Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 815 - PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 4 - Elevator Safety
Section 815 KAR 4:010 - Annual inspection of elevators, chairlifts, fixed guideway systems, and platform lifts

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, December 1, 2023

RELATES TO: KRS 198B.400, 198B.470, 198B.480, 198B.500, 198B.510, 198B.540

NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 198B.490 requires the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to promulgate administrative regulations governing the safety and inspection of elevators as defined by KRS 198B.400(1) and fixed guideway systems as defined by KRS 198B.400(11). KRS 198B.490(1) authorizes the department to prescribe, by administrative regulation, a reasonable fee to be charged for each inspection. KRS 198B.060(18) authorizes the department to establish a schedule of fees for the functions performed under KRS Chapter 198B. This administrative regulation establishes the annual inspection requirements and fees for elevators, chairlifts, fixed guideway systems, and platform lifts within the Commonwealth.

Section 1. Annual Inspection of Elevators, Chairlifts, Fixed Guideway Systems, and Platform Lifts. An annual inspection of an elevator, chairlift, fixed guideway system, or platform lift shall be conducted in accordance with the standards as established and incorporated by reference in 815 KAR 7:120, Kentucky Building Code.

Section 2. Inspection Fees.

(1) The annual inspection fee for the issuance of a certificate of operation shall be as follows:

Elevators

Inspection Fee

Stair Lift, Chairlift, Platform Lift, or Fixed Guideway System

$100

Dumbwaiter

$110

Limited Use, Limited Access (Lula)

$125

Moving Sidewalk

$125

Passenger

$125

Hydraulic

$125

Special Purpose (private residential or vertical reciprocating conveyor)

$125

Escalator

$145

Freight

$225

Traction

$125 for initial ten (10) stories; plus $10 for each additional ten (10) stories or portion thereof

(2) The fee for an inspection conducted at the request of the owner or user of a unit, other than an inspection made pursuant to a construction, installation, or alteration permit, or annual inspection, shall be subject to the same fee schedule as an annual inspection in subsection (1) of this section.

Section 3. Certificate of Approval. The department shall issue a certificate of approval after successful completion of a final inspection.

1 Ky.R. 50; eff. 10-2-1974; 5 Ky.R. 147; 819; 1068; eff. 6-6-1979; Recodified from 803 KAR 4:010, 4-1-1982; 8 Ky.R. 1174; eff. 6-2-1982; 11 Ky.R. 1917; eff. 7-9-1985; 13 Ky.R. 1651; eff. 4-14-1987; 15 Ky.R. 2286; 16 Ky.R. 17; eff. 7-7-1989; 18 Ky.R. 2432; eff. 3-7-1992; 19 Ky.R. 1893; eff. 5-10-1993; 21 Ky.R. 1384; eff. 1-9-1995; 27 Ky.R. 2237; 2790; eff. 3-22-2001; 28 Ky.R. 488; eff. 9-26-2001; 30 Ky.R. 1598; eff. 2-16-2004; 33 Ky.R. 3249; 4167; eff. 7-6-2007; 34 Ky.R. 648; 985; eff. 2-1-2008; 38 Ky.R. 334; 914; 1338; eff. 11-30-2011; 48 Ky.R. 613; eff. 3-1-2022.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 198B.060(18), 198B.490

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