Bill Text: IA SF2051 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act providing that certain multi-story commercial buildings are not required to have commercial elevators in specified circumstances. (See SF 2195.)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-10 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2195. S.J. 263. [SF2051 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-SF2051-Introduced.html
Senate File 2051 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2051 BY LOFGREN A BILL FOR An Act providing that certain multi-story commercial buildings 1 are not required to have commercial elevators in specified 2 circumstances. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5041XS (5) 88 je/rn
S.F. 2051 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 89A.20 Multi-story commercial 1 buildings —— commercial elevator exception. 2 1. For purposes of this section: 3 a. “Commercial building” means a building used as a place 4 of business. 5 b. “Commercial elevator” means an elevator accessible 6 to individuals other than those provided in subsection 2, 7 paragraph “d” . 8 c. “First story” means the first story of a commercial 9 building accessible by street level. 10 d. “Upper story” means any story of a commercial building 11 above the first story. 12 2. Notwithstanding any provision of state law to the 13 contrary, a multi-story commercial building shall not be 14 required to include a commercial elevator if all of the 15 following requirements are met: 16 a. The building has no more than three upper stories. 17 b. The commercial area of the building is confined to the 18 first story or any story not accessible by an elevator. 19 c. All upper stories are used primarily for residential 20 purposes, with each story containing only single-family 21 residences. 22 d. The building has sufficient physical barriers or safety 23 protocols in place to ensure an individual other than the 24 following cannot access the elevator: 25 (1) The owner of the building or the owner’s designee. 26 (2) A resident of the building or a guest of a resident. 27 (3) A government official acting in an official capacity. 28 e. The design of the building, including the elevator, has 29 been approved for purposes of this section by an official, 30 board, or committee of the city in which the building is 31 located, or, if the building is located in an unincorporated 32 area, an official, board, or committee of the county in which 33 the building is located. If no official, board, or committee 34 with the necessary authority or expertise is available to make 35 -1- LSB 5041XS (5) 88 je/rn 1/ 2
S.F. 2051 such an approval, the owner of the building may instead seek 1 such approval from the safety board. 2 EXPLANATION 3 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 4 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 5 This bill provides that a multi-story commercial building 6 is not required to include a commercial elevator if certain 7 requirements specified in the bill are met, notwithstanding any 8 provision of state law to the contrary. 9 The requirements include the building having no more than 10 three upper stories; the commercial area of the building 11 being confined to the first story or any story not accessible 12 by an elevator; all upper stories being used primarily 13 for residential purposes, with each story containing only 14 single-family residences; sufficient physical barriers or 15 safety protocols as specified in the bill being in place; 16 and additional approval requirements for the design of the 17 building, including the elevator, being met. 18 -2- LSB 5041XS (5) 88 je/rn 2/ 2
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