Phoenix, AZ Building Safety: Elevator Maintenance (2026)
Key Facts
- Powered elevator
- $100 + $10 per landing
- Escalators/dumbwaiters
- $120 each
- Staff consultation/testing
- $195/hr, 1-hr minimum
- Governs
- Appendix A.2, City Code item 216
- Administered by
- Planning and Development Dept.
Summary
Phoenix requires periodic safety inspections of elevators, dumbwaiters, and escalators, charging $100 plus $10 per landing for powered elevators and a flat $120 each for escalators, moving walks, and powered dumbwaiters.
216 Periodic Safety Inspections—Elevators, Dumbwaiters and Escalators. a. Powered Elevator (per car): $100.00 plus $10.00 per each landing. b. Escalators, Moving Walks, Inclined Lifts, and Powered Dumbwaiters: $120.00 each. c. Staff Consultation and Research and Testing Observation: $195.00 per hour, minimum $195.00 (1 hour). For installation, repair, or replacement work, see Permit Fee Table A.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance G-7524, passed June 17, 2026).
Full Breakdown
The Planning and Development Department's Appendix A.2 fee schedule sets what building owners pay for the City's periodic safety inspections of vertical conveyances. A powered elevator is inspected at $100 per car plus $10 for each landing it serves. Escalators, moving walks, inclined lifts, and powered dumbwaiters are billed at a flat $120 each. If department staff must provide consultation, research, or testing observation beyond the standard inspection, that work is billed separately at $195 per hour with a one-hour minimum. Installation, repair, or replacement of an elevator is a separate permit billed under Permit Fee Table A, not this periodic-inspection item.
Violations & Fines
This is a fee schedule item, not a penalty clause: it sets what the periodic elevator/escalator inspection costs, and does not itself state a citation, fine, or shutdown procedure for a lapsed inspection.
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