Brooklyn Park, MN Building Safety: Elevator Maintenance (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing standard
- Minnesota Elevator and Related Devices Code
- Certificate posting
- Displayed at elevator or escalator
- Alternative posting
- Available at building operator's office
- Inspection frequency
- Per state code's periodic intervals
- Enforcement
- Building Official as Code Official
Summary
Elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators in the City of Brooklyn Park must be maintained under the Minnesota Elevator and Related Devices Code, with a current inspection certificate posted at the elevator or escalator, or kept available for public inspection at the building operator's office.
Section 606.1 General. Elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators shall be maintained in compliance with Minnesota Elevator and Related Devices Code. 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 code official. The inspection and tests shall be performed at not less than the periodic intervals listed in the Minnesota Elevator and Related Devices Code, except where otherwise specified by the authority having jurisdiction.
Full Breakdown
1, General, for the City of Brooklyn Park. It requires elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators to be maintained in compliance with the Minnesota Elevator and Related Devices Code, not a separate city standard, so building owners follow the state's inspection and maintenance regime. The section is specific about proof of compliance: the most current certificate of inspection must be on display at all times within the elevator itself, or attached to the escalator or dumbwaiter, or otherwise available for public inspection in the office of the building operator, or posted in a publicly conspicuous location the code official approves.
Inspections and tests must happen at least as often as the periodic intervals set in the Minnesota Elevator and Related Devices Code, except where the authority having jurisdiction specifies otherwise. Because the substantive maintenance and testing standard is the state elevator code, Brooklyn Park's own contribution is the certificate-posting and inspection-access requirement layered on top of it, enforced through Chapter 106's property maintenance framework. 4. The chapter, including this amendment, was last updated by Ordinance 2025-1313, passed June 9, 2025, following earlier amendments in 2001, 2009 and 2016.
Violations & Fines
Operating an elevator, dumbwaiter or escalator without a current, properly posted or accessible inspection certificate, or without maintenance meeting the Minnesota Elevator and Related Devices Code's intervals, is a Property Maintenance Code violation under Section 106.02(G): prosecution within state or local law limits, with each day the violation continues after notice a separate offense, plus placarding authority under Section 106.02(J).
Frequently Asked Questions
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