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Washington
Cover page to Ordinance 652
The full text of the ordinance follows this cover page.
AN ORDINANCE adding Chapter ., 20 to the
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Ordinance 652 was amended or repealed by the
following ordinances.
ion(s) Repealer Repealed by Ord #�
2703
CITY OF TUKWILA
WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 4Q_
AN ORDINANCE adding Chapter 16.20 to the
Tukwila Municipal Code, establishing re-
quirements for emergency service for
elevators.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Title 16 of the Tukwila Municipal Code is hereby amended
to include Chapter 16,20, as follows:
16.20.010 Application
This chapter shall apply to every elevator in all new
buildings in excess of six stories or Sixty Five (65) feet and
in all existing buildings in excess of eight stories or Eighty
Five (85) feet in height above the highest street level providing
practical access to fire fighting equipment, in which buildings
all elevators have automatic operation.
16.20.020 Requirements
Every elevator to which this chapter applies shall be
designed and equipped to operate as an emergency service elevator,
as follows:
A manually operated "ON -OFF" switch shall be
provided inside the car, on the same wall as, or
adjacent to, the operating panel. Such switch shall
be enclosed in a fixture with a "break- glass" cover,
shall be located not less than five (5) feet, nor
more than six (6) feet, six (6) inches above the
floor, and shall be clearly labeled,
"FIRE EMERGENCY SERVICE"
The switch, when operated and placed in the "ON"
position, shall remove the car from normal service
and place it on emergency service whereby the car
shall then be only manually operable from the car
station buttons until the emergency service switch
is returned to the "OFF" position.
In elevators equipped with a photoelectric cell
device which controls the closing of automatic power-
operated elevator doors, the emergency service
switch, when actuated, shall also render the
photoelectric device inoperative.
16.20.030 Waiver
The chief of the Tukwila Fire Department may waive
the above requirements for any elevator designed for limited
or restricted use, serving only specific floors or a special
function.
this
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
PASSED B THE CITY COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR
day of 1970.
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CITY CLERK
CITY ATTORNEY
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