Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 362.3004 - Hoistways

(1) VENTING. This is a department rule in addition to the requirements in IBC section 3004.3: A ventilation opening in a hoistway wall, where provided, shall have guards securely anchored to the supporting structure inside the hoistway. The guards shall consist of a wire-mesh screen of at least 0.0915-inch diameter steel wire with openings that will reject a ball one-inch in diameter, or expanded metal screen of equivalent strength and open area.

(2) AREA OF VENTS. This is a department rule in addition to the requirements in the exception under IBC 3004.3: The manual override control shall comply with all of the following:

(a) Be a keyed switch of the open-auto-close type with the three positions labeled, that is operated with an FEO-K1 key or other approved key.

(b) Be located adjacent to the elevator hoistway door frame at the level of fire department vehicle access, approximately 48 inches above the floor, or other approved location. This location may be behind a locked panel.

(c) Be labeled "hoistway vent control."

(3) PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. Substitute the following wording for the requirements and the exception in IBC section 3004.4:

(a) General. Except as specified in par. (b), plumbing and mechanical systems shall not be located in an elevator shaft.

(b)

1. Except as provided in subd. 2., A drain or sump complying with ss. SPS 382.33 and shall 382.36 be provided in an elevator pit. Connection of the drain or sump to a sanitary system is prohibited.

2. An elevator pit is exempt from the sump or drain requirement under subd. 1. for any of the following situations:

a. The floor of an elevator walk-in pit is level with the adjacent floor.

b. The elevator does not extend to the building's lowest floor level and the pit floor is not in contact with the earth.

c. The pit floor is above adjacent grade where the elevator hoistway shaft has one or more exterior walls.

d. The pit will not allow the entrance of ground water and will not be greater than 16 inches in depth.

3. The aggregate capacity for drainage from the pit shall be at least one of the following:

a. 30 gpm in a hoistway with one elevator.

b. 50 gpm in a hoistway with two or three elevators.

c. 80 gpm in a hoistway with four elevators.

Notes

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 362.3004

CR 00-179: cr. Register December 2001 No. 552, eff. 7-1-02; CR 01-111: r. and recr. (2) Register June 2002 No. 558, eff. 7-1-02; CR 04-016: am. (2) (intro.) Register December 2004 No. 588, eff. 1-1-05; CR 06-120: am. (2) (intro.) Register February 2008 No. 626, eff. 3-1-08; CR 10-103: r. and recr. (2) (b) Register August 2011 No. 668, eff. 9-1-11; correction in (2) (b) 1. made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7, Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672; CR 14-020: renum. (2) to (3), cr. (2), (3) (b) 2. d. Register August 2014 NO. 704, eff. 9-1-14.

See s. SPS 382.36 for the width or diameter and depth of a sump pump located in an elevator pit.