1. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any of the following:

 a. Any conveyance installed in any single private dwelling residence.
 b. Material hoists subject to regulation under 875 IAC 26.1 and 29 C.F.R. §1926.552.
 c. Lifts subject to regulation under chapter 88.
 d. Material lift elevators existing in the same location since prior to January 1, 1975.
 e. Conveyances over which an agency of the federal government is asserting similar enforcement jurisdiction.
 f. An elevator installed in a building in a federally designated national historic district as long as each of the following conditions is met:

 (1) The owner of the building owns a commercial enterprise that occupies the first story of the building.
 (2) The building has no more than two stories above the first story of the building.
 (3) The owner of the building lives in the upper stories of the building.
 (4) The building has sufficient physical barriers or safety protocols to ensure that only the owner, the owner’s guests, or a government official acting in an official capacity can access the elevator.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 89A.2

  • Conveyance: means an elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator, moving walk, lift, or inclined or vertical wheelchair lift subject to regulation under this chapter, and includes hoistways, rails, guides, and all other related mechanical and electrical equipment. See Iowa Code 89A.1
  • Elevator: means a hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a car or platform which moves in guides in a substantially vertical direction, and which serves two or more floors of a building or structure. See Iowa Code 89A.1
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lift: means a device consisting of a power-driven endless belt, provided with steps or platforms and handholds attached to it for the transportation of persons from floor to floor. See Iowa Code 89A.1
  • Owner: means the owner of a conveyance, unless the conveyance is a new installation or is undergoing major alterations, in which case the owner shall be considered the person responsible for the installation or alteration of the conveyance until the conveyance has passed final inspection by the division. See Iowa Code 89A.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. Provisions of this chapter supersede conflicting provisions contained in building codes of this state or any subdivision of this state.
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