Boulder, CO Building Safety: Elevator Maintenance (2026)
Key Facts
- Maintenance standard
- ASME A17.1
- Inspection certificate
- Must be posted/on display
- License required
- Yes, from city manager, Ch. 4-22
- License term
- One year
- Inspection interval
- Per State of Colorado requirement
- Private residence elevators
- Exempt from Ch. 4-22 license
Summary
Boulder requires elevators, dumbwaiters, and escalators to be maintained to ASME A17.1 with a current inspection certificate on display, and separately requires every public elevator to be licensed under B.R.C. 1981 Chapter 4-22.
606.1 General. Elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators shall be maintained in compliance with ASME A17.1. The most current certificate of inspection shall be on display at all times within the elevator or attached to the escalator or dumbwaiter, be available for public inspection in the office of the building operator or be posted in a publicly conspicuous location approved by the State of Colorado. The inspection and tests shall be performed at not less than the periodic intervals as required by the State of Colorado.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 167 Update 3).
Full Breakdown
1 safety code, with the most current certificate of inspection on display in the elevator, attached to the escalator or dumbwaiter, or posted in a publicly conspicuous location approved by the State of Colorado, and inspections and tests performed at least as often as the state requires. Separately, Chapter 4-22 licenses the equipment itself: Section 4-22-3 makes it unlawful to operate any elevator, dumbwaiter, materials lift, escalator, or moving walk in the city without a license from the city manager, obtained under Section 4-22-4 by filing an application, paying the fee set by Section 4-20-48, and providing proof of the insurance required by Section 4-1-8.
A license runs one year from issuance under Section 4-22-7, and Section 4-22-8 requires the licensee to submit to an inspection whenever the city manager requests one, conducted under the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators in the Building Code, Chapter 10-5. Elevators inside a private residence are exempt under Section 4-22-6.
Violations & Fines
Under Section 4-22-5, the city manager can deny a license application if the applicant has had an elevator license revoked or suspended, has previously failed to comply with the code, or the equipment itself does not comply. Section 4-22-9 lets the city manager suspend or revoke an existing license for the grounds and procedures set out in Section 4-1-10, Revocation of Licenses, B.R.C. 1981, and failing to submit to a requested inspection under Section 4-22-8 is itself a basis for that action.
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