How to Handle Elevator Work Without a Permit (VECW, VEW)
VECW and VEW are the violation-number codes for work without a permit, elevator. The types page gives both that meaning. It does not define them separately. The notice states the work. VEWL and VWL are the elevator codes that add a lien. This page is not the lien filing. E is a general elevator violation, and EIT is an elevator safety test. Those are different codes.
Read the notice
Confirm the number contains VECW or VEW, and not VEWL or VWL. An asterisk means the types page marks the item dismissed. Local Law 58 of 1988, codes LL58 and LL58/88, is the penalties label for work without a permit generally. VW is the general work-without-a-permit code. Use the code that is actually printed.
Older summonses say ECB. Current pages call that hearing path an OATH summons. OATH holds the hearing. OATH is not part of the Department of Buildings and does not issue the summons. A DOB violation is an order to correct and has no court appearance. Work without a permit is commonly a summons. The paper still controls.
If a class is printed, Class 1 is immediately hazardous, Class 2 is major, and Class 3 is lesser. The table lists work without a permit in all three classes. The elevator code does not pick the class. On a summons, read the hearing date and any cure date. A cure is an admission. Unless OATH dismisses the summons, the condition must still be corrected and accepted. Paying the penalty does not close the Department record.
What the city is requiring
Follow the unpermitted elevator work on the notice. Permits are required for new installations or major upgrades. The Elevator Unit also covers escalators, moving walks, personnel hoists, amusement rides, and other vertical-transportation devices. Personnel hoists and tower material hoists are under that unit, not Cranes and Derricks. The device named on your notice is the one that matters.
If a summons was issued for work without a permit, Department civil penalties must be paid or waived before a certificate of correction is approved, in the borough office that issued the summons. The page does not print the dollar amount. A later permit does not lift a stop-work order that was issued for the unpermitted work. Work that resumes before the order is rescinded can draw more violations. The Department will not rescind the order until those penalties are paid.
Inspection and test reports, Category 1 and Category 5 tests, and failure-to-maintain clocks are other elevator subjects. They apply when the notice is about those filings or defects. They are not the definition of VECW or VEW.
What S & M Expediting handles
S & M Expediting researches the VECW or VEW paper and the borough filing that has to precede approval of the correction. They prepare and file the certificate of correction and the related Department filings, and they follow them. When the paper is a summons, they can appear at the OATH hearing.
They are Class 2 filing representatives, never Class 1. We will work with the elevator contractor you have, or if not, we will recommend one from our network. violation removal is the research and the filings.
Who does the corrective work
A licensed elevator contractor does the work that needs a permit. We will work with the elevator contractor you have, or if not, we will recommend one from our network.
Call us at 718-833-2333 or email info@sandmexpediting.com. Bring the notice and any stop-work order or permit application. S & M Expediting is a New York City certified minority- and women-owned business.
