Boca Raton, FL Building Safety: Elevator Maintenance (2026)

Section 7-33 of the Boca Raton Code of Ordinances layers city-specific elevator requirements on top of Chapter 61C-5 of the Florida Administrative Code, the state's Elevator Safety Code. Every elevator must stay available for use by fire rescue services department personnel at all times. Buildings with a key-switch elevator must provide emergency auxiliary electrical power approved by the fire rescue services department, capable of running the elevator for at least 24 hours, and the transfer to auxiliary power can take no longer than 10 seconds and must happen automatically for the elevator designated for firefighter use.

On the maintenance side, the ordinance is explicit: all maintenance work and repairs to the auxiliary power equipment must be documented, and that documentation has to be posted in the generator equipment room so fire rescue services department personnel can review it at any time. The auxiliary power equipment and its automatic transfer apparatus must be tested weekly in accordance with the Florida Fire Prevention Code. Buildings constructed after January 1, 2018 must also use the standard Emergency Response Region 7 key (Yale Key No.

R-80833-2006-7) for the elevator's key-switch, stored in a keykeeper box mounted 42 to 48 inches above the floor. 54(12) must bring its elevator into compliance with these key-switch requirements as well.