Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 8, § 3034 - Car Enclosures and Car Doors and Gates
EXCEPTIONS:
EXCEPTIONS: Passenger elevators or freight elevators may have two compartments, one of which is located immediately above the other provided the compartmented elevator conforms to the following requirements:
Where one compartment is intended for freight use, its minimum rated load shall conform to the requirements of Section 3037(a) or shall be based on the freight loads to be handled, if greater than the minimum rated load required by Section 3037(a).
Where both compartments are used exclusively for freight, the minimum rated load of each compartment shall conform to the requirements of Section 3037(a).
The rated load of the elevator shall be the sum of the rated loads of the individual compartments.
The key shall be accessible to authorized personnel and no other key to the building shall unlock the emergency exit lock, except where access switches are furnished, the key used to operate the access switch may also unlock the car top emergency door lock.
EXCEPTION:
EXCEPTION: Existing wire glass or shatterproof glass in car doors.
EXCEPTIONS:
Vent openings shall reject a ball ¾ inch in diameter, or shall be protected by substantial baffles, or shall be located above a ceiling, to prevent objects projecting from the car into the hoistway.
Ventilating fans or blowers, if used, shall be securely fastened in place and located above the ceiling or outside the enclosure.
EXCEPTIONS:
Side emergency exit doors shall:
Keys for unlocking side emergency exit doors shall be kept on the premises in a location available to qualified persons in case of emergency.
Joining or laminating the two glass lites together shall be an interlayer of polyvinyl butyral not less than .060 inches thick.
The glass product-type shall meet the requirements of ANSI Z97.1-1972 for safety glazing materials and Federal Specification DD-G-00451(b).
Glass shall be centered in the sash opening with centering shims (a minimum of three shims per edge). Shims and setting blocks will be 80 to 90 durometer neoprene, permanently attached to the sash rabbet, and functioning as a cushion between the metal and the glass.
The vinyl shall be protected at all edges with a continuous protective covering or tape along all edges. The tape shall be impervious to oil, water, or solvent. Glass should not be exposed to surface temperatures exceeding 130'F for prolonged periods of time.
That portion of the enclosure in front of the counterweight, or in front of any obstruction within 4 inches of the car, shall extend to the car top. Where no car top is provided, the enclosure shall extend to the crosshead height or to a height of 8 feet if the cross head height is less than 8 feet.
This enclosure shall extend 6 inches each side of the a counterweight; and if openwork is used, shall reject a ball ½ inch in diameter.
EXCEPTION: Where the enclosure of a power freight elevator is cut away at the front of the car to make the shipper rope accessible, such opening in the enclosure shall be cut to within 30 inches of, and not less than 24 inches from, the car platform and so located as to reduce the hazard to a minimum.
EXCEPTION: Existing elevators without contacted car doors or gates in hoistways, where the upper terminal landing entrance is protected by a gate 41 inches to 45 inches high, any portion of the car top within 18 inches of the line of the edge of the threshold shall be hinged so that it will fold back if obstructed in its descent.
EXCEPTIONS:
EXCEPTION: The limited movement of elevators equipped with advance start or pulse start feature. See Section 3021(d)(1)(E).
EXCEPTION: For elevators which can be started from the car only, and whose car door or gate is provided with a door closer, and whose hoistway doors are provided with door closures and interlocks meeting the requirements of the exception to Section 3021(g), the car door or gate contact may permit starting of the car when the car door or gate is closed to within 4 inches of the nearest face of the jamb; or on center-opening doors when the doors are closed within 4 inches of each other.
EXCEPTIONS:
EXCEPTION: Elevators installed before June 5, 1947, with more than two original entrances.
EXCEPTIONS:
EXCEPTION: The height of vertically-sliding, power-operated gates permitted by Section 3034(e)(2).
EXCEPTION: Gates installed on elevators before June 5, 1947.
EXCEPTION: Gates installed on elevators before June 5, 1974.
EXCEPTION: Light bulbs mounted in a recess approximately the diameter of the bulb and recessed behind the parent surface a distance not less than the diameter of the bulb.
Notes
2. Amendment of subsection (a)(4) filed 11-6-74; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 74, No. 45).
3. Amendment of subsection (a)(4) filed 9-5-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No. 36).
4. Amendment of subsections (a)(7)(B), (d)(6) Exception No. 2, (g)(5), (g)(6) and repealer of (d)(1) Exception No. 3 and No. 4 and new Exception No. 3 filed 6-23-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No. 26).
5. Amendment of subsection (a)(4) which was filed 9-5-75 (Register 75, No. 36), was approved by the Building Standards Commission 3-26-76. History note printed in Register 78, No. 30 for technical reasons.
6. Amendment of subsections (a)(3) and (a)(4) filed 12-4-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (register 86, No. 49).
7. Editorial corrections (Register 95, No. 26).
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