Ordinance No. 2149 is a legislative act passed by the City of Miami Commission on August 2, 1939. It amends Section 4820 of Chapter 48 of Ordinance No. 1554, specifically targeting regulations for elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters, hoists, and other lifting apparatus.
Key Provisions
- Inspection Reporting: The ordinance mandates that all elevator inspectors, including those employed by insurance or casualty companies, must file full inspection reports with the Building Inspector of the City of Miami (p. 365-366).
- Certificates of Operation: The Building Inspector is authorized to issue certificates of operation based on these reports. Certificates are valid for three months for passenger elevators, freight elevators, escalators, and building hoists, and six months for dumbwaiters and hand-power freight elevators (p. 366).
- Fee Structure and Waivers: The fee for each inspection is set at 2.50 inspection fee if an approved inspector from an insurance or casualty company files a compliant report indicating safe operating conditions (p. 366). This change relates to elevator-safety-standards.
- Fund Disposition: All fees collected for City inspections are to be paid to the Tax Collector of the City of Miami, rather than being credited to a special elevator fund, thereby removing the requirement for the elevator inspection service to be entirely self-supporting (p. 367).
- Emergency Measure: The ordinance is declared an emergency measure due to urgent public need for the preservation of peace, health, safety, and welfare, allowing it to be passed without the standard two-day reading requirement (p. 367).
Significance
This ordinance represents a shift in regulatory oversight and financial responsibility for elevator safety in Miami, integrating private sector insurance inspections into the public regulatory framework and altering the municipal funding model for building code enforcement. It is detailed in 1935-Miami-Dade-Building-Code_p365_375.