Hamilton By-law 23-162, s. 24(1) — Property Standards By-law

An elevator shall comply with the Technical Standards and Safety Act, 2000 and its regulations as enforced by the Technical Standards and Safety Authority.

• (a) Subsection 24 (2) (b):
• (i) applies to elevators in a building that contains one or more dwelling units; and
• (ii) does not apply to firefighters’ elevators under the Fire Code.
• (b) Elevators shall be maintained in operation at all times except for such reasonable time as may be required for repair or replacement as follows:
• (i) elevator, where one elevator is provided and there is no firefighters’ elevator;
• (ii) one elevator where two or more elevators are provided and there is a firefighters’ elevator;
• (iii) two elevators where two or more elevators are provided and there is no firefighters’ elevator.
• (c) Where elevators are intended to operate only on certain floors – for example, if a 30 floor building has one elevator operating on floors 1 to 10, a second on floors 11 to 20 and a third on floors 21 to 30 – subsection 24(2)
• (b) applies only to maintaining their operation on those floors