Roseville, MN Building Safety: Elevator Maintenance (2026)

Paragraph (f) of § 906.08 sits in the mechanical and electrical requirements of Chapter 906, the property maintenance chapter the City Council adopted for Roseville. Under § 906.03(a) that chapter applies to all existing residential and nonresidential structures and premises, so an older apartment building, office or hotel with an elevator is covered.

Paragraph (f)(1) sets the baseline. Elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators must be maintained in compliance with ASME A17.1 (the printed text reads "A17. I."). The most current certificate of inspection must be on display at all times within the elevator or attached to the escalator or dumbwaiter. The alternative is to make the certificate available for public inspection in the office of the building operator. Inspections and tests must be performed at not less than the periodic intervals listed in ASME A17.1, Appendix N, unless the authority having jurisdiction specifies something else.

Paragraph (f)(2) adds an availability rule: in buildings equipped with passenger elevators, at least one elevator must be maintained in operation at all times when the building is occupied. Paragraph (f)(3) is the exception for buildings with only one elevator, which are permitted to take it out of service temporarily for testing or servicing.

Responsibility falls on the owner. Under § 906.03(c)(2), the owner or the owner's designated agent is responsible for the maintenance of buildings, structures and premises, and equipment required by the chapter must be kept in good working order. Section 906.08 carries the history note Ord. No. 1583, 4-13-2020.