Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 301-319 - General, Part I › Chapter SPS 318 - Elevators, Escalators, and Lift Devices › Subchapter II - Definitions and Standards › Section SPS 318.1004 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1) "Agent municipality" means any
					 municipality designated as an agent of the department under s.
					 SPS 318.1012(1)
					 (a).
(2) "Alteration" means any change to
					 equipment, including its parts, components, or subsystems, other than
					 maintenance, repair, or replacement.
(3) "Approved" means acceptable to the
					 department.
(4) "ANSI" means the
					 American National Standards Institute.
(4m) "ANSI E1.42" means ANSI E1.42-2018,
Entertainment Technology - Design, Installation, and Use of Orchestra
					 Pit Lifts
, as adopted under s.
					 SPS
					 318.1005(1) and modified by this
					 chapter.
(5) "ASME" means the
					 American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
(6) "ASME A17.1" means ASME A17.1-2016/CSA
					 B44-16,
Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators,
as adopted
					 under s.
					 SPS
					 318.1005(1) and modified by this
					 chapter.
(7) "ASME A18.1" means
					 ASME A18.1-2017,
Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway
					 Chairlifts,
as adopted under s.
					 SPS
					 318.1005(1) and modified by this
					 chapter.
(8) "Building code" means
					 chs.
					 SPS
					 361 to 366, which is the Wisconsin Commercial Building
					 Code.
Note:
The Wisconsin Commercial Building
						Code, chapters
						SPS
						361 to 366, adopts by reference the
International Building Code
®
						(IBC), the
International Energy Conservation
						Code
® (IECC), the
International
						Mechanical Code
® (IMC), the
International Fuel Gas Code
®
						(IFGC), and the
International Existing Building
						Code
® (IEBC). Chapter
						SPS
						314, Fire Prevention Code, may have rules that may
						affect the maintenance and use of an existing building.
(9) "Contract date" means the date of a
					 written contract between an owner or owner's agent, and an elevator contractor
					 who is so licensed under ch. SPS 305, under which a conveyance has been or is
					 to be installed or is to undergo an alteration, repair, or
					 replacement.
(10) "Conveyance"
					 means the following types of devices, as they are subsequently defined:
(ag) "Dumbwaiter" has the meaning as given in
					 s.
					 101.981(1)
					 (d), Stats.
(ar) "Elevator" has the meaning as given in
					 s.
					 101.981(1)
					 (e), Stats.
(b) "Escalator" has the meaning as given in
					 s.
					 101.981(1)
					 (f), Stats.
(c) "Freight elevator" means an elevator used
					 primarily for carrying freight and on which only the operator and the persons
					 necessary for unloading and loading the freight are permitted to
					 ride.
(d) "Inclined platform lift"
					 means a powered hoisting and lowering mechanism designed to transport persons
					 with physical disabilities on a guided platform that travels on an
					 incline.
(e) "Limited-use,
					 limited-application elevator" means a power passenger elevator in which the use
					 and application is limited by size, capacity, speed, and rise.
(f) "Moving walk" means a type of
					 passenger-carrying device on which passengers stand or walk, and in which the
					 passenger-carrying surface remains parallel to its direction of motion and is
					 uninterrupted.
(g) "Orchestra pit
					 lift" means a permanent powered hoisting and lowering mechanism which is within
					 or adjacent to a theatrical or musical stage and which is intended to
					 accommodate performers and their equipment. "Orchestra pit lift" includes
					 orchestra elevators and stage elevators.
(h) "Part V elevator" means an elevator of
					 the private-residence type serving a commercial building and having a contract
					 date of between September 1, 1988, and April 1, 2004.
(i) "Passenger elevator" means an elevator
					 used primarily to carry persons other than the operator and persons necessary
					 for loading and unloading. This term does not include limited-use,
					 limited-application elevators, elevators in dwelling units, orchestra pit
					 lifts, special purpose personnel elevators, sidewalk elevators, rooftop
					 elevators, and type B material lifts.
(j) "Private residence elevator" means a
					 power passenger elevator which is limited in size, capacity, rise, and speed,
					 and which is installed to provide access to or within an individual dwelling
					 unit.
(k) "Rooftop elevator" means
					 a power passenger or freight elevator operating between a landing at roof level
					 and other landings, and that opens onto the exterior roof level of a building
					 through a horizontal opening.
(l)
					 "Sidewalk elevator"means a device with on-car controls for the raising or
					 lowering of materials operating between a landing in a sidewalk or other
					 exterior area and floors below the sidewalk or grade level and that opens onto
					 the exterior area through a horizontal opening.
(m) "Special purpose personnel elevator"
					 means an elevator that is to provide vertical transportation of authorized
					 personnel and their tools and equipment only; is limited in size, capacity, and
					 speed; and is permanently installed in any of the following structures:
1. Antenna towers.
2. Assembly facilities, such as installations
					 providing access to catwalks or equipment.
3. Breweries.
4. Bridge towers.
5. Dams.
6. Feed or grain facilities.
7. Mine-product drying facilities.
8. Observatories.
9. Paper mills.
10. Power plants.
11. Refineries.
12. Underground facilities, excluding
					 mine-shaft elevators.
13.
					 Wastewater treatment structures.
(o) "Stairway chairlift" means a powered
					 hoisting and lowering mechanism that is guided and equipped with a seat to
					 transport a passenger along a stairway.
(om) "Type B material lift" means a powered
					 hoisting and lowering mechanism used for carrying material and on which only
					 the operator or the person necessary for unloading and loading the material is
					 permitted to ride.
(p) "Vertical
					 platform lift" means a powered hoisting and lowering mechanism designed to
					 transport mobility-impaired persons on a guided platform that travels
					 vertically.