Gretna, LA Building Safety: Elevator Maintenance (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Gretna Code of Ordinances § 10-250
- Inspection frequency
- Annually, by a certified elevator company
- Maintenance certificate fee
- $25.00 per car, every 12 months
- Report recipients
- Building owner and city inspections department
- Noncompliance consequence
- Elevator posted unsafe, taken out of service
Summary
In the City of Gretna, any building with a passenger or freight elevator has to have every elevator car, hoist way, and its equipment inspected annually by a certified elevator company, under Code of Ordinances § 10-250. The inspection company reports the results to the owner and to the city's regulatory and inspections department, and the city then issues a maintenance certificate for each car that passes.
The owner of any building containing one or more passengers and/or freight elevators shall have each elevator car, hoist way, and equipment inspected on an annual basis in accordance with the following:(1)This inspection shall be performed by a certified elevator company.(2)This elevator company shall provide to the owner and to the city regulatory and inspections department a report which documents that each elevator and the associated equipment has been inspected and is in safe working condition. The required report shall clearly identify each separate elevator car and shall attest to each car's proper safe operation.(3)Upon receipt of the inspection report, the city shall issue a maintenance certificate for each inspected car.(4)Failure to have any elevator certified shall be deemed a violation of the Code and may cause the elevator to be posted as unsafe and precluded from use, and subject to further penalties as may be prescribed by this Code.
Full Breakdown
Section 10-250 sits in Chapter 10, Article VI's division on mechanical inspections and requires the owner of any building with one or more passenger or freight elevators to have each elevator car, hoist way, and its associated equipment inspected on an annual basis. That inspection has to come from a certified elevator company, and the company's report has to go to both the building owner and the city's regulatory and inspections department, clearly identifying each separate elevator car and attesting to its safe operation. 00 per car or moving stair, required every 12 months.
Failing to have an elevator certified is itself a Code violation under § 10-250(4), and the city can post the elevator as unsafe and take it out of service, on top of any other penalty the Code allows. 00 nonrefundable application fee. 00 filing fee. 00 for elevators or escalators under § 10-116(a).
Violations & Fines
Failing to keep any elevator certified is a Code violation under § 10-250(4): the city can post the elevator as unsafe, take it out of service, and pursue further penalties the Code allows beyond that posting. The general penalty at § 1-8 otherwise caps a Code fine at $500.00, with each continuing day of noncompliance charged as its own separate offense.
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