Int 0795-2022
Elevator requirements in newly built residential buildings.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2022-10-27
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2022-10-27Passed: 2023-12-31
Summary
This bill would amend the city Building Code to require that new five or six story buildings need only have an elevator that accommodates a wheelchair, and not an elevator that accommodates an ambulance stretcher. For new buildings built seven or more stories high, the requirement to install elevators that can accommodate an ambulance stretcher would continue to apply.
Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.
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This bill: 430 days in committee
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Sponsors (2)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2022-10-27 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2022-10-27 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2023-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2022-10-27 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (5)
- Summary of Int. No. 795
- Int. No. 795
- October 27, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-27-22
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 27, 2022
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 3002.4.2 of the New York city building code, as amended by local law 126 for the year 2021, is amended to read as follows:
3002.4.2 Elevator car to accommodate ambulance stretcher. Where elevators are provided in buildings [five] seven or more stories above, or [four] six or more stories below grade plane, or underground buildings as described in Section 405.1, not fewer than one elevator subject to Section 3003.3 shall be provided with an elevator car 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 shall be not less than 3 inches (76 mm) in height and shall be placed on both jambs of the hoistway entrances on each floor. Standby power shall be required for such an elevator if it serves a building subject to Section 3002.4.1.
Exceptions:
1. An elevator serving not more than one individual dwelling unit in a building pursuant to Section 3002.4.3.1 or 3002.4.3.2.
2. Limited-Use/Limited-Application (LULA) elevators (25 feet maximum rise).
� 2. Chapter 30 of the New York city building code is amended by adding a new section 3002.4.2.1 to read as follows:
3002.4.2.1 Elevator car to accommodate wheelchair. Where elevators are provided in buildings five or more stories above, or four or more stories below grade plane, or underground buildings as described in Section 405.1, not fewer than one elevator subject to Section 3003.3 shall be provided with an elevator car of such a size and arrangement to accommodate a wheelchair, meeting the dimensional requirements in Section 407.4.1 of ICC A117.1. Standby power shall be required for such an elevator if it serves a building subject to Section 3002.4.1.
Exceptions:
1. An elevator serving not more than one individual dwelling unit in a building pursuant to Section 3002.4.3.1 or 3002.4.3.2.
2. Limited-Use/Limited-Application (LULA) elevators (25 feet maximum rise).
� 3. This local law takes effect immediately.
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