Ordinance 1632 - Laserfiche WebLink

person shall begin the construction, erection, , alteration or repair, removal or demolition of any building without first taking out such permit therefor, he shall, when subsequently taking out such permit, be required to pay double the fees hereinbefore and hereinafter provided, and shall be subject to all penal provisions of this ordinance. Section 2: That Section 125 of said Ordinance No. 1260, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: ELEVATORS. Section 125 (a) : Every passenger elevator shall be fully equipped with efficient devices for safely stopping the car in case of accident to the cables or machinery. Worm gear machines shall be provided with automatic stop and slack cable shifters. Every electric passenger elevator shall have a safety switch located in the car to enable the operator to cut off the current supply in the motor in case of necessity. Every electric passenger elevator shall be equipped with an automatic car safety device mounted underneath the platform and connected to an automatic speed governor at the top of the shaft; with a safety brake and stop motion device on the machine; with limit switches in the shaft which automatically stop the engine when the car reaches the upper or lower limits of travel. Every drum type electric passenger elevator engine shall be equipped with a slack cable device to stop the machine in case the car meets an obstruction when descending or when the cables become loose or slack from any other cause, and such slack cable device must be so arranged as to make it necessary to reset it at the machine. Every hydraulic elevator shall be equipped. with an automatic device for stopping the car at the upper and lower limits of travel, and every hydraulic machine other than those of the Plunger Type shall be equipped with an automatic car safety device