Chapter 30 — ELEVATORS AND CONVEYING SYSTEMS
Section 3001 — GENERAL
2025 California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2) · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · California
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3001.1 Scope. ¶
3001.1 Scope. This chapter governs the design, construction, installation, alteration and repair of elevators and conveying systems and their components.
3001.2 Elevator emergency communication systems. ¶
3001.2 Elevator emergency communication systems. An elevator emergency two-way communication system that includes both visual and audible communication modes complying with the requirements in California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Division 1, Chap- ter 4, Subchapter 6, Elevator Safety Orders, shall be provided in each elevator car. The system shall provide a means to enable authorized personnel to verify: 1. The presence of someone in the car. 2. That the person(s) is trapped. Once an entrapment is verified, the system shall enable authorized personnel to: 1. Determine if assistance is…
3001.3 Referenced standards. ¶
3001.3 Referenced standards. The design, construction, installation, alteration, repair and maintenance of elevators and conveying systems and their components shall conform to California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 6, Elevator Safety Orders, and the applicable standard specified in Table 3001.3 and Section 3001.6. TABLE 3001.3—ELEVATORS AND CONVEYING SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTSCol2 ------ TYPESTANDARD Automotive liftsALI ALCTV Belt manliftsASME A90.1 Conveyors and related equipmentASME B20.1 Elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters, moving walks, material liftsASME…
3001.5 Change in use. ¶
3001.5 Change in use. A change in use of an elevator from freight to passenger, passenger to freight, or from one freight class to another freight class shall comply with California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 6, Elevator Safety Orders.
3001.6 Structural design. ¶
3001.6 Structural design. All interior and exterior elevators, escalators and other conveying systems and their components shall comply with all applicable design loading criteria in Chapter 16, including wind, flood and seismic loads established in Sections 1609, 1612 and 1613.
3001.7 Elevators utilized to transport hazardous materials. ¶
3001.7 Elevators utilized to transport hazardous materials. Elevators utilized to transport hazardous materials shall also comply with the California Fire Code Sections 5003.10.2.2, 5003.10.4 through 5003.10.7. on Jul 18, 2025 11:14 AM (CDT) THEREUNDER. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYING SYSTEMS