Additional Code Requirements
Urgent Elevator & Escalator Upgrades (Act Now)
Retroactive Code Alert
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Retroactive Code Alert -
Time consuming and costly upgrades required by December 31, 2026.
Restricted opening of hoistway doors and/or car doors on automatic passenger elevators. Automatic passenger elevators shall comply by January 1, 2027. (2.7.5)
Locks on Elevators and Elevator Hoistway Doors. All elevators shall comply by January 1, 2027. In all buildings, no switch, lock or device of any kind shall be installed on any floor on or above the street floor on any passenger elevator car or hoistway sliding door. Freight elevators, and passenger elevators with swing-type hoistway doors, are permitted to have locks provided that they are openable by the city-wide standard key 2642 and the New York City Fire Department Standard 1620 key. (2.7.7)
(ee) limited-use/limited-application elevators within the scope of ASME A17.1, except for section 3.10.12 of this code, where such limited-use/limited-application elevators shall achieve compliance by January 1, 2027.
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Please contact DTM John Paeth: JPaeth@dtminc.net (646) 603-9016 or Donald Franklin: dfranklin@dtminc.net (917) 698-4139 with any questions or concerns regarding the D.O.B. Code Requirements.