Erie, PA Building Safety: Elevator Maintenance (2026)

72 states plainly that the Uniform Construction Code provisions on elevators and other lifting devices, found in 34 Pa. Code Chapter 405 as amended from time to time, are adopted by the City of Erie but will be administered by the Department of Labor and Industry, not by Erie's own Building Code Official. The definitions section of the same chapter describes an elevator as a hoisting or lowering device governed by ASME standards adopted by the Department under the Uniform Construction Code, along with other lifting devices covered by the Code.

55(f) confirms the split in practice: the Department, not a City Building Code Official, may seal an elevator found to be in an unsafe condition under Section 105(c)(1) of the Act, and the Department is the only entity that may remove or authorize removal of that seal once the owner corrects the problem. 72 also always applies to health care facilities regardless of any other exemption elsewhere in the chapter, so a hospital or nursing home elevator in Erie is never outside this state-administered framework.

In practice, an Erie building owner with an elevator, escalator or other lifting device deals directly with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry for licensing, inspection and any unsafe-condition seal, rather than filing with the City's Bureau of Building Standards and Safety the way a routine electrical or plumbing permit would be handled.