Section SPS 362.3002 - Hoistway enclosures(1) ELEVATOR CAR TO ACCOMMODATE AMBULANCE STRETCHER. Substitute the following wording for IBC section 3002.4: (a) Where passenger elevators are provided, at least one elevator shall be provided for fire department emergency access to all floors served by passenger elevators in all of the following situations: 1. A building four or more stories above or four or more stories below grade plane.2. Any floor above or below the level affording fire department vehicle access, if the floor accommodates any one of the following occupancies:c. Outpatient clinic and ambulatory health care facility.(b) The elevator car provided for fire department emergency access shall be of such a size and configuration to accommodate an ambulance stretcher 24 inches by 84 inches with not less than 5-inch radius corners, in the horizontal, open position.(c) Except in hospitals and except where all of a building's elevators are large enough for fire department emergency access, all elevator cars that are provided for fire department emergency access shall be identified by the international symbol for emergency medical services, star of life. The symbol may not be less than 3 inches high and shall be placed on both sides of the elevator hoistway door frame on all floor levels, approximately 60 inches above the floor.(2) VENTING. This is a department rule in addition to the requirements in IBC section 3002: A ventilation opening in a hoistway wall, where provided, shall have guards securely anchored to the supporting structure inside the hoistway. The guards shall consist of a wire-mesh screen of at least 0.0915-inch diameter steel wire with openings that will reject a ball one-inch in diameter, or expanded metal screen of equivalent strength and open area.(3) AREA OF VENTS. This is a department rule in addition to the requirements in IBC section 3002: Where vent openings automatically open upon detection of smoke in the elevator lobbies or hoistway, upon power failure and upon activation of a manual override control, the manual override control shall comply with all of the following:(a) Be a keyed switch of the open-auto-close type with the three positions labeled, that is operated with an FEO-K1 key or other approved key.(b) Be located adjacent to the elevator hoistway door frame at the level of fire department vehicle access, approximately 48 inches above the floor, or other approved location. This location may be behind a locked panel.(c) Be labeled "hoistway vent control."(4) PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. Substitute the following wording for the requirements and the exception in IBC section 3002.9:(a)General. Except as specified in par. (b), plumbing and mechanical systems shall not be located in an elevator shaft.(b)1. Except as provided in subd. 2., A drain or sump complying with ss. SPS 382.33 and 382.36 shall be provided in an elevator pit. Connection of the drain or sump to a sanitary system is prohibited.2. An elevator pit is exempt from the sump or drain requirement under subd. 1. for any of the following situations: a. The floor of an elevator walk-in pit is level with the adjacent floor.b. The elevator does not extend to the building's lowest floor level and the pit floor is not in contact with the earth.c. The pit floor is above adjacent grade where the elevator hoistway shaft has one or more exterior walls.d. The pit will not allow the entrance of ground water and will not be greater than 16 inches in depth.3. The aggregate capacity for drainage from the pit shall be at least one of the following: a. 30 gpm in a hoistway with one elevator.b. 50 gpm in a hoistway with two or three elevators.c. 80 gpm in a hoistway with four elevators.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services § SPS 362.3002
CR 10-103: cr. Register August 2011 No. 668, eff. 9-1-11; CR 14-020: r. and recr. (3) Register August 2014 No. 704, eff. 9-1-14.Amended by, CR 16-094: renum 362.3002 to (1), r. and recr. (title), renum. 362.3004 (1) to (3) to (2) to (4) and am., Register April 2018 No. 748, eff. 5/1/2018See s. SPS 382.36 for the width or diameter and depth of a sump pump located in an elevator pit.