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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="12-816" title_number="12" title_name="Building and Material Codes; Other Safety Provisions" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Elevator Safety">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This subsection does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>one or two family dwellings; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>buildings under three stories.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each new building constructed after July 1, 1985, in which at least one elevator is planned, shall have a passenger elevator that can accommodate a horizontally carried and positioned 6 foot 8 inch rescue litter.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “repair” has the meaning stated in the Safety Code.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For purposes of this section, repair, renovation, modification, reconstruction, change of occupancy, or addition to an existing building as defined in Subtitle 10 of this title does not constitute a new building.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
