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Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRSChapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE
Subchapter 12 - ELEVATOR SAFETY SUBCODE
Section 5:23-12.8 - Alterations, minor work, ordinary elevator maintenance

N.J. Admin. Code § 5:23-12.8

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Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024
Section 5:23-12.8 - Alterations, minor work, ordinary elevator maintenance
(a) For the purposes of this subchapter, alteration of an elevator device means any change to equipment other than minor work as provided in (b) below and ordinary maintenance, as defined at N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.7(c)6. Alteration of an elevator device shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.7 and Appendix L of the most recent edition of ASME A17.1, referenced in the building subcode, or with the applicable requirements of the most recent edition of ASME A18.1, or ASME A90.1 referenced in the building subcode.
1. For purposes of the elevator subcode, "alteration" shall mean stand-alone projects undertaken on elevator devices and, with the exception of N.J.A.C. 5:23-6.6(e)22, shall not be used to trigger any additional requirements of N.J.A.C. 5:23-6.6. If work on an elevator device or devices is part of a larger scope of work, then the appropriate category of work, as determined under the Rehabilitation Subcode, and the accompanying requirements shall apply.
(b) For the purposes of this subchapter, minor work on an elevator device shall mean work as outlined below and meeting the applicable sections and Appendix L of ASME A17.1, adopted by reference in the building subcode:
1. Alteration to hoistway enclosures--Sections 8.7.2.1.1 and 8.7.3.1 only as it pertains to Section 8.7.2.1.1;
2. Alteration to construction at top of hoistways--Section 8.7.2.1.3. Exception: Section 5.2.1.4.4 for Limited-Use/Limited-Application elevators (LULA));
3. Alteration at the bottom of hoistways--Section 8.7.2.1.4. Exception: Section 5.2.1.4.2 for Limited-Use/Limited-Application elevators (LULA);
4. Alteration to hoistways that affect control of smoke and hot gases--Section 8.7.2.1.5;
5. Construction and alteration of machine room and machinery spaces--Sections 8.7.2.7 and 8.7.3.7;
6. Installation and alteration of electrical equipment, wiring, pipes and ducts in hoistway and machine rooms--Sections 8.7.2.8 and 8.7.3.8;
7. Replacement of a controller, without any change in the type of operation or control--5:23-6.8(i)4;
8. Alteration to pits--Sections 8.7.2.2 and 8.7.3.2;
9. Alteration to bottom and top of car and counterweight clearances and runbys--Sections 8.7.2.4 and 8.7.3.4. Exception: Sections 5.2.1.4.2 and 5.2.1.4.4 for Limited-Use/Limited-Application elevators (LULA);
10. Alteration to horizontal car and counterweight clearances--Sections 8.7.2.5 and 8.7.3.5;
11. Additions, alterations or replacements of hoistway entrances--Sections 8.7.2.10 and 8.7.3.10;
12. Installation or alteration of hoistway door locking devices, access switches, parking devices and unlocking devices--Sections 8.7.2.11 and 8.7.3.11;
13. Alteration or addition of power operation of hoistway doors--Sections 8.7.2.12 and 8.7.3.12;
14. Alteration of spring buffers and bumpers--Sections 8.7.2.23 and 8.7.3.27;
15. Alteration of counterweights--Sections 8.7.2.22 and 8.7.3.26, with the exception of the addition of counterweights to previously uncounterweighted elevators;
16. Alteration of car frames and platforms--Sections 8.7.2.15.1 and 8.7.3.14;
17. Alteration of car enclosures, car doors, gates, and illumination of cars--Sections 8.7.2.14, with the exception of the installation of new cars, and 8.7.3.13;
18. Alteration to car emergency signaling devices--Sections 8.7.2.28 and 8.7.3.31.8(a);
19. Use of freight elevators to carry passengers, hydraulic elevators only--Section 8.7.2.16.3;
20. Relocation of power unit--Section 8.7.3.23.6;
21. Replacement or alteration of tanks--Section 8.7.3.29;
22. Addition or alteration of top-of-car operating devices--Sections 8.7.2.27.1 and 8.7.3.31.1;
23. Addition or alteration or car-leveling or truck-zoning--Section 8.7.2.27.2 and 8.7.3.31.2;
24. Alteration of anti-creep leveling devices--Section 8.7.3.31.3;
25. Change of power supply, hydraulic elevators only--Section 8.7.3.31.4;
26. Addition of rope equalizers--Sections 8.7.2.21.2 and 8.7.3.25.2;
27. Addition of auxiliary rope-fastening devices--Section 8.7.2.21.3;
28. Alteration of manual operating devices which are provided to manually operate elevators in case of power failure or an alteration to auxiliary power lowering operation--Section 8.7.3.31.9;
29. Alteration of handrails on escalators and moving walks--Sections 8.7.6.1.6 and 8.7.6.2.6;
30. Alteration or addition of lighting and access to interiors and related electrical work--Sections 8.7.6.1.14 and 8.7.6.2.14;
31. Alteration of entrances or egresses on escalators--Section 8.7.6.1.15;
32. Protection of Floor Openings--Sections 8.7.6.1.3 and 8.7.6.2.3; and
33. Protection of Trusses and Machinery Spaces Against Fire--Sections 8.7.6.1.4 and 8.7.6.2.4.

N.J. Admin. Code § 5:23-12.8

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 1020(a), effective 5/1/2017
Amended by 50 N.J.R. 303(a), effective 1/16/2018
Amended by 53 N.J.R. 245(a), effective 2/16/2021