Longmont, CO Building Safety: Elevator Maintenance (2026)
Key Facts
- Inspection frequency
- Annually, all elevators (§ 16.04.450)
- Enforcing official
- Chief building official / inspection division
- Max penalty
- $500 fine and/or 90 days jail, § 1.12.010
- Appeals body
- Master Board of Appeals, chapter 16.30
- Installer license
- Class D-11 elevator specialty license, § 16.48.080
- Adopting ordinance
- Ord. No. O-2021-65, effective 11-30-2021
Summary
Longmont amends International Building Code Section 3001.1 to add one enforceable line: every elevator in the city must be inspected annually. The chief building official's inspection division enforces the requirement under chapter 16.04 of the Longmont Municipal Code, and elevator installation or repair work must be performed by a contractor holding the city's Class D-11 elevator specialty license.
Section 3001.1 of the International Building Code is amended by the following addition to sentence one:
All elevators shall be inspected annually.
( Ord. No. O-2026-23 , § 1, 6-9-2026)
Sec. 16.04.450. - Section 3202.3.1 added; awnings, canopies, marquees and signs.
Full Breakdown
450, adopted by Ordinance No. ' That sentence is the entire local elevator-maintenance rule, but it sits inside a chapter with real teeth. 12, and the city attorney may also pursue the violation in court as a public nuisance. 00 and imprisonment of up to 90 days, or both, for any Code violation that doesn't carry its own specified penalty. 30. 11 limits elevator, escalator, and dumbwaiter installation work to contractors holding a Class D-11 specialty license; Class A and B general contractors are expressly excluded from that scope unless they separately hold the D-11 license. 070 lets the city council set them by resolution instead.
Violations & Fines
Operating or maintaining an elevator without its required annual inspection is a code violation under § 16.04.120: it's a separate offense for each day it continues, and the city can also treat it as a public nuisance subject to court injunction. Chapter 16.04 assigns no elevator-specific fine, so § 1.12.010's general penalty applies: up to a $500.00 fine, up to 90 days in jail, or both, per conviction, on top of any correction order the building official issues.
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