Olathe, KS Building Safety: Elevator Maintenance (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- install, repair, or remodel
- Tester
- must be certified elevator inspector
- Report due
- before Certificate of Occupancy
- Covers
- elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters
Summary
Olathe requires every elevator, escalator, and dumbwaiter to be tested by a certified elevator inspector whenever it's installed, repaired, or remodeled, with the report filed before the equipment goes back into service.
3001.6 Certificate of Inspection. Each elevator, escalator, and dumbwaiter shall be tested by a certified elevator inspector/tester at the time of installation, repair, or remodel prior to placing the equipment in service. The test report shall be submitted to the Building Official prior to issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy for the building or area of work.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 26-39, passed July 21, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Section 3001.6, added to Olathe's building code, ties elevator, escalator, and dumbwaiter maintenance work to a certification requirement: any time one is installed, repaired, or remodeled, a certified elevator inspector or tester must test it before it's placed back in service, and the test report must reach the Building Official before a Certificate of Occupancy is issued for the building or work area. The Building Codes Division within the Olathe Fire Department, established at §15.02.100 as the department of building safety, administers and enforces this requirement alongside the rest of the adopted International Building Code.
Violations & Fines
Placing an elevator, escalator, or dumbwaiter back into service after repair or remodel without a certified inspector's test report is a code violation that can block the Certificate of Occupancy until the report is submitted.
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