Section 3002 — HOISTWAY ENCLOSURES — 2025 California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2)

3002.1 Hoistway protection. ¶

3002.1 Hoistway protection. A hoistway for elevators, dumbwaiters and other vertical-access devices shall comply with Sections 712 and 713. Where the hoistway is required to be enclosed, it shall be constructed as a shaft enclosure in accordance with Section 713. 3002.1.1 Opening protectives. Openings in fire-resistance-rated hoistway enclosures shall be protected as required in Chapter 7. Exception: The elevator car doors and the associated hoistway doors at the floor level designated for recall in accordance with Section 3003.2 shall be permitted to remain open during Phase I Emergency…

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3002.2 Number of elevator cars in a hoistway. ¶

3002.2 Number of elevator cars in a hoistway. Where four or more elevator cars serve all or the same portion of a building, the elevators shall be located in not fewer than two separate fire-resistance-rated hoistways. Not more than four elevator cars shall be located in any single fire-resistance-rated hoistway enclosure.

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3002.3 Emergency signs. ¶

3002.3 Emergency signs. A pictorial sign of a standardized design shall be posted adjacent to each elevator call station on all floors instructing occupants to use the exit stairways and not to use the elevators in case of fire. Where elevators are not a component of the accessible means of egress, the sign shall read: IN CASE OF FIRE, ELEVATORS ARE OUT OF SERVICE. USE EXIT. Where the elevator is a component of the accessible means of egress, a sign complying with Section 1009.11 shall be provided. Exception: The emergency sign shall not be required for elevators that are used for occupant…

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3002.4 Elevator car to accommodate ambulance stretcher. ¶

3002.4 Elevator car to accommodate ambulance stretcher. Where elevators are provided in buildings four or more stories above, or four or more stories below, grade plane, not fewer than one elevator shall be provided for fire department emergency access to all floors. The elevator car shall be of such a size and arrangement to accommodate an ambulance stretcher 24 inches by 84 inches (610 mm by 2134 mm) with not less than 5-inch (127 mm) radius corners, in the horizontal, open position and shall be identified by the international symbol for emergency medical services (star of life). The symbol…

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3002.5 Emergency doors. ¶

3002.5 Emergency doors. Where an elevator is installed in a single blind hoistway or on the outside of a building, there shall be installed in the blind portion of the hoistway or blank face of the building, an emergency door shall be in conformance with the Califor- nia Code of Regulations, Title 8, Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 6, Elevator Safety Orders. 30-4 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE on Jul 18, 2025 11:14 AM (CDT) THEREUNDER. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYING SYSTEMS

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3002.6 Prohibited doors or other devices. ¶

3002.6 Prohibited doors or other devices. Doors or other devices, other than the elevator car door and the associated elevator hoistway doors, shall be prohibited at the point of access to an elevator car unless such doors or other devices are readily openable from inside the car without a key, tool, special knowledge or effort. 3002.6.1 Prohibited hoistway access doors and panels. The following types of access doors and panels are prohibited in accor- dance with the California Code Regulations, Title 8, Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 6, Elevator Safety Orders: 1. Access panels or doors to…

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3002.7 Common enclosure with stairway. ¶

3002.7 Common enclosure with stairway. Elevators shall not be in a common shaft enclosure with a stairway. Exception: Elevators within open parking garages need not be separated from stairway enclosures.

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3002.8 Glass in elevator enclosures. ¶

3002.8 Glass in elevator enclosures. Glass in elevator enclosures shall comply with Section 2409.2.

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3002.9 Plumbing and mechanical systems. ¶

3002.9 Plumbing and mechanical systems. Plumbing and mechanical systems shall not be located in an elevator hoistway enclosure unless permitted by California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 6, Elevator Safety Orders. Exception: Floor drains and sumps and sump pumps shall be permitted at the base of the hoistway enclosure provided that they are indirectly connected to the plumbing system.

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3002.10 Photoelectric tube bypass switch. ¶

3002.10 Photoelectric tube bypass switch. 3002.10.1 Elevators equipped with photoelectric tube devices which control the closing of automatic, power-operated car or hoist- way doors, or both, shall have a switch in the car which, when actuated, will render the photoelectric tube device ineffective. 3002.10.2 The switch shall be constant-pressure type, requiring not less than 10 pounds (44.5N) or more than 15 pounds (66.7 N) pres- sure to actuate. 3002.10.3 The switch shall be located not less than 6 feet (1829 mm) or more than 6 feet 6 inches (1981 mm) above the car floor and shall be located…

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3002.11 Pit access door. ¶

3002.11 Pit access door. Where separate pit access door(s) are required for access to pit(s) located below the bottom hoistway door landing, permanent stairway access shall be provided to the access door.

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