Search Results "Elevator"
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Components of Accessible Routes
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Elevators [§407]
Elevators [§407]...
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Elevator Car Requirements [§407.4]
Elevator Car Requirements [§407.4] The ADA Standards specify the minimum car dimensions....
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Elevator Car Dimensions (§407.4.1)
Elevator Car Dimensions (§407.4.1)...
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Elevator Car Requirements [§407.4.2 – §407.4.5]
Elevator Car Requirements [§407.4.2 – §407.4.5] Other requirements for elevator cars include: compliant floor surfaces a maximum 1¼” horizontal clearance between car...
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Car Controls [§407.4.6 and §407.4.7]
Car Controls [§407.4.6 and §407.4.7] If more than one car control panel is provided in a car, both must comply (except in existing cars where only 1 panel must comply). Car...
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Emergency Communication [§407.4.9]
Emergency Communication [§407.4.9] The ASME A17.1 code requires a two-way means of emergency communication in elevator cars....
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Existing Elevators (Alterations)
Alterations to Existing Elevators The Standards apply to existing elevators that are altered. Compliance is determined by the scope of the project....
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Common Questions (Elevators and Platform Lifts)
Common Questions
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Elevators
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Are access key, card, or code entry systems permitted in elevators?
(Where use of stairs between levels served by an elevator is unrestricted, use of the elevator should not be restricted to key holders.)...
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Can audible signals for an elevator operate only when needed by a passenger who needs them through activation of dedicated “accessibility” control?
No, audible (and visible) signals required for elevators must function automatically at all times an elevator is operational....
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Are handrails required in elevator cars?
The ADA Standards do not require handrails in elevators cars....
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Can a more recent edition of the ASME A17.1 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators (or the ASME A18.1 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts) be used instead of the editions referenced in the Standards?
The specific editions of the ASME A17.1 and ASME A18.1 codes referenced by the ADA Standards are to be followed (although the Access Board intends to update references to keep them...
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Elevators with Standby Power [IBC §1007.4 (2003), §1003.2.13.3 (2000)]
In buildings with four or more stories above or below the level of exit discharge, at least one accessible means of egress must be an elevator with standby power and emergency signaling...
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Vertical Access
VERTICAL ACCESS Elevators: Controls; visual and audio signals 11B-407.2 Elevators: Symbols 11B-407.4.7.1...
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Vertical Access
VERTICAL ACCESS Elevators: Controls; visual and audio signals 11B-407.2 Elevators: Symbols 11B-407.4.7.1...
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407 Elevators
407 Elevators...
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407.1 General
Elevators shall comply with 407 and with ASME A17.1 (incorporated by reference, see "Referenced Standards" in Chapter 1). They shall be passenger elevators as classified by ASME A17.1....
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407.2.1 Call Controls
Where elevator call buttons or keypads are provided, they shall comply with 407.2.1 and 309.4. Call buttons shall be raised or flush....
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407.2.1.1 Height
407.2.1.1 Height. Call buttons and keypads shall be located within one of the reach ranges specified in 308, measured to the centerline of the highest operable part. EXCEPTION:...
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407.2.1.2 Size
EXCEPTION: Existing elevator call buttons shall not be required to comply with 407.2.1.2....
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407.2.1.5 Signals
Destination-oriented elevators shall not be required to comply with 407.2.1.5 provided that visible and audible signals complying with 407.2.2 indicating which elevator car to enter are...
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407.2.2.1 Visible and Audible Signals
Visible and audible signals shall not be required at each destination-oriented elevator where a visible and audible signal complying with 407.2.2 is provided indicating the elevator car...