Schaumburg, IL Building Safety: Elevator Maintenance (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum elevators
- 2, with independent machine rooms
- Applies to
- Multi-story senior living facilities
- During maintenance
- At least 1 elevator must stay operational
- Emergency standard
- 2021 IBC Chapter 30 Emergency Operations
- Sizing requirement
- Must fit an emergency response gurney
- State code referenced
- Illinois Elevator Safety Code (§153.02(d)(2))
Summary
Multi-story senior living facilities in Schaumburg must run at least two passenger elevators with independent machine rooms, so one keeps working while the other is down for maintenance or repair. Village Code § 153.17 also requires every elevator to meet the 2021 IBC's emergency operations standard and fit an emergency response gurney.
While several different variables may determine requirements for a minimum number of elevators; all multi-story senior living facilities are required to have a minimum of two elevators with independent elevator machine rooms in order to allow each elevator to serve the building independently. If one elevator is out of service for maintenance or repairs, at least one elevator shall be operational at all times. At a minimum, all elevators shall comply with the Emergency Operations requirements of the 2021 IBC Chapter 30 and shall be sized to accommodate an emergency response gurney.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 56 Update 1 | Policy Manual: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
17 requires every multi-story senior living facility to install a minimum of two elevators, each with its own independent elevator machine room, so that each elevator can serve the building on its own. The section states that if one elevator goes out of service for maintenance or repairs, at least one elevator must remain operational at all times, guaranteeing residents always have a working elevator during routine servicing. Every elevator covered by the section must also comply with the Emergency Operations requirements of chapter 30 of the 2021 IBC and must be sized to accommodate an emergency response gurney, a detail aimed at senior living occupancies where a stretcher-based rescue is more likely.
02(d)(2) adopts by reference for the routine inspection and maintenance side of elevator operation. Both the redundancy rule and the emergency-operations and gurney-sizing requirements were added by Ordinance 22-084, passed October 25, 2022, the same ordinance that added the tiny-house and alternative-construction bans elsewhere in chapter 153.
Violations & Fines
A senior living facility operating with only one working elevator, or with an elevator that can't accommodate an emergency response gurney, is out of compliance with § 153.17 and subject to the general penalty in § 10.99 through § 153.99. The village attorney may also sue separately to compel repair, restrict occupancy, or otherwise correct a facility that fails to keep an elevator operational during maintenance.
Frequently Asked Questions
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