Los Angeles Municipal Code Part 2 Permits, Plan Checks, Fees, Inspections

(a) The Department shall cause to be inspected and tested once every year all elevator equipment or related devices governed by this Code. (Amended by Ord. No. 158,949, Eff. 6/21/84.)

(b) The Department shall have its representative present to witness all tests made on elevator safety devices, governors and other safety equipment. Every such device shall be stamped with the proper identification and date before the Department may approve such device for use. (Relettered (b) by Ord. No. 158,949, Eff. 6/21/84.)

(c) The Department shall charge and collect a fee for each periodic inspection made by the Department as follows: (Amended by Ord. No. 180,868, Eff. 10/22/09.)

Private residence elevator.....$58.00 Dumbwaiter.....$71.00 (with automatic transfer).....$123.00

Sidewalk elevator.....$162.00 Hand elevator.....$58.00 Escalator and Moving Walk.....$162.00 Inclined Elevator.....$162.00 Hydraulic Elevator - Direct Plunger and Cabled.....$162.00 Cabled elevator: 10 landings or under.....$214.00 11 landings but under 20 landings.....$286.00 21 landings and over.....$357.00 Fire or Emergency Operation.....$84.00 Seismic device operation.....$84.00 Manlift.....$156.00 Vertical Platform (wheelchair) Lift.....$71.00 Inclined Platform (wheelchair) Lift.....$71.00 Stairway Chair lift.....$71.00 Material Lift with Automatic Transfer Device.....$214.00 Vertical and Inclined Reciprocating Conveyor.....$214.00 Rack and Pinion Elevator.....$214.00 Special Purpose Personnel Elevator.....$214.00 Automated Guided Vehicles on Guide Ways.....$143.00 per hour Conveyance used for Construction.....$143.00 per hour

(d) The periodic inspection fees for any conveyance not listed in Subsection (c), above, that is required to be inspected pursuant to this section, shall be based on similar devices as determined by LAMC Section 92.0202. (Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.)

(Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.)

Whenever special enforcement procedures are required to obtain compliance with properly executed Department notices or orders, a fee, as specified in LAMC Section 98.0407, shall be assessed.

Whenever any work for which a permit is required under the provisions of this Code has been commenced without the authorization of such permit, a special investigation shall be made before a permit may be issued for such work. In addition to the permit fee, an investigation fee shall be collected under LAMC Section 98.0402. (Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.)

No permit shall be issued when an investigation fee is due until such fee has been paid.

The payment of the investigation fee shall not exempt any person from compliance with the provisions of this Code nor from any penalty prescribed by law.

(Amended by Ord. No. 174,861, Eff. 11/14/02, Oper. 11/1/02.)

(a) No person shall install, construct or reconstruct any device regulated by this Code without first obtaining a permit from the Department.

(b) No person shall perform any work in or on any existing elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator, moving walk, inclined elevator, manlift (including any other personnel lift), private residential elevator, private residential

inclined elevator, private residential inclined stairway chairlift, private residential wheelchair lift, reciprocating conveyor, wheelchair lift and inclined stairway chair lift and related devices regulated by this Code so as to change its type, design or purpose to a different type, design or purpose without first obtaining a permit from the Department.

(c) (Amended by Ord. No. 180,868, Eff. 10/22/09.) The Department shall, before issuance of a Certificate of Inspection, charge and collect a fee of $26.00 for each installation permit.

The fees specified in this subsection shall be increased by 12.5% for all construction or work required to comply with Title 24, California Administrative Code, Section 1-110, et seq., the state's handicapped access and adaptability requirements.

(d) Upon completion of any of the work enumerated in this section for which an installation permit has been issued, the Department shall inspect the work and collect a fee of $143.00 for each hour or portion of an hour for each acceptance inspection and issue a Certificate of Inspection, if and when the work is found to comply with the requirements of this Code. (Amended by Ord. No. 180,868, Eff. 10/22/09.)

The fees specified in this section shall be increased by 12.5% for all construction or work required to comply with the State's disabled access and adaptability requirements in Title 24, of the California Code of Regulations. (Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.)

(e) Application for all permits shall be made upon forms provided by the Department.

(f) The fee for field consultations shall be $143.00 per hour or any fraction of an hour. (Amended by Ord. No. 180,868, Eff. 10/22/09.)

(Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.)

(a) Before formally accepting a set of plans and specifications for checking, the Department shall collect a plan check fee.

(b) Plan checking fees shall be as follows:

Dumbwaiter, each.....$100.00 Sidewalk elevators, each.....$100.00 Private residential elevator, each.....$100.00 Escalators and moving walks, each.....$158.00 Hydraulic elevator-Direct Plunger, each.....$129.00 Hydraulic Elevator-Cabled, each.....$432.00 Cabled elevators, each.....$432.00 Inclined elevator, each.....$432.00 Vertical Platform (Wheelchair) Lift, each.....$100.00 Inclined Platform (Wheelchair) Lift, each.....$100.00 Stairway Chair Lift, each.....$100.00 Material Lift, each.....$129.00 Reciprocating Conveyer, each.....$129.00 Rack and Pinion Elevator, each.....$432.00 Conveyances not covered in this list.....$208.00/unit. If plan check time exceeds 2 hours, the Department will collect a plan check fee as specified in LAMC Section 98.0415(e). Modernizations and Alterations.....$208.00. If plan check time exceeds 2 hours, the Department will collect a fee as specified in LAMC Section 98.0415(e).

(c) The plan check fees required by the provisions of this section are in addition to the inspection fees required elsewhere in this Code. The total plan check fee shall be paid at the time plans are submitted for plan check.

(d) The Department may collect a plan check fee as specified in LAMC Section 98.0415(e) for the plan checking of any custom, specialized or non-standard elevator or related equipment, or for any elevator or related equipment not included in the above plan check schedule.

(e) Off-hour Plan Check. Upon request by an applicant and accepted by the Department, an off-hour plan check fee per LAMC Section 98.0422 may be collected.

(Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.)

The Department may, at its discretion, make emergency inspections at other than normal working hours, upon the request of a permittee, provided that additional fees are paid as specified in LAMC Section 98.0406.

All elevator equipment, including controls, doors, interlocks, machinery, governor, safety devices, switches and any other devices designed for the operation of the equipment governed by this Code shall be approved by the Superintendent of Building before they may be in stalled or used. The Superintendent of Building shall have the authority to establish rules and regulations in connection therewith.

(Amended by Ord. No. 171,668, Eff. 8/28/97.)

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person having possession or custody of or authority or control over any premises where any equipment or device mentioned in this Code is installed, whether as owner, lessee, licensee, trustee, mortgagee, management company, or representative, officer, employer or agent thereof, or as building manager or custodian, or in any capacity whatsoever: (Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.)

1. To permit on such premises the installation of any elevator or other equipment or device for which a permit is required by this article unless such permit shall first have been obtained from the Department.

2. To permit on such premises the doing of any work for which a Certificate of Registration is required by this article except by a person holding such Certificate.

3. To use or permit the use of any elevator or other equipment or device required by this article to be inspected and approved by the Department unless such equipment shall first have been inspected and

approved and all fees paid.

4. To use or permit the use of any elevator, equipment or device the use or operation of which has been prohibited by the Department.

5. To obstruct or interfere with the Department or any Safety Engineer thereof in making any inspection required by law or ordered by the Superintendent of Building.

(b) Any person having possession or custody of or authority or control over any premises whereon any equipment or device mentioned in this code is installed, whether as owner, lessee, licensee, trustee, mortgagee, management company, or representative, officer, employer or agent thereof, or as building manager or custodian, or in any capacity whatsoever shall be responsible to install and maintain the following signs:

1. Elevators

   A. A sign of durable material with letters of not less than 1/8-inch in height shall be posted in each elevator machine room displaying the telephone number or numbers to call for emergency service. The number or numbers shall be for an individual possessing a current Journey-Level Elevator Mechanic Certificate issued by the City or elevator service company employing an individual so certified. The person or company must be able to provide service at the hours the elevators are expected to be operating. A similar sign shall be posted in the building manager’s premises or other appropriate location.

   B. A sign shall be posted in each elevator car in letters of not less than 1/8-inch in height instructing passengers on the procedure for seeking assistance should the elevator become inoperative and instructing them to remain in the car until assistance arrives and not to attempt to force the doors or hatch open.

2. Escalators. All escalators shall have conspicuously displayed at each entrance a sign of durable material in accordance with ASME 17.1-1996, Rule 805.9. (Amended by Ord. No. 174,861, Eff. 11/14/02,

Oper. 11/1/02.)

3. Landings. An approved pictorial sign of a standardized design shall be posted adjacent to each elevator corridor call station to indicate that, in case of fire, the elevator will not operate and the exit stairways should be used. The pictograph shall be at least five inches (127 mm) wide and eight inches (230 mm) high. (See ASME A-17.1-96, Appendix H). (Amended by Ord. No. 174,861, Eff. 11/14/02, Oper. 11/1/02.)

   PART 3

ENFORCEMENT

(Amended by Ord. No. 184,692, Eff. 12/30/16.)

The powers of the Department and the Board are enumerated in LAMC Section 98.0403.1.

(Amended by Ord. No. 184,692, Eff. 12/30/16.)

Appeals or requests for slight modifications in individual cases from the requirements of this Code shall be made in accordance with the procedures established in LAMC Section 98.0403.2.

(Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.)

Permits and plan checks shall expire as provided in LAMC Sections 98.0602, 98.0603 and 98.0604.

(a) The issue of a permit is not an approval or authorization of the work specified therein. A permit is merely an application for inspection, the issuance of which entitles the permittee to inspection of the work which is described therein.

(b) Neither the issuance of a permit nor the approval by the Department of any document shall constitute an approval of any violation of any provision of this Code or of any other law or ordinance; and a permit or other document purporting to give authority to violate any law shall not be valid with respect thereto.

Neither the City of Los Angeles, nor any department, board, commission, officer or employee thereof shall be held liable or responsible for any damage or injury caused by or resulting from the issuance of any permit, or any inspection or approval made under the provisions of this Code.

(Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.)

Any suspension or revocation authorized herein shall be done in accordance with the provisions of Article 8, Chapter IX of the LAMC.

(Amended by Ord. No. 185,587, Eff. 7/16/18.)

New or alternate materials and methods of construction may be approved by the Department in accordance with the provisions of Article 8, Chapter IX of the LAMC.