Management Measures for Adding Elevators to Existing Multi-Story Residences in Weifang City Center

Article 1 is to adapt to economic and social development, cope with the problem of population aging, and improve the living quality of existing multi-story residences , According to the "Property Rights Law of the People's Republic of China", "Urban and Rural Planning Law of the People's Republic of China", "Construction Law of the People's Republic of China", "Special Equipment Safety Law of the People's Republic of China" and "Weifang According to the provisions of laws and regulations such as the Municipal Elevator Safety Regulations, these measures are formulated based on the actual situation of our city.

Article 2 The term “existing multi-story residential buildings” as mentioned in these Measures refers to those within the Kuiwen District, Weicheng District, Fangzi District, Hanting District, High-tech Development Zone, and Comprehensive Bonded Zone in the central urban area of ??Weifang , multi-owner residences with more than 4 floors without elevators that are constructed and put into use in accordance with the law on state-owned land, special residential maintenance funds have been deposited, and are not included in the scope and plan of housing expropriation. For those who have not deposited special residential maintenance funds, the owner of the elevator must pay 35 yuan/square meter, which will be used specifically for elevator maintenance and elevator equipment renewal.

Article 3 The addition of elevators to existing multi-story residential buildings shall follow the principles of owner voluntariness, full consultation, independent implementation, government guidance, and ensuring safety.

Article 4: Each district government and relevant municipal development zone management committees are responsible for the overall planning and coordination of adding elevators to existing multi-story residential buildings within their respective jurisdictions. The sub-district office is specifically responsible for soliciting opinions and objections from owners of adding elevators. coordination.

The municipal housing and urban-rural development department is responsible for the guidance and policy publicity of adding elevators to existing multi-story residences, and takes the lead in formulating technical guidelines for adding elevators. Planning, firefighting, special equipment safety supervision and management departments and operating units such as water supply, power supply, heating, gas, communications, and cable TV actively cooperate with each other according to their respective functions.

Article 5 The funds required for adding an elevator shall be raised by the owners themselves, and the owners shall jointly contribute according to a certain apportionment ratio, and the apportionment ratio shall be determined by the owners through negotiation. If you have a housing provident fund, you can apply to withdraw your own and your spouse's housing provident fund with relevant proof of personal payment for adding elevator construction funds. For projects to add elevators to existing multi-storey residences in central urban areas, the government will appropriately subsidize the owners who invest in the elevators at a standard of no more than 150,000 yuan per elevator, with construction first and supplements later. The specific subsidy standards, urban sharing ratio, etc. will be separately studied and formulated by the municipal finance department in conjunction with the housing and urban-rural development departments.

Article 6 The addition of elevators to existing multi-story residential buildings cannot change the main structural form of the original building, and must comply with requirements such as planning, building structure safety, fire protection distance and safe evacuation, and the location of the additional elevators should be on the original construction project land within the boundary address range. Organize and implement on a building or unit basis.

The applicant shall, in accordance with Article 76 of the Property Law, conduct full consultations on the intention and specific plans for adding an elevator, and solicit the opinions of all owners of the unit where the unit is located. Owners of more than two-thirds of the total area of ??the building and more than two-thirds of the total number of owners agree.

Based on the self-negotiation of the owners and the owners’ negotiation organized by the property owners committee, the street takes the lead and the residents’ committee participates in building a consultation platform for democratic consultations and hearings, guiding all stakeholders to rationally express their opinions and demands, and seek The greatest common denominator of the will of all parties can properly resolve conflicts. If it involves party and government agencies, enterprises and institutions, villages converted to residential areas and other residential areas with relatively concentrated residences, the above-mentioned units must work together with the streets and residents' committees to carry out consultation work.

If an agreement cannot be reached on matters such as the balance of interests between the owners on the basis of self-negotiation by the owners, street community consultation, and unit negotiation, the parties concerned may file a lawsuit in the People's Court in accordance with the law.

Article 7 All owners of this unit who use elevators are project applicants and, as the construction unit, bear the obligations stipulated in laws and regulations.

Applicants can entrust 1 to 3 owner representatives as agent applicants to be responsible for the specific work related to the elevator addition project. They can also entrust owners committees, neighborhood committees, original property rights management units, elevator installation companies and related Intermediary service agencies, etc., as the implementation entities, are responsible for organizing the work related to the addition of elevators and handling related approval procedures such as planning, construction, and quality inspection.

Article 8 The implementation entity shall organize the owners who use elevators to reach the following written agreement on the addition of elevators:

Authorize the owner’s representative or relevant unit to handle the approval procedures for the addition of elevators and sign a commission Agreement;

Cost budget and fund raising plan for adding elevators;

Clear the elevator user unit, elevator maintenance plan and operating cost budget, and the apportionment plan for related costs;

Fund raising plans and compensation plans to compensate owners whose interests have been damaged.

Article 9 When adding an elevator to an existing multi-story residential building, a design unit with corresponding qualifications shall refer to the residential building construction drawings, structural construction drawings, geological survey reports and other materials for the addition of elevators, and issue a certificate that complies with the building structure safety, Design plans for relevant specifications and standards such as fire safety and special equipment. The design plan shall be publicized at a prominent location in the property area where the elevator is proposed to be added and at the main entrance and exit of the unit. The publicity period shall be no less than 7 days. If an objection is received during the public notice period, the design unit will explain and answer questions to the objector, incorporate the proposed rationalized construction into the design plan, and optimize the design plan to reduce the adverse impact on surrounding adjacent owners.

Article 10 Applicants should go to the local natural resources and planning department to apply for review opinions on the plan for adding elevators, and the following materials are required:

Planning and design for adding elevators to existing multi-story residential buildings in central urban areas Plan application form;

Applicant’s ID card, power of attorney and letter of commitment;

2 sets of additional elevator construction plan design documents issued by a design unit with corresponding qualifications, and also provide design Electronic format files of documents;

Other materials specified by laws and regulations.

Article 11 Applicants should go to the local housing and urban-rural development department to handle construction project construction registration procedures and need to provide the following materials:

Application form for construction registration of additional elevators;

Plan review opinions for adding an elevator;

Construction contract, plan and qualification certificate;

Supervision contract, plan and qualification certificate;

Issued by the design unit Construction drawing design documents reviewed by the drawing review agency, including relevant building and structural construction drawing design documents and calculation data for adding elevators;

Other materials specified by laws and regulations.

Article 12 The applicant shall bear overall responsibility for the safety production during the entire construction process of the additional elevator project, and the design, construction, supervision units and elevator companies shall bear corresponding responsibilities in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. The housing and urban-rural development department in the area where the project is located should strengthen safety production supervision at the construction site of the additional elevator project, and supervise the quality of the construction projects involved in the installation and operation of the elevator. Obvious signs must be set up at the construction site for adding elevators, indicating the name of the project, the name and contact number of the project leader of the construction unit, design unit, construction unit, and supervision unit, the completion date, planning review opinions, construction filing procedures, etc., and consciously accept the public supervision.

Article 13 For the installation of elevators in existing multi-story residential buildings that have gone through planning review and construction filing procedures, the relevant owners shall provide necessary construction conveniences and shall not obstruct or damage the construction. If other owners suffer economic losses due to obstruction of construction, they shall be liable for compensation in accordance with the law. Anyone who deliberately obstructs or sabotages construction in violation of the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China" shall be dealt with by the public security organs in accordance with the law.

Article 14 Before elevator installation, the elevator installation unit shall notify the special equipment safety supervision and management department in writing. The elevator installation process shall be supervised and inspected by the special equipment inspection agency.

Article 15 After the installation of the elevator is completed, the implementation entity shall organize the design, construction, and supervision units to participate in the completion acceptance, and go to the housing and urban-rural development department to handle the completion acceptance filing procedures.

Article 16 Before an elevator is put into use, the applicant shall identify the elevator user unit and maintenance unit. The elevator user unit shall register the use of the elevator with the special equipment safety supervision and management department within 30 days before the elevator is put into use, and obtain and post the elevator use sign. Units using special equipment shall establish safety technical files and store the information in the files.

Article 17 The property rights of the additional elevators belong to the investor, and changes in the shared area and other related procedures of each owner will no longer be processed. If the ownership or user of the relevant building changes, the transferor should inform the transferee of the addition of an elevator and hand over relevant information.

Article 18 These Measures will come into effect on May 1, 2020, and will be valid until April 30, 2023.

All counties, cities, Binhai Development Zone and Xiashan Development Zone shall follow suit. The "Interim Measures for the Management of Adding Elevators to Existing Multi-story Residences in the Weifang City Center" will be abolished at the same time.