keypads shall be located within one of the reach ranges specified in Section 1138A.3, measured to the centerline of the highest operable part. Buttons shall have square shoulders, shall be a minimum of [ 3] / 4 inch (19.1 mm) in size, and shall be raised [1] / 8 inch (3.2 mm) plus or minus [1] / 32 inch (0.8 mm) above the surrounding surface. The button designating the “Up” direction shall be on top. A clear floor or ground space complying with Section 1138A.1.4 shall be provided at call controls. Visual indication shall be provided to…

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1124A.5 Minimum illumination. ¶

1124A.5 Minimum illumination. The minimum illumination at the car controls threshold and the landing when the car and landing doors are open shall not be less than 5 foot-candles (54 lx).

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1124A.6 Hall lantern. ¶

1124A.6 Hall lantern. A visual and audible signal shall be provided at each hoistway entrance indicating to the prospective passenger the car answering the call and its direction of travel as follows: 1. The visual signal for each direction shall be a minimum of 2 [ 1] / 2 inches (63.5 mm) high by 2 [ 1] / 2 inches (63.5 mm) wide, and visible from the proximity of the hall call button. 2. The audible signal shall sound once for the “up” direction and twice for the “down” direction or of a configuration which distin- guishes between up and down elevator travel. Audible signals shall have a…

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1124A.7 Door delay. ¶

1124A.7 Door delay. 1124A.7.1 Hall call. The minimum acceptable time from notification that a car is answering a call (lantern and audible signal) until the doors of the car start to close shall be calculated by the following equations, but shall be no less than 5 seconds: T = D / (1.5 ft/s) or T = D / (445 mm/s) Where T is the total time in seconds and D is the distance from a point in the lobby or landing area 60 inches (1524 mm) directly in front of the farthest call button controlling that car to the centerline of its hoistway door (see Figure 11A-7D). For cars with in-car lanterns, T…

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1124A.8 Doorjamb marking. ¶

1124A.8 Doorjamb marking. The floor level at all elevator hoistway entrances shall be designated by raised characters provided on both jambs. Characters shall be 2 inches (50.8 mm) in height located 48 inches (1219 mm) minimum above the finish floor, measured from the baseline of the lowest Braille cells, and 60 inches (1524 mm) maximum above the finish floor, measured from the baseline of the highest line of raised characters. On the main entry level, a raised five-pointed star shall be placed to the left of the raised character. The outside diameter of the star shall be 2 inches (50.8 mm)…

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1124A.9 Door protective and reopening devices. ¶

1124A.9 Door protective and reopening devices. Doors closed by automatic means shall be provided with a door-reopening device that will function to stop and reopen a car door and adjacent hoistway door in case the car door is obstructed while closing. This reopening device shall also be capable of sensing an object or person in the path of a closing door without requiring contact for activation at a nominal 5 inches and 29 inches (127 mm and 737 mm) above the floor. Door-reopening devices shall remain effective for a period of not less than 20 seconds. After such an interval, the doors may…

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1124A.10 Operation and leveling. ¶

1124A.10 Operation and leveling. The elevator shall be automatic and be provided with a self-leveling feature that will automatically bring the car to the floor landings within a tolerance of plus or minus [1] / 2 inch (12.7 mm) under rated loading to zero loading conditions. This self-leveling shall, within its zone, be entirely automatic and independent of the operating device and shall correct the overtravel or undertravel. The car shall also be maintained approximately level with the landing, irrespective of load. The clearance between the car platform sill and the edge of the hoistway…

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1124A.11 Platform (wheelchair) lifts. ¶

1124A.11 Platform (wheelchair) lifts. 1124A.11.1 General. Platform (wheelchair) lifts may be provided between levels, in lieu of passenger elevators, when the vertical distance between landings, as well as the structural design and safeguards are as allowed by ASME A18.1 (Safety Standard for Plat- form Lifts and Stairway Chair Lifts), California Code of Regulations, Title 8 (Elevator Safety Orders), and any applicable safety regulations of other administrative authorities having jurisdiction. If lifts are provided, they shall be designed and constructed to facilitate unassisted entry,…

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