Residents of a Brockville, Ontario apartment building have been stuck without their only elevator since a safety inspection pulled it from service on May 7. Seniors and mobility-impaired tenants say they cannot leave their units. Management blamed contractor delays and says a new contractor is now on the job.
This raises a real question for inspectors and property managers: once an elevator fails inspection in a single-elevator building, what obligation does the owner have to residents during the repair period? Are there provincial rules that set a maximum outage timeline, or is it effectively unregulated? What have you seen done — or not done — in similar situations?
Source: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/elevator-outage-leaves-brockville-residents-111432738.html
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