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Department of Administration
January 14,2004
APPROVED FOR USE
Keystone Communities of Prior
5200 Wilson Rd., Ste. 150 ,
Edina MN 55424
RE: Hydraulic Passenger - Elevator ID# -09436PT03-01
Site: Keystone of Prior Lake, #2
4685 Park Nicollet Ave.
Prior Lake 55372
Dear Sir/Madam:
Minnesota Statutes Chapter 16B provides that the Department of Administration, Building
Codes and Standards Division, Elevator Safety Section, inspect and approve elevators and
manlifts (endless belt lifts) before they can be legally used in Minnesota. An Inspector from
the Elevator Safety Section recently inspected your facility and determined it meets
requirements of the Minnesota Elevator Safety Code.
NOTE: Compliance with Minnesota Rules and the ANSI/ASME A17.1, Safety Code for
Elevators and Escalators does not necessarily assure compliance with the
Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990.
Sincerely,
BUILDING CODES AND STANDARDS
Bill J. Reinke
State Elevator Inspector
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C. Hutchins, Robert Dana, BO, City of Prior Lake
Schindler Elevator Corp.
Weis Builders
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Building Codes and Standards Division,408 Metro Square Building, 121 7th Place East,St.Paul,MN 55101-2181
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FOR AN ELEVATOR INSPECTION?
The following Items are most often incomplete:
1. Is two-way communication provided and working? Is there call-in and call-cut
capability? Does it include emergency operating instructions with elevator
telephone number? (A.D.A. compliance is required.)
2. Are the smoke detectors installed at each lobby and in the elevator machine
room? And, are the lobby detectors zoned? There is to be no built-in time
delay. Verification is not permitted or allowed.
3. Will the smoke detector installer be at the inspection to conduct the required
test for the elevator inspector? Have Phase I and II been tested to assure
proper operation?
4. Has all equipment and appurtenances not directly related to the use,function,
or operation of the elevator been removed from the machine room arid
hoistway? (such as non-related ducts, piping, conduits, and equipment) •
5. Have you provided and installed a wall-mounted fire extinguisher In the
machine room located by the door?
6. Have you provided a machine room door closer and self-locking lockset?
(Door must be normally openable from inside machine room).
7. Does your machine room lighting provide 10 foot candles of fluorescent
Illumination at floor level?
8. is your machine room door assembly properly fire rated, smoke sealed, and
labeled?
9. is your machine room the same fire rating as your hoistway?
10. Have you provided a hoistway vent (3.5% of hoistway or 3 Sq. Ft. minimum,
per elevator)? Venting required for elevators having a travel of 25 feet or
more.
Building Codes and Standards Division, 408 Metro Square Building, 121. 7th Place East, St. Paul, MN 55101-2181
Voice: 651.296.4639; Fax: 651.297.1973;TTY: 1.800.627.3529 and ask for 296.9929
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