Troy, MI Building Safety: Elevator Maintenance (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing standard
- ASME A17.1
- Inspection certificate
- must be posted or available on site
- Minimum service
- one elevator running while building is occupied
- Single-elevator exception
- allowed out of service for testing/servicing
- Enforcement
- municipal civil infraction, Chapter 100
Summary
Troy requires elevators, escalators and dumbwaiters to be maintained to ASME A17.1 with the current inspection certificate posted or on file, and buildings with passenger elevators must keep at least one running whenever the building is occupied, with a narrow testing exception for single-elevator buildings.
606.1 General. Elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators shall be maintained in compliance with ASME A17.1. The most current certification of inspection shall be on display at all times within the elevator or attached to the escalator or dumbwaiter, or the certificate shall be available for public inspection in the office of the building operator. The inspection and tests shall be performed at not less than the periodical intervals listed in ASME A17.1, Appendix N, except where otherwise specified by the authority having jurisdiction. 606.2 Elevators. In buildings equipped with passenger elevators, at least one elevator shall be maintained in operation at all times when the building is occupied. Exception: Buildings equipped with only one elevator shall be permitted to have the elevator temporarily out of service for testing or servicing.
Full Breakdown
Section 606 of Chapter 82 (Property Maintenance Code) governs vertical conveyances. 1, the national Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, and requires the most current certification of inspection to be displayed inside the elevator, attached to the escalator or dumbwaiter, or kept available for public inspection in the building operator's office. 1, Appendix N, unless the authority having jurisdiction specifies otherwise. 2 adds an operational floor for buildings with passenger elevators: at least one elevator must be kept running at all times the building is occupied.
The only carve-out is for buildings with just one elevator, which may take it out of service temporarily for testing or servicing. 2 makes each day a continuing violation a separate offense once a notice has issued.
Violations & Fines
Failure to maintain a current ASME A17.1 inspection certificate or to display it as required, or leaving an occupied building's only working elevator down outside the testing exception, is a Chapter 82 violation. The code official can serve a Municipal Civil Infraction Notice or Citation under Section 107.1, with penalties and costs assessed under Chapter 100 and each day of continuing violation charged separately under Section 106.2.
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