Ohio Code 4105.16 – Permit for erection or repair – final inspection
Before any new installation of an elevator of permanent nature is erected or before any existing elevator is removed to and installed in a different location, an application of specifications in duplicate shall be submitted to the division of industrial compliance giving such information concerning the construction, installation, and operation of said elevator as the division may require on forms to be furnished by the division, together with complete construction plans in duplicate. In all cases where any changes or repairs are made which alter its construction of classification, grade or rated lifting capacity, except when made pursuant to a report of an inspector, an application of specifications in duplicate shall be submitted to the division, containing such information, or approval, except in those municipal corporations which maintain their own elevator inspection departments, in which event such specifications shall be submitted to the elevator department of the municipal corporation for its approval, and if approved, a permit for the erection or repair of such elevator shall be issued by the municipal corporation. Upon approval of such application and construction plans, the superintendent of industrial compliance shall issue a permit for the erection or repair of such elevator. No new elevator shall be operated until completion in accordance with the approved plans and specifications, unless a temporary permit is granted by the division.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4105.16
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Elevator: includes dumb-waiters other than hand-powered dumb-waiters, escalators, manlifts, moving walks, of the endless belt type, other lifting or lowering apparatus permanently installed on or between rails or guides, and all equipment, machinery, and construction related to any elevator; but does not include construction hoists and other similar temporary lifting or lowering apparatuses, ski lifts, chairlifts installed in a private residence, a lifting device installed in a showroom for demonstration purposes only, traveling, portable amusement rides or devices that are not affixed to a permanent foundation, or nonportable amusement rides or devices that are affixed to a permanent foundation. See Ohio Code 4105.01
- General inspector: means a state inspector examined and hired to inspect elevators and lifting apparatus for that state. See Ohio Code 4105.01
- Inspector: means either a general or special inspector. See Ohio Code 4105.01
- Special inspector: means an inspector examined and commissioned by the superintendent of industrial compliance to inspect elevators and lifting apparatus in the state. See Ohio Code 4105.01
The final inspection, before operation, of a permanent, new or repaired elevator shall be made by a general inspector or a special inspector designated by the superintendent.